Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Related Documents

Conventions

1 Introduction to the Connector

Auto Ticketing

Manual Ticketing

Ticket Templates

Grace Period

2 Installing and Uninstalling the Connector

Prerequisites

Installing the Connector

Uninstalling the Connector

Navigating Between Remedy and Enterprise Manager

Navigating from Remedy to Enterprise Manager

Navigating from Enterprise Manager to Remedy

3 Configuring the Connector

Configuring the Connector

Providing General Settings

Connection Settings

Web Console Settings

Grace Period

Working with Ticket Templates

Registering Ticket Templates

Viewing Template Code

Removing a Template

Replacing Templates

Adding New Templates

Re-registering Removed Connectors

4 Creating Remedy Trouble Tickets

Automatically Creating a Trouble Ticket

Manually Creating a Trouble Ticket

5 Using Default Templates

Template Process

Reading Ticket Templates

Mapping the Fields

Customizing Ticket Templates

Defining New Templates

6 Enabling SSL for HTTPS

Generating a Certificate Request File

Importing the Certificate from the Certificate Authority

Adding Signed Certificates to Wallet Manager

A Connector Tips

Recommended Protocol

Supported Alerts

Notification Failure

Using Worklog

Web Service Details

Details for Default Templates (without Worklog support)

Details for Worklog Templates

Index

List of Examples

3-1

5-1 Marking a Category to MyCategory

5-2 Altering the Message Type

5-3 XML Schema for Attributes

5-4 Template Format for Custom Remedy Forms

List of Figures

2-1 Alert Details in the Remedy Console

3-1 Management Connectors Page

3-2 Configure Management Connector Page

4-1 Notification Methods

4-2 Remedy Console Ticket

4-3 Alert Shown in Enterprise Manager

4-4 Metric Details Page

4-5 Create Ticket Page

List of Tables

3-1 emctl Parameters

5-1 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl Mappings)

5-2 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl Mappings)

5-3 Ticket Creation ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl)

5-4 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl)

5-5 Ticket Creation ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl)

5-6 Ticket Updates ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl)

5-7 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl)

5-8 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl)

5-9 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl)

5-10 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl)

5-11 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-12 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-13 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-14 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-15 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-16 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-17 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-18 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

5-19 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-20 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-21 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-22 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-23 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-24 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-25 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-26 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-27 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-28 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-29 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-30 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-31 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-32 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-33 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

5-34 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose)

5-35 Enterprise Manager Attributes

Oracle® Enterprise Manager

Installation and Configuration Guide for Remedy Help Desk 6 Connector

10g Release 4 (10.2.0.4)

E14983-01

May 2009

Oracle Enterprise Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for Remedy Help Desk 6 Connector, 10g Release 4 (10.2.0.4)

E14983-01

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1 Introduction to the Connector

The Remedy Help Desk 6 Connector integrates Remedy Help Desk 6.x with Enterprise Manager. Using this connector, you can create a Remedy trouble ticket, update an existing ticket, or close a ticket based on alerts in Enterprise Manager. The Remedy Connector integrates Enterprise Manager with Remedy Help Desk through either an HTTP or HTTPS connection.

You can create, update, or close tickets based on only the following types of alerts in Enterprise Manager:

Metric alerts

Availability alerts (includes alerts for Up, Down, Blackout Started, Blackout Ended, Agent Unreachable, Agent Unreachable Resolved, Metric Error Detected, and Mertic Error Resolved).

The following sections explain various Remedy Connector concepts that you must understand before you start using the Remedy Connector.

Auto Ticketing

Manual Ticketing

Ticket Templates

Grace Period

Auto Ticketing

Whenever an alert is triggered or its state changes in Enterprise Manager, the Remedy Connector can automatically open or update a ticket. You can specify the set of alerts for which tickets must be opened and the alert severity for which this should happen.

You can do this in Notification Rules, the user-defined rules that define the criteria by which notifications should be sent for alerts.

