Define Process Manual

Glossary
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programmatic interface
Network Status Summary screen. The screen on which ViewPoint displays information
about the status of objects in a network.
object. In SPI, an entity subject to independent reference and control by a subsystem: for
example, the disk file $DATA or the data-communications line $X2502. An object
typically has a name and a type known to the controlling subsystem. There might also be
aliases for the name and type in the DNS database. In DDL, an item in a dictionary.
DDL assigns each object a unique object number for identification.
option line. Line 24 of the block-mode screens in the ViewPoint application. This line is used
by operators to enter information (an option) that is to be used by the next function key
that will be pressed.
outstanding event. An action or critical event that has not yet been deleted by operator action
or by system action. The outstanding attribute is created by the ViewPoint application
for management of important events; it is not an inherent part of the event message.
passthrough mode. In Define Process, the direct interaction with a defined process, entering
commands to its prompts, as opposed to allowing TACL to pass the commands to the
defined process.
primary event. An event that is reported to a collector for display at all ViewPoint terminals
at a network control node. Primary events are displayed on the ViewPoint Primary
Events screen. See alternate event.
Primary-events distributor. An EMS consumer distributor that distributes event messages to
a ViewPoint event collection server for display on all terminals at a network control
node. See also distributor.
Primary Event Configuration screen. The one-page ViewPoint Event Configuration screen
requested from the Primary Events screen on which the operator can specify criteria to
control the display of events on the Primary Events screen for all operators.
Primary Events screen. The screen on which ViewPoint displays events configured for all
operators; these are events that pass the filter for primary events and the configuration
criteria specified on the Primary Events Configuration screen.
profile screen. The ViewPoint screen on which the operator can specify the status
configuration and event configuration files to be used to control the display of status on
the Network Status Summary screen and of events on the Primary Events screen.
programmatic command. A command issued by an application program rather than by a
human operator.
programmatic interface. A means for a program to communicate with another program. On
a Tandem system, a programmatic interface typically includes the following: a message
format, a set of message formats, or a set of procedures (such as the SPI procedures) to
build and decode messages; definitions of message elements (commands, data types,
objects, parameters, response data, errors, and so on); rules for communication between