3. TALES Event Attributes

Attribute Description
dedupid A key used to correlate duplicate events
evid A unique id for the event
device The id of the associated device, if applicable
ipAddress The IP Address of the associated device, if applicable
component The component of the associated device, if applicable
eventClass The event class associated with this device
eventGroup logical group of event source (syslog, ping, nteventlog etc)
eventKey The eventKey is the primary criteria for mapping events into event classes
facility syslog facility of this is syslog event
severity One of 0 (Clear), 1 (Debug), 2 (Info), 3 (Warning), 4 (Error) or 5 (Critical)
priority syslog priority of this is syslog event
summary Text description of the event
stateChange When the mysql record for this event was last modified
firstTime The first time this event was seen
lastTime The last time this event was seen and it's count incremented
count Number of times this event has been seen
prodState prodState of the device context
manager fqdn of the collector from which this event came
agent collector name from which event came (zensyslog, zentrap, etc)

zProperties are also available for devices and events using the same syntax as above.