See Also:

"Configuring Notifications" in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration Guide

After the ticket is opened, any subsequent update of the alert, such as a change in alert severity, updates the ticket. After the alert is cleared (severity is set to Clear), you can optionally close the ticket.

See Also:

Section 4.1, "Automatically Creating a Trouble Ticket"

Manual Ticketing

From the Enterprise Manager console, you can manually open a Remedy ticket based on an open alert in Enterprise Manager. The Remedy Connector populates the ticket with details based on the alert and the ticket template selected.

See Also:

Section 4.2, "Manually Creating a Trouble Ticket"

Ticket Templates

Ticket templates are XML transformation style sheets that transform Enterprise Manager alerts to a ticket format before the requests are sent to Remedy Service Desk.

These templates specify how Enterprise Manager alert attributes can populate the fields of a Remedy ticket. A ticket template helps in the mapping of Enterprise Manager Alert fields into Remedy ticket fields.

In Auto Ticketing, a notification method is created for each registered ticket template. The selected notification method determines which ticket template is used when a notification is sent out to the connector. For manual ticketing, you have to select a ticket template before submitting a request to create the ticket.

The Remedy Service Desk Connector includes some out-of-box default ticket templates. You may want to customize the templates to suit your needs.

See Also:

Chapter 5, "Using Default Templates"

Grace Period

The grace period provides you with a configuration to prevent the creation of a large number of tickets for frequently reoccurring alerts. For alerts that occur frequently within a relatively short time interval, it is often desirable to open and maintain a ticket that tracks each occurrence of the alert instead of separate tickets each time.

For recurring alerts, the grace period is a time period during which reoccurrences of the same alert update (or re-open) an existing ticket for the alert, rather than create a new ticket.

For example, an alert triggers and a ticket is opened for it. If the grace period is one hour and the alert is cleared at 10:00 a.m., and if the same alert retriggers before 11:00 a.m. (one-hour grace period), the original ticket will be updated/reopened.

2 Installing and Uninstalling the Connector

This chapter provides the following information for installing or uninstalling the Remedy Service Desk Connector, as well as switching from one console to the other:

Prerequisites

Installing the Connector

Uninstalling the Connector

Navigating Between Remedy and Enterprise Manager

Prerequisites

Before using the Remedy Connector, ensure that you meet the following prerequisites:

Remedy HelpDesk 6.x is installed and configured.

Remedy HelpDesk Web services are up and running. See "Web Service Details" on page AE2.

Installing the Connector

Remedy Connector is installed as part of the Enterprise Manager base installation. That is, connector installation is part of the Oracle Management Server (OMS) installation.

After you install Enterprise Manager and access the Enterprise Manager console as a Super Administrator, you can see the Remedy Connector in the Management Connector Setup page as shown in Figure 2–1. See Chapter 3, "Configuring the Connector" for instructions.

The default installation is based on default Remedy Web services that do not support any annotation history through Worklog (the history option in the Remedy ticket). For details of Worklog and registering the Worklog template, see "Using Worklog" on page AE1.

Uninstalling the Connector

To uninstall the Remedy Connector, select it in the Management Connectors page, then click Delete.

Navigating Between Remedy and Enterprise Manager

The following sections explain how to switch from one console to the other.

Navigating from Remedy to Enterprise Manager

From a ticket page, click the link in the Description field to the Alert Details page in the ticket message body, as shown in Figure 2–1. This action takes you to the Enterprise Manager console login page. After you provide the Enterprise Manager user name and password, you are forwarded to the alert related to this ticket.

Note:

The Enterprise Manager user whose name you specify should at least have View privileges on the target on which the alert was raised.

On the Remedy console, if the URL appears as text, you need to cut and paste the URL into the browser.

Figure 2-1 Alert Details in the Remedy Console

Navigating from Enterprise Manager to Remedy

In the Enterprise Manager console, click the alert message to go to the metric details page for the alert.

In the Alert History table, locate the ticket ID link in the Last Comment column.

(If not found) Click the icon in the Details column to get more information about the alert.

