Creating and editing user-defined signals

Unlike system signals, which are predefined and cannot be configured, user-defined signals must be explicitly created or deleted.

1. From the Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator window, select the Automation menu button.
2. Click User Defined Signals. The User Defined Signals pane opens.
3. To add a user-defined signal, click Add User Defined Signal in the toolbar. The User Defined Signal Details window opens.
4. To edit a user-defined signal, select the user-defined signal to edit and then click Edit User Defined Signal in the toolbar. The User Defined Signal Details window opens.
5. Complete this window as follows:

   Signal Name

   Type a unique name for the signal. If you are editing a signal, you cannot change the name.

   Tip: When creating ObjectServer objects, their names must begin with an uppercase or lowercase letter, followed by uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers, or underscore (_) characters, up to 40 characters in length. User, group, and role names can be any text string up to 64 characters in length and can include spaces. Names of ObjectServer objects are case-sensitive.

   Comment

   Type a text comment for the signal. For example, you can add a comment to state which trigger fires when this signal is raised.

   Parameters

   This area displays the parameters that comprise the user-defined signal.

   The order in which the parameters appear must match the order that they appear in the RAISE SIGNAL command for the trigger. You can use the up and down arrows to the right of the list box to change the order of any selected parameter. You can also click Remove parameter to the right of the list box to remove any selected parameter from the list.

   To create a parameter, use the Name and Data Type fields, and the Add parameter to the list button.

   Name

   Type a name for the parameter being created. Parameter names must be unique within the signal.

   Data Type

   Select the type of data the parameter can pass into the signal. The data type can be any valid ObjectServer data type except VARCHAR or INCR.

   Data Length

   For Char data types only, type the parameter length.

   Add parameter to the list

   After completing the Name, Data Type, and, where necessary, Data Length fields, click this button to add the parameter to the parameter list.

6. Save or cancel your changes as follows:

   OK

   Click this button to save the user-defined signal and close the window. New user-defined signals are added to the User Defined Signals pane.

   Cancel

   Click this button to close the window without saving your changes.