Adding event suppressions with the CLI by specifying a file

When adding an event suppression, you can specify its object and time properties by specifying a file that contains the required properties.

When you specify the –f option, the add command reads the suppression properties from a CSV format file.

The CSV format file must contain the following parameters in this order:

instPath – The object's instance path
typePath – The object's type path
beginTime – The time to begin the suppression, in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
endTime – The time to end the suppression, in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
repeat – The type of repeat, NONE, EVERYDAY, EVERYWEEK, EVERYMONTH, EVERYYEAR

In CSV format, any comma in a parameter can be escaped by enclosing the parameter in quotes. Quotes can be escaped by using two quotes.

The Manage Event Suppression command line syntax is:

manageEventSuppression [options] –f filename add

The following table lists the required and optional parameters for the manage event suppression command tool.

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Positional parameters	Description
add	Indicates that this command is adding Event Suppression Periods.
-f filename	Name of a file containing the event suppression information. Required to read events from a file. If thefile nameis -, the information is read from stdin.
Optional parameters	Description
-hor -? or --help	Provides a brief help message.
-u username or --user username	Indicates that the parameter username used for connecting to the services.
-p password or --password password	Password used for connecting to the services. If -p or -s is not specified, the user is prompted for the password. -p is mutually exclusive with -s.
-s or --stdin	Specify password via stdin. This is mutually exclusive with -p.
-d	Run the command in debug mode.
-v	Run the command in verbose mode.

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