On the page that appears, locate the ticket ID in the Alert Details table.

Click the ticket ID link. You are forwarded to the Remedy Web console login page.

Provide valid Remedy account details.

The ticket page associated with this alert is displayed.

Note:

If you do not use the Remedy Web console, uncheck the Enable web console option in the Web Console Settings section so that ticket ID is shown in plain text. Otherwise, it is displayed as a link that does not work.

3 Configuring the Connector

This chapter provides the following information for setting up and configuring the Remedy Service Desk Connector and related tasks:

Configuring the Connector

Providing General Settings

Working with Ticket Templates

Re-registering Removed Connectors

Configuring the Connector

Perform the following steps for basic configuration:

As Super Administrator, from the Enterprise Manager console, click Setup.

The Overview of Setup page appears.

Click Management Connectors in the left pane.

The Management Connectors page appears. For the Remedy Connector row, the Configured column should be blank (Figure 3–1).

Note:

A check mark instead indicates that the Connector is already configured.

Figure 3-1 Management Connectors Page

Click the Configure icon for the Remedy Connector.

The General tab of the Configure Management Connector page appears (Figure 3–2).

Figure 3-2 Configure Management Connector Page

Provide the required settings. See "Providing General Settings" for details.

Click OK.

The Management Connectors page reappears. The row for the Remedy Connector should have a check mark in the Configured column.

Optional: To check for the available ticket templates, click the configure icon again.

Click the Ticket Templates tab.

All out-of-box ticket templates should appear in the table.

If any of the ticket templates are missing, you can register them using the emctl command from the ORACLE_HOME/bin directory, where ORACLE_HOME is the Oracle home directory of OMS.

Run the following command as a user with execute privilege on emctl and the ability to read the ticket template:

emctl register_ticket_template connector <ticketTemplate.xsl> <server> <port> <database sid/service name for RAC DB> <username> <password> <connectorTypeName> <connectorName> <templateName> <description>

Note:

For multiple OMS installations, you need to run this command only once from any of the OMSs.

Example 3-1

emctl register_ticket_template connector Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl $emHost $dbPort $dbSID sysman $sysmanPwd "Remedy Connector" "Remedy Connector" "Low Priority Template" "This template creates a ticket with low priority and default categorization"

emctl Parameters

Table 3-1 emctl Parameters

Parameter
Description

ticketTemplate.xsl

Fully qualified name of the ticket template file. The file resides in the Connector home directory:

$OMS_HOME/sysman/connector/Remedy_Connector

Oracle recommends that you use intuitive names since there might be notification methods created with the same names and you have to choose one of them when you use the Auto Ticketing feature.

Use xsl as the file extension, since the format is XSLT. For example, Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl.

If the file is in a different directory, provide the complete path for the file.

server

Host name of the Enterprise Manager repository.

port

Listener port of the repository.

database sid/ Service Name for RAC DB

Repository database instance ID or service name if you are using RAC database as the repository.

username

Specify SYSMAN.

password

Password for SYSMAN.

connectorTypeName

Specify "Remedy Connector". The double quotes ("") are mandatory.

connectorName

Specify "Remedy Connector". The double quotes ("") are mandatory.

templateName

An intuitive name for the ticket template that will be displayed in Enterprise Manager.

description

A short description for the ticket template. This description is also displayed in Enterprise Manager.

If you choose HTTPS as the protocol to establish a connection between MOM and Enterprise Manager, see Chapter 6, "Enabling SSL for HTTPS".

Providing General Settings

The following sections explain how to provide various configuration details.

Connection Settings

The Remedy Trouble Ticket connector communicates with the Help Desk through their Web services. Mandatory fields are indicated by an asterisk ( * ).

Web Service End Points — End points to createTicket, updateTicket, and getTicket Web services exposed by Remedy Help Desk. See "Connector Tips" on page AE2 for additional details.

If your Remedy installation does not have an operation to query a ticket by case ID, you need to import the HelpDesk_Query_Service_By_Case_ID.def file into your Remedy instance. This file is located here:

$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/connector/Remedy Connector

Remedy Username — User with the privilege to create, update, and query tickets in Remedy.

