Maintaining a journal for an event

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus provides a journal facility within which you can enter and store event history information. You can maintain a journal for any event in the event list.

1. From the event list, select the event, and then click Alerts > Journal. The Journal window opens.
   Tip: You can also access the Journal window while within the Event Information window for a selected event. From the Journal tab, click the Add to Journal button.
2. Complete this window as follows:

   Journal information list boxes

   The upper list box is read-only and displays the existing journal history text. For each entry, the name of the user who entered the information, and the date and time when they entered this information, are shown. You can use the Alerts menu while within this window by right-clicking within this list box.

   Use the lower list box to add a text entry to the journal. There is a limit of 4096 characters for each journal entry. When you have completed the text entry, click Apply to save the text within the upper list box. The new text is saved as the last entry, and your user name, and the date and time, are automatically added.

   Apply to All Selected

   Select this check box if you want to add the newly-entered text to all events that are selected in the event list, and not just to the event whose serial number is displayed at the top of the window. To save the text entry to the journal for each selected event, click Apply.

   OK

   Click this button to save newly-entered text and close the window.

   Previous

   If you selected multiple events in the event list, click this button to move to the journal entry for the previous event in your selection.

   Next

   If you selected multiple events in the event list, click this button to move to the journal entry for the next event in your selection.

   Apply

   Click this button to save newly-entered text to the journal. The Journal window remains open for further entries. This button is useful if you have selected multiple events and want to add different journal entries for them.

   Close

   Click this button to close this window. You are prompted to save any unsaved changes before the window closes.