ViewPoint Manual

Definition of ViewPoint Screens
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Event Configuration Screen
Action events are also dimmed when the requested action has been taken; that is, when
the action is completed. By default, when an action is completed, ViewPoint also
displays an action-completion message. This message might appear many pages later
(after the original action event-message). In some cases, the action-completion message
is suppressed by a SUPPRESS^DISPLAY token in the action-completion event sent to
the ViewPoint filter. (Refer to the subsection, “Basic Default Filtering Rules” in
Section 6, Customizing ViewPoint
for a discussion of how the default filters handle
suppressed messages.)
F12 displays the configuration screen for whichever display you are currently viewing,
either primary or alternate. Thus, if you are viewing primary events, and you want to
reconfigure the alternate events display, you must first use SF3 to access the Alternate
Events screen. From there, you can display the desired configuration screen with F12.
1. Last Outstanding Event. Most recently received critical or action event (or a
portion of the event). Figure 3-3 shows a critical message just received and
displayed both as the last message from the cache and as the most recent outstanding
event on line 25. Note that this same message appears on all other screens in line
25.
2. Outstanding Count. Total number of outstanding critical or action events in the
primary cache. Outstanding events that roll off the end of the cache decrease this
count, and the line-25 message displays “Outstanding event unanswered.”
Note that duplicate action events (action events with the same subject, the same
ACTION-ID token value, and from the same system) are counted as a single unique
action event. As a result, you might see more action events displayed on the screen
than are counted in this field.
Event Configuration Screen
This screen can have one or two pages, depending on whether it was requested from the
Primary Events screen or from the Alternate Events screen. The Alternate Event
Configuration screen has a second page that is used to pass (SPECIFY) parameters for
filtering events displayed on the Alternate Events screen.
Table 3-3. Summary of Event Acknowledgment for Critical and Action Events
Event Dimmed Locally Dimmed Everywhere
CRITICAL EVENTS
Acknowledged on Primary Events Screen X
Acknowledged on Alternate Events Screen X
ACTION EVENTS
Acknowledged Automatically X
Acknowledged Manually
On Primary Events Screen X
On Alternate Events Screen X