Remedy Password — Password associated with the supplied Remedy user.

Authentication — String that a Remedy administrator sets for additional security. Applies only if the Remedy Administrator has configured it on the Remedy AR server. It communicates with the server if there is a secondary authentication server that can be used to verify the Remedy credentials.

Locale — Language of the Remedy system (optional).

Time Zone — Time zone of the Remedy AR System Server (optional).

Ticket Number — Enter a valid ticket number if you want to test the connection when you save the configuration. There are four possibilities for this field:

If you do not enter a ticket number, no message appears on the Management Connectors page after you click OK and the configuration is saved.

If you specify the correct Web service end points and enter a valid ticket number, the following message appears on the Management Connectors page after you click OK:

"Connection test succeeded. The configuration was saved."

If you have not previously saved the connector configuration and enter an invalid ticket number, the following message appears on the Management Connectors page after you click OK:

"Connection test failed. The configuration was saved."

If you have saved the connector configuration before, specify incorrect Web service end points, and specify either a valid or invalid ticket number, the following message appears on the Management Connectors page after you click OK:

"Connection test failed. The configuration was not saved."

See Also:

Section "Remedy User preferences settings" in the Remedy Remedy AR System Server product manual Remedy Action Request System 6.3 - Developing AR System Applications: Advanced

Web Console Settings

Web Console settings are required if you want the Connector to provide links to Remedy Help Desk tickets created by Enterprise Manager in the context of an alert.

To enable this functionality, provide the following Web console settings.

Enable web console — Check this box to enable launching of the Remedy ticket page within context from Enterprise Manager.

ARServer Name — Remedy AR Server name.

HelpDesk Case Form Name — Remedy form name that the Remedy Web Services (you configured the connector to use) is based on. The Remedy default Help Desk Web services, for example, use the form HPD:HelpDesk.

Web Server — The name or IP address of the server that hosts Remedy Mid-Tier.

Grace Period

You can enable and disable the grace period and configure its value. By default, the grace period is disabled. See "Grace Period" on page 1E2 for details. This setting applies to all alerts the Remedy Connector processes.

Working with Ticket Templates

The following sections provide information about registering, removing, replacing, and adding ticket templates.

Registering Ticket Templates

You need to register ticket templates before they are recognized in Enterprise Manager. For Auto Ticketing, a notification method is created for each registered ticket template and a ticket is created and updated based on the ticket template associated with the selected notification method. For manual ticketing, registered ticket templates are available for selection.

All registered ticket templates are displayed in the Configure Management Connector Ticket Templates page. To register additional ticket templates that you create, see Section 2.2, "Installing the Connector".

See Also:

Table 3–1, " emctl Parameters" on page 3E4

Viewing Template Code

Click a template name to view the XSLT code for the template.

The ticket templates are in XSLT format. A basic knowledge of XSLT is required to understand the code.

Removing a Template

To remove a template, do the following:

Important:

If the template you delete has a notification rule associated with it, ticketing will not work for this particular notification rule after the deletion.

Select the template and click Remove.

At the prompt, confirm the removal.

Before you exit the page, click OK for the deletion to take effect.

Note:

Unless you click OK before you exit, the template is not deleted. The next time you go to the Ticket Template page, the templates reappear.

Though the ticket template is removed from the Enterprise Manager repository, it is still available on OMS in the Connector home directory. You can re-register the ticket template later if required.

Replacing Templates

To replace an existing ticket template, do the following:

Delete the ticket template.

Register the new template using emctl.

Adding New Templates

To add templates other than the out-of-box templates Oracle provides, you should define new templates and register them using emctl.

See Also:

Section 5.5, "Defining New Templates"

Re-registering Removed Connectors

The Remedy Connector is automatically registered when Enterprise Manager is installed. However, you may remove this connector at some point and then want to subsequently re-register it.

