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IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Version 6.3 > User's Guides > Agent Builder User's Guide IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

Edit data source and attribute properties

There are a number of ways to begin editing a data source


This documentation covers the following topics that relate to editing data source and attribute properties:


Procedure

To edit or remove information from a data source (attribute group):

  1. In the Agent Content area of the Agent Information page click Data Sources. The Data Source Definition page opens.

  2. Select the data source (attribute group).

    The attribute group information area of the page is updated to display the properties for the selected data source.

    Alternatively, if you are on the last page of the New Agent wizard, you can double-click the data source to open the Attribute Group Information window. This window has the same information as the attribute group information area of the Data Source Definition page.

    (Table 1) describes the field information that is applicable to all of the data sources. Use the fields to modify the properties for the data source or attribute selected.


    Fields for editing data sources

    Field name Description Acceptable values and examples
    Attribute group name Name of the data source as it is displayed in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Acceptable values: Descriptive string less than or equal to 32 characters long. It must be unique within the agent. The first character must be a letter and remaining characters can be letters, numbers, or underscores. An underscore is displayed as a space in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Do not use spaces or special characters.
    Help text Help text for the data source Acceptable values: String up 256 characters long.
    Produces a single data row The data source returns 1 row of data. Editable in all sampled data sources. Example: If you are monitoring physical system memory, choose a single row. A system typically manages all of its memory in a single pool; so only one row of data can be returned.
    Can produce more than one data row The data source can return any number of rows of data. Editable in all sampled data sources. Example: If you are monitoring disk drives, choose multiple rows because there can be more than one disk in a system. For keys, choose the attributes that distinguish a disk from another. For a disk, the key attribute is disk number, drive letter, volume label, or whatever is appropriate in your environment.
    Produces Events The data source returns event-based data, 1 row of data per event. Example: An SNMP event-based data source sends notifications (traps) as performance thresholds are crossed.

    Not all data sources can produce events.

    Add this attribute group to a reporting category The category in the generated Cognos model to which the attributes in this attribute group are assigned. Select the check box to place the attribute group in the selected subfolder (Availability or Performance) in the Key Metrics folder. If the check box is not selected, the attribute group is placed in the Extended Metrics folder in the Cognos data model.
    Metric Category The category to which the attributes in this attribute group are assigned. Select either Performance or Availability.

    1. The Produce a single data row and Can produce more than one data row fields do not affect data for an event data source.

    2. For more about sampled and event data types, see (Data types).

    3. For information about the fields for a specific data source, see the relevant data source chapter in this documentation (Data Sources).


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