ASAP 3.2 Server Manual
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GOAL [/OUT file/] [entity | *] [\node], COMMIT 
 [.| ]][domain]], simplex-goal [event] [action] 
  , Boolean-goal [event] [action] 
 ,LIKE domain 
 ,ACTIVATE 
 ,DEACTIVATE 
 ,DELETE [,SIMPLEX | GOALNAMES ] 
 ,INFO [,OBEYFORM ] 
 ,OBEYFORM 
 ,LIST 
 simplex-goal attr op [value] [, simplex-goal…] 
 Boolean-goal gname=(attr op value [ AND|OR attr op value … ] ) 
 [ AND|OR Boolean-goal ] ) 
 gname , DELETE 
 event INFO|CRITICAL [REPEAT] [NODISPLAY] [down] [-up] 
 NOEMS 
 action ACTION "string" | rule [WAIT wait] [NOREPEAT] 
Use GOAL command to set or view preferred-property-threshold settings (objectives). 
When a goaled property threshold is exceeded, the state of the goaled property is 
assigned an alert state. States in ASAP describe the status of a property: up, down, 
warning, or critical. ASAP displays goaled alert states in the ASAP Client, the Event 
Management Service (EMS) subsystem, or both. 
To enable goaled property alerts in ASAP Client, set State Determination to 
UseStateGraphState for each goaled property in the ASAP Client Attribute Property 
sheet. For more info, see "Configuring ASAP" in ASAP Client help. 
To enable goaled property events in the EMS subsystem, issue a SET 
OBJECTIVESEVENT ON command from the ASAP command interpreter before 
starting ASAP Server components. 
The GOAL command controls objectives used to produce alerts and to take actions. 
The MONITOR command controls which objects are monitored within ASAP.  
The GOAL command is also used to display objective values and actions. 
The RANK command is a synonym for the GOAL command; the two are 
interchangeable. 
entity 
is the name of an ASAP Entity as defined in EDL. 
node 
is the node name the command applies to. 