To re-register a connector that has been removed:

From the Oracle Management Server (OMS) host command window, run the following emctl command from the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory:

emctl extract_jar connector <jarfile> <connectorType.xml> <OracleHome>

This extracts the .jar file to this folder:

$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/connector/Remedy_Connector/

For example:

emctl extract_jar connector momconnector.jar "Remedy Connector" $ORACLE_HOME

Run the following emctl command from the directory $ORACLE_HOME:

emctl register_connector connector <connectorType.xml> <server> <port> <database sid> <username> <oracleHome>

For example:

emctl register_connector connector $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/connector/Remedy_Connector/RemedyConnector.xml/host port database_SID username/$ORACLE_HOME

Perform step 7 in Section 3.1, "Configuring the Connector" on page 3E3.

Note:

For multiple Oracle Management Servers, you only need to register the connector once from any of the Oracle Management Servers.

4 Creating Remedy Trouble Tickets

You can create trouble tickets automatically or manually. The following sections explain how to create both types.

Automatically Creating a Trouble Ticket

Manually Creating a Trouble Ticket

Automatically Creating a Trouble Ticket

Perform the following steps to automatically create a trouble ticket:

Review the default out-of-box templates in Chapter 5, "Using Default Templates".

Select an appropriate ticket template with the desired mapping of Enterprise Manager alert fields to the Remedy ticket fields.

If you do not have a ticket template that satisfies your requirement, create one and register it.

Create a notification rule using the following steps:

Important:

Do not select more than one ticket template for this notification rule.

From the Enterprise Manager console, click Preferences.

In the left pane, under Notification, click Rules, then Create.

In the Create Notification Rule General page, specify the rule name, a description, and the targets for which this rule should apply.

In the Create Notification Rule Availability page, select the availability states for which you want to create tickets.

In the Create Notification Rule Metrics page, select the metrics and their associated alert severities for which you want to create and update tickets.

Ensure that you select all relevant alert severities if you want to update the ticket when the alert severity changes. For example, to open a ticket for a critical alert on the CPU Utilization(%) metric and the ticket is to be updated if the CPU Utilization(%) changes to warning or clear severity, in the notification rule select Critical, Warning, or Clear severities for the CPU Utilization(%) metric.

In the Create Notification Rule Methods page, choose the ticket template from the Advanced Notification Methods table shown in Figure 4–1.

Figure 4-1 Notification Methods

In the table, registered ticket templates appear as Java Callback type notification methods under the same name as the ticket template's file name. This ticket template is used to open tickets for all availability and metric alerts specified in this notification rule.

This makes the ticket templates available for use to open tickets.

See Also:

"Configuring Notifications" in Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration Guide

The following process occurs after you create the notification rule for your alerts:

A notification is sent to the Remedy Connector when a metric alert triggers that matches your rule. The Remedy connector creates/updates a ticket according to the ticket template as set in the notification rule.

The ticket is created or updated on the Remedy Trouble Ticket system.

In Enterprise Manager, the alert annotation is updated. A comment is added to the Metric Details page of the alert to indicate that a ticket was created or updated, along with the ticket ID and ticket page URL.

A ticket is updated if there is an existing active ticket for an alert. Figure 4–2 shows the ticket in Remedy console, and Figure 4–3 shows the alert as displayed in Enterprise Manager.

Figure 4-2 Remedy Console Ticket

Figure 4-3 Alert Shown in Enterprise Manager

Manually Creating a Trouble Ticket

Perform the following steps to manually create a trouble ticket:

After a metric alert occurs, go to the associated metric details page for the alert. To access this page, click the alert message in the Enterprise Manager console (Figure 4–4).

Click the Create/View Ticket link in the Related Links section.

The Create Ticket page appears if no active ticket exists for the alert.

Select a ticket template and then click Submit (Figure 4–5).

If you do not see the desired template, you can register one using the emctl command. See "Registering Ticket Templates" on page 3E6.

