ViewPoint Manual

Using ViewPoint
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Observing Events by Subject
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To select the END page, press SHIFT-NEXT PAGE or by selecting a page
number of 20 (or greater). Notice that only the END page gets updated as new
event messages arrive.
7. Press F12 to display the Alternate Event Configuration screen and restore the
original time and date values, as noted in Step 3.
8. Press F12 again to confirm the change and return to the TACL screen.
Observing Events by Subject
You can view recent event messages that have a common subject name with the Last
Events screen. For example, you might want to view messages that relate to a
particular logical device or subsystem.
Each event message can have one or more unique subject names. You can determine
what the subject name of an event message is, if you don’t know it, by selecting it on the
Primary or Alternate Events screen and then displaying the Last Events screen to see the
subject name associated with it. Some event messages have no subject names
associated with them. When this is the case, the message “Unsuitable subject” appears
on your screen. For information on determining the subject name of an event, see the
description of the Subject field for the Last Events screen in Section 3, Definition of
ViewPoint Screens.
To view messages associated with a particular subject, follow these steps:
1. Type the subject name on the option line.
You need not be concerned with case when specifying the subject name; ViewPoint
converts the subject name to uppercase letters before using it.
2. Press F4 to display the Last Events screen.
To view the event messages that have a common subject name, follow these steps:
1. Press F1 to display the TACL screen, if it is not already selected.
2. Press F3 to display the Primary Events screen.
3. Press F8 to freeze the screen.
4. Move the cursor to the event you are interested in.
5. Press F4 to display the Last Events screen. This screen has only one page
containing 10 event messages, all on the selected subject.
Notice the subject heading at the top of the screen. This gives you the subject name
of the events you are examining. Write down this name so you can use it to select
that subject later.
Note. The event cache, which contains the alternate event messages, retains its contents if
you go to some other screen (such as Primary Events) and is accessible when you return. The
cache is cleared only when you exit from ViewPoint or if you alter the configuration for
alternate events.