IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Version 8.1

Configuring restriction filters

You can use restriction filters to control the rows in ObjectServer tables that users are allowed to view and modify. Restriction filters apply to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus client applications and INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements. You can assign restrictions filters to individual users or to a collection of users in a group.

You can assign only one restriction filter per table to a user or a group. However, multiple restriction filters can apply to a user. For example, a user can be assigned a single restriction filter and can also be a member of one or more groups, to which restriction filters are applied. So, if a user is a member of three groups to which restriction filters are assigned, and the user is also assigned a restriction filter, four restriction filters apply to that user. If multiple restriction filters apply to a user, the resulting data is a combination of all applicable restriction filters for the user or group

If you are using multiple restriction filters, make sure that you set the ObjectServer RestrictionFiltersAND property appropriately.

You create a restriction filter against the alerts.status table that has the following condition:

Tally > 100 AND Severity > 4

After this restriction filter is applied to a user, the user can see only events that occurred more than 100 times and that have a severity that is greater than 4.

Another example usage of restriction filters is to limit the geographical coverage for events that users can view. You can create a restriction filter against the alerts.status table that permits London-based users to view only events from operations centers in London.

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