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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1705.0. "Alarms Attribute Definition" by MAIL::CLAYTON (Merlin Clayton DTN 445-7217) Thu Oct 24 1991 12:55

When creating alarms from the iconic map interface one must enter the specific 
attribute for the respective alarm classification.  

At the attribute entry field if you click on MB2 it gives you some choices to 
"expand field", "clear field", etc.  The current implementation of MCC V1.1 
does not have any attribute data in the "expand field" selection by default.  
However, within this "expand field" open window you can specifiy an attribute, 
and upon returning to the main alarms definition window, the attribute is 
shown on the respective line.  

Is there a way to retain the attributes that you define in the "expand field"
window in V1.1?

I've tried, and cann't find a combination that works.

If one could enter attributes just once, it would certainly make alarm 
definition much less painless.  If this is'nt supported, then what is the 
purpose of the "expand Field" window for attributes?

Merlin
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1705.1VERNA::V_GILBERTThu Oct 24 1991 15:3010
Expand field displays different information depending on the datatype of the
field you are expanding.  If it is a string datatype, the expansion allows you
to type in more characters.  If the datatype is set of, it allows you to add
another of the same datatype to the set of.  If the datatype is enumeration,
expand field displays all of the enumerated values and you can select from
that list.

That is its purpose.  I am not sure what you are asking for in .0.

Verna
1705.2ClarificationTRIGG::SYSTEMThu Oct 24 1991 17:0139
re .-1

To try to be more specific, I'll use an example from the Alarms FM Use 
manual.

Let's say that I want to define a comparison rule as shown on p3-3.  There 
are datatypes (?) that must be included.  In the documentation it looks like:

        COMPARISON_RULE_FORMAT_2
           Entity               NODE4 ROME
           Attribute Name       MAXIMUM ADDRESS
           Relational Operator  GT
           Comparison Value     255

At the "Attribute Name" field (datatype?) if I click MB2 and pull down the
"Expand Field" function a small window opens up, but there are no entries 
for "attribute Name" in this Expand Field window.  However, I can enter the
atribute "MAXIMUM ADDRESS" in this window and when I click on "OK", 
"MAXIMUM ADDRESS" is entered into the Attribute Name field.  

This would be great if I were able to build my own expanded list of 
Attribute Names as I am setting up alarm rule definitions.  When I get to 
the attribute name field, I could just click on "Expand" and pull down an 
attribute name already defined in the expanded list, or add a new one if a 
particular attribute name is not yet entered.  This is much the same way 
one selects a Relational Operator from the expanded list.

So, given the above scenario, is it possible to retain the attribute names 
defined in the "expand" field that I am unaware of?

If not, how is the "Expand" function designed to be used?

Is there any additional functionality being added around this in the near 
future?

Thanks for the feed-back.

Mgc
1705.3futureTOOK::CALLANDERMCC = My Constant CompanionThu Nov 21 1991 15:254
    
    not yet, but sounds nice for a future.... (along with actually
    listing the attributes for the specified entity in the expand box)