9.7 Associating Tags with Objects

You can associate tags with event sources, event source servers, Collector Managers, Collector Plug-ins, event routing rules, 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.

9.7.1 Associating Tags with Event Routing Rules

  1. Log in to the Sentinel Web interface as a user in the administrator role.

  2. Click Routing in the toolbar, then click Create.

  3. Specify a name and filter criteria for the rule.

  4. Click Select tag, then select the tags that you want to associate with the rule.

  5. Click Save.

9.7.2 Associating Tags with Event Sources

  1. Log in to the Sentinel Web interface as a user in the administrator role.

  2. Select Collection > Event Sources.

  3. Select the event sources that you want to associate with the tag.

  4. Select the Configure icon, then select Tags.

  5. Select the tags you want to associate, then click Set.

9.7.3 Associating Tags with Collector Managers

  1. Log in to the Sentinel Web interface as a user in the administrator role.

  2. Select Collection > Event Sources.

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

  4. Select the Configure icon, then select Tags.

  5. Select the tags you want to associate, then click Set.

9.7.4 Associating Tags with Event Sources Servers

  1. Log in to the Sentinel Web interface as a user in the administrator role.

  2. Select Collection > Event Sources.

  3. From the Event Source Servers section, select one or more event source servers that you want to associate with the tag.

  4. Select the Configure icon, then select Tags.

  5. Select the tags you want to associate, then click Set.

9.7.5 Associating Tags with Collector Plug-Ins

  1. Log in to the Sentinel Web interface as a user in the administrator role.

  2. Select Collection > Event Sources.

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

  4. Select the Configure icon, then select Tags.

  5. Select the tags you want to associate, then click Set.

9.7.6 Associating Tags with Report Results and Report Definitions

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 the Sentinel Web interface.

  2. Select Reports in the navigation panel on the left.

  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.

  5. Select one or more tags that you want to associate with selected reports.

  6. Click Set.