eventType element

The <eventType> element defines the type of event that is selected for processing by a rule or that activates or deactivates the rule.

Attributes

<eventType> has the following attribute:

Table 1. Attributes of the <eventType> element
Name Description Data type Required?
type Defines the event type.

For events that conform to the Common Base Event specification, this name is the value of the extensionName attribute.

For IBM® Tivoli Enterprise Console® events, this name is the event class name that is defined in the BAROC file.

Events that are based on other formats might use a different attribute to specify the event type.

xsd:NMTOKEN Yes

Contained within

<eventType> is contained within the following elements:

Contains

<eventType> contains no elements.