If creating or updating the ticket is successful, the ticket ID appears in the Last Comment column of the Alert History table for the metric alert.If the Web console settings are configured and enabled, the ticket ID appears as a link to the ticket page in the Remedy Help Desk. If there is no annotation, the ticket creation fails and error information is logged in the file emoms.log.

Note:

You cannot manually update the ticket using Remedy Connector. You have to manually update the ticket in the Remedy AR server for any subsequent alert change.

Figure 4-4 Metric Details Page

Figure 4-5 Create Ticket Page

5 Using Default Templates

This chapter provides details on the out-of-box ticket templates shipped along with the Remedy Connector. The ticket templates specify the mappings between Enterprise Manager alert attributes and Remedy ticket attributes.

Template Process

Reading Ticket Templates

Mapping the Fields

Customizing Ticket Templates

Defining New Templates

Template Process

All out-of-box templates cause the following actions to occur when a you create a ticket for an alert:

Write alert information to Description (Remedy ticket description).

Set the Remedy ticket summary based on the alert message. On update, the ticket summary field is updated to include the latest alert message information.

Set the Category, Item, and Type fields in Remedy to the default.

Set the Priority (ticket's priority) to the value indicated by the file name of the ticket template. For instance, Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl sets the ticket priority to High.

Following are the out-of-box templates:

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl

Following are the out-of-box templates with the AutoClose suffixed to the file names. They set the ticket status to Close when the event severity value becomes Clear.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl

Following are the out-of-box templates with Wlog suffixed to the file names. They are customized for the Web services with worklog enabled.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

On update, the Description (Remedy ticket description) is updated with the latest event information, and the work log is updated with the latest severity and timestamp information.

Reading Ticket Templates

Table 5–1 and Table 5–2 illustrate the creation of a ticket using Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl. This illustration will help you to read a ticket template. In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-1 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl Mappings)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser — Notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing.

TargetType

MetricColumn — Name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%).

MetricName — Category of the metric. For the CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load.

KeyColumn** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name.

KeyValues** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL — URL to the metric details page in the context of the alert.

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The user name that is provided in the "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

High*

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

High*

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The user name that is provided in the "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-2 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl Mappings)

Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done and the alert is still within the grace period, reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned.

Summary

Message, Severity

Case ID

TicketId — The connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl Source Code with Annotations

