Generate Event - NetIQ Identity Manager - Using Designer to Create Policies

Fields

ID

ID of the event. The provided value must result in an integer in the range of 1000-1999 when parsed by using the parseInt method of java.lang.Integer. Supports variable expansion. For more information, see Variable Selector.

Level

Level of the event.

Level	Description
log-informational	Positive events of any importance.
log-alert	Events that require immediate attention.
log-critical	Events that can cause parts of the Identity Manager engine or driver to malfunction.
log-debug	Events of relevance for support or engineers to debug the operation of the Identity Manager engine or driver.
log-emergency	Events that cause the Identity Manager engine or driver to shut down.
log-error	Events describing errors that can be handled by the Identity Manager engine or driver.
log-notice	Events (positive or negative) that an administrator can use to understand or improve use and operation.
log-warning	Negative events not representing a problem.

Strings

Specify user-defined string, integer, and binary values to include with the event. You can enter the strings manually, or select the Edit the Strings icon to open the Named String Builder and specify the strings. For more information about the Named String Builder, see Named String Builder.

The Generate Event action supports the following strings:

String Name	Description
data	Data entered here is stored in the blob event field.
data-type	Specifies the data-type of the value in the data tag.
subTarget	The subcomponent of the target being acted upon.
target	The object being acted upon.
target-type	Integer specifying a predefined format for the target. Predefined values for target-type are currently: 0 = None 1 = Slash Notation 2 = Dot Notation 3 = LDAP Notation
text1	Text entered here is stored in the text1 event field.
text2	Text entered here is stored in the text2 event field.
text3	Text entered here is stored in the text3 event field.
value	Any number entered here is stored in the value event field. You can also access this field using the value1 tag.
value3	Any number entered here is stored in the value3 event field.

Remarks

The Sentinel event structure contains a target, a subTarget, three strings (text1, text2, text3), two integers (value, value3), and a generic field (data). The text fields are limited to 256 bytes, and the data field can contain up to 3 KB of information, unless a larger data field is enabled in your environment.

Example

The example has four rules that implement a placement policy for User objects based on the first character of the Surname attribute. It generates both a trace message and a custom Sentinel event. The Generate Event action is used to send Sentinel an event. The policy name is Policy to Place by Surname and is available for download from the NetIQ Support Web site. For more information, see Downloading Identity Manager Policies in the NetIQ Identity Manager Understanding Policies Guide. To view the policy in XML, see 001-Placement-BySurname.xml.