8.6 Associating Tags with Different Objects

You can associate tags with event sources, event source servers, Collector Managers, Collector Plug-ins, and reports and report templates. You can add more than one tag to a data collection object. However, the rv145 field, which stores the tag value, can hold a maximum of 256 characters. Therefore, the maximum number of tags that you can associate with an object depends on the length of the tag name.

This section has the following information:

8.6.1 Associating Tags with Event Sources

  1. Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.

  2. Select Collection.

  3. Select Event Sources.

  4. Select one or more of the Event Sources that you want to associate with the tag.

  5. Select the Configure icon.

  6. Click Tags.

    The Set Tag to Event Source dialog box is displayed.

  7. Select one or more of the tags that you want the selected event source to be associated with.

  8. Click Set.

8.6.2 Associating Tags with Event Sources Servers

  1. Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.

  2. Select Collection.

  3. Select Event Source Servers.

  4. From the Event Source Server section, select one or more of the Event Source servers that you want to associate with the tag.

  5. Select the Configure icon.

  6. Select Tags.

    The Set Tag to Event Source Servers dialog box is displayed.

  7. Select one or more of the tags that you want the selected event source to be associated with.

  8. Click Set.

8.6.3 Associating Tags with Collector Managers

  1. Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.

  2. Select Collection.

  3. Select Event Sources.

  4. From the Collector Managers section, select one or more of the Collector Managers that you want to associate with the tag.

  5. Select the Configure icon.

  6. Select Tags.

    The Set Tag to Collector Managers dialog box is displayed.

  7. Select one or more of the tags that you want the selected Collector Managers to be associated with.

  8. Click Set.

8.6.4 Associating Tags with Collector Plug-ins

  1. Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.

  2. Select Collection.

  3. Select Event Sources.

  4. From the Collector Plugins section, select one or more of the Collector plug-ins that you want to associate with the tag.

  5. Select the Configure icon.

  6. Select Tags.

    The Set Tag to Collector Plugins dialog box is displayed.

  7. Select one or more of the tags that you want the selected Collector plug-ins to be associated with.

  8. Click Set.

8.6.5 Associating Tags with Reports Results and Report Definition

NOTE:When a tag is set on a report definition, the report results under the report definition inherit the tag by default. Inherited tags for a report result appear disabled in the Tag selector dialog box.

  1. Log in to Sentinel Log Manager.

  2. Make sure you are in the Reports tab in the left pane.

  3. Select the report result or the report definition that you want to associate with a tag.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • Select Tags from the more drop-down list.

    • Click Edit at the bottom left pane.

    The Tag selector dialog box is displayed.

  5. Select one or more of the tags that you want the selected report to be associated.

  6. Select one or more of tags from the Tags section.

  7. Click Set.