Use the mapping table (Table 5–1) as a reference to read the following XSLT file.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xsl:transform version="1.0"               xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"               xmlns:ns0="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"               targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"               elementFormDefault="qualified">   <!--  This template creates an incident type ticket with default categorization  (Category: Default, Type:Default, Item:Default), and high priority. On update,  the description and message fields are updated, and the ticket is closed if the  associated alert has cleared.   -->   <xsl:template match="ns0:EventModel">    <xsl:choose>       <!-- Create the ticket if there is no ticket ID. -->      <xsl:when test="normalize-space(ns0:TicketId) = ''">        <urn:Create_Helpdesk_Case xmlns:urn="urn:HelpDesk_Submit_Service">            <!-- EDIT THE TAG VALUES BELOW TO CHANGE HOW A TICKET IS FILLED                DURING TICKET CREATION. REFER TO THE REMEDY HELPDESK MANUAL                FOR DESCRIPTION OF THESE HELPDESK SUPPORT DATAFIELDS -->         <urn:Case_Type>Incident</urn:Case_Type>          <urn:Category>Default</urn:Category>          <urn:Department></urn:Department>          <urn:Description>              Ticket created by EM Remedy Connector.              --------------------------------------              EM User: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:EMUser"/>               Event Information:              Target Type: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:TargetType"/>              Metric Column: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:MetricColumn"/>              Metric Name: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:MetricName"/>              <xsl:choose>              <xsl:when test="normalize-space(ns0:KeyColumn) != ''">              Key Column: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:KeyColumn"/>              Key Values: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:KeyValues"/>              </xsl:when>              </xsl:choose>              Severity: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:Severity"/>              Collection Time: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:CollectionTime"/>              Target Host: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:TargetHost"/>              <xsl:choose>              <xsl:when test="normalize-space(ns0:NotificationRuleName) != ''">              Notification Rule: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:NotificationRuleName"/>              </xsl:when>              </xsl:choose>              URL: <xsl:value-of select="ns0:EventPageURL"/>          </urn:Description>          <urn:Escalated></urn:Escalated>          <urn:Hotlist></urn:Hotlist>          <urn:Item>Default</urn:Item>          <urn:Office></urn:Office>          <urn:Orig_Submitter>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:HDUser"/>          </urn:Orig_Submitter>          <urn:Pending></urn:Pending>          <urn:Phone_Number></urn:Phone_Number>          <urn:Priority>High</urn:Priority>          <urn:Region></urn:Region>          <urn:Request_Urgency>High</urn:Request_Urgency>          <urn:Requester_Login_Name>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:HDUser"/>
          <urn:Requester_Login_Name>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:HDUser"/>          </urn:Requester_Login_Name>          <urn:Requester_Name>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:HDUser"/>          </urn:Requester_Name>          <urn:Site></urn:Site>          <urn:Source>NMP</urn:Source>          <urn:Status>New</urn:Status>          <urn:Summary>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:Message"/>          </urn:Summary>          <urn:Type>Default</urn:Type>          <urn:WorkLog></urn:WorkLog>          <urn:Create_Time></urn:Create_Time>        </urn:Create_Helpdesk_Case>      </xsl:when>      <!-- Update the ticket otherwise.. -->      <xsl:otherwise>        <urn:SetBy_Case_ID xmlns:urn="urn:HelpDesk_Modify_Service">         <!--                           UNCOMMENT THE TAGS YOU WISH TO HAVE MODIFIED WHENEVER THE TICKET IS UPDATED, AND GIVE THEM DESIRED VALUES            -->         <!-- <urn:Accounting_Code></urn:Accounting_Code>           -->         <!--  <urn:Assignee_Login_Name></urn:Assignee_Login_Name>  -->         <!--  <urn:Case_Type></urn:Case_Type>                      -->         <!--  <urn:Category></urn:Category>                        -->         <!--  <urn:Department></urn:Department>                    -->          <!--  <urn:Description></urn:Description>                           -->          <!-- <urn:Escalated></urn:Escalated>                      -->          <!-- <urn:Hotlist></urn:Hotlist>                          -->          <!-- <urn:Item></urn:Item>                                -->          <!-- <urn:Office></urn:Office>                            -->          <!-- <urn:Pending></urn:Pending>                          -->          <!-- <urn:Phone_Number></urn:Phone_Number>               -->          <!-- <urn:Priority></urn:Priority>                        -->          <!-- <urn:Region></urn:Region>                            -->          <!-- <urn:Request_Urgency></urn:Request_Urgency>          -->          <!-- <urn:Requester_Login></urn:Requester_Login>          -->          <!-- <urn:Requester_Name></urn:Requester_Name>            -->          <!-- <urn:Site></urn:Site>                                -->          <!-- <urn:Solution_Description></urn:Solution_Description>-->          <!-- <urn:Solution_Summary></urn:Solution_Summary>        -->          <!-- <urn:Source></urn:Source>                            -->          <xsl:choose>            <xsl:when test="ns0:Severity = 'Clear'">              <urn:Status>Closed</urn:Status>            </xsl:when>            <xsl:when test="ns0:GracePeriodCheckMade = 'Yes'">              <urn:Status>Assigned</urn:Status>            </xsl:when>          </xsl:choose>          <!-- <urn:Submitted_By></urn:Submitted_By>                -->          <urn:Summary>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:Message"/> Severity:<xsl:value-of select="ns0:Severity"/>          </urn:Summary>          <!-- <urn:Type></urn:Type>                                -->          <urn:Case_ID>            <xsl:value-of select="ns0:TicketId"/>          </urn:Case_ID>         </urn:SetBy_Case_ID>      </xsl:otherwise>    </xsl:choose>  </xsl:template></xsl:transform>

Mapping the Fields

The tables in this section map the fields in all out-of-box ticket templates shipped with the Remedy Connector.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-3 Ticket Creation ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser — Notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the Enterprise Manager log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing.

