Appendix A. Event Database Dictionary

Event Field Description 
dedupid events will deduplicate based on the value of this field. by default: device, component, eventClass, eventKey, severity
device name of device
component name of component (like eth0, httpd, etc)
eclass eventClass (if not specified maybe added by rule process if this fails will be /Unknown)
eventKey if a component needs further deduplication specification this field maybe used
summary message text truncated at 150 characters
message full message text
severity number from 0 to 5
eventState state of event 0 = new, 1 = acknowledged, 2 = suppressed
eventClassKey key by which rules processing begins. Often equal to component.
eventGroup logical group of event source (syslog, ping, nteventlog etc)
stateChange last time event changed automatically updated
firstTime unix timestamp when event is received.
lastTime last time an event was received
count number of times an event has repeated
prodState prodState of the device context
suppid id of event that suppressed this event
manager fqdn of the collector from which this event came
agent collector name from which event came (zensyslog, zentrap, etc)
DeviceClass device class from device context
Location device location from device context
Systems device systems from device context separated by |
DeviceGroups device systems from device context separated by |
ipAddress ip from which event came
facility syslog facility of this is syslog event
priority syslog priority of this is syslog event
ntevid nt event id if this is nt eventlog event.