TargetType

MetricColumn — Name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%).

MetricName — Category of the metric. For the CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be Load.

KeyColumn** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is Tablespace Name.

KeyValues** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL — URL to the metric details page in the context of the alert.

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Low

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Low

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context.

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-4 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl)

Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId — The connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-5 Ticket Creation ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser — Notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the Enterprise Manager log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing.

TargetType

MetricColumn — Name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%).

MetricName — Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load.

KeyColumn** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name.

KeyValues** — For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL — URL to the metric details page in context of the alert.

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Medium

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Medium

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The user name provided in the "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context.

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-6 Ticket Updates ( Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done and the alert is still within the grace period, reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId — The connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-7 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for theTablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

High

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

High

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-8 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-9 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for theTablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Urgent

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Urgent

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-10 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Following are the templates with the AutoClose suffixed to the file names. They set the ticket status to Close when the event severity value becomes Clear:

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-11 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Low

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Low

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-12 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-13 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType,

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Medium

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Medium

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-14 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-15 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

High

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

High

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-16 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-17 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Urgent

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Urgent

Requester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Blank

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-18 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Summary

Message, Severity

The alert message in context with the severity appended.

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Following are the templates with Wlog suffixed to the file names. They are customized for the worklog Web_service.

On update, the Description (Remedy ticket description) is updated with the latest event information, and the work log is updated with the latest severity and timestamp information.

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-19 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Urgent

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Urgent

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-20 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated).

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-21 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Medium

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Medium

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-22 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-23 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

High

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

High

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-24 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-25 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Urgent

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Urgent

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Default*

Type

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-26 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-27 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Low

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Low

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-28 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-29 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Medium

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Medium

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-30 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-31 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

High

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

High

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-32 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl

In the tables, * denotes a literal string and ** indicates if the attribute applies.

Table 5-33 Ticket Creation (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Case Type

"Incident"*

Category

"Default"*

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load)

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values from the alert context.

Escalated

Blank

Hotlist

Blank

Item

"Default"*

Office

Blank

Orig Submitter

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field during the configuration.

Pending

Blank

Phone Number

Blank

Priority

Urgent

Region

Blank

Request Urgency

Urgent

UrgentRequester Login Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Requester Name

HDUser

The username that is provided in "Remedy Username" field of the Connection Settings configuration.

Site

Blank

Source

NMP* (Network Management Program)

Status

New*

Summary

Message

The alert message in context

Type

Default*

Work Log

Severity, CollectionTime

The alert severity and collection time in context.

Create Time

Blank

Table 5-34 Ticket Updates (Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose)

Remedy Ticket Attributes
Enterprise Manager Alert Attributes
Value

Description

EMUser (notification rule owner when the ticket is created through auto-ticketing, and is the EM log-in user when the ticket is created through manual-ticketing)

TargetType

MetricColumn (name of the metric, for example, CPU Utilization(%))

MetricName (Category of the metric. For CPU Utilization(%) metric, this would be 'Load')

KeyColumn** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name)

KeyValues** (For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicate the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, the KeyValues is 'USERS' if USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.)-

Severity

CollectionTime

TargetHost

NotificationRuleName

EventPageURL (URL to the metric details page in context of the alert)

Values of the alert in context

Status

Severity

If severity is Clear, then set the ticket to the status Closed.

If the grace period test has already been done, and the alert is still within the grace period, then reopen the ticket by setting the ticket to the status Assigned; otherwise, leave the status as it is.

Worklog

Severity, CollectionTime

The values in context

Case ID

TicketId (the connector adds this into the alert context before handling the ticketing action. Required by the Remedy Web service to identify the ticket that must be updated)

Customizing Ticket Templates

If the out-of-box ticket templates do not satisfy your requirements, you can modify them. To do this, Oracle recommends that you use one of the existing templates as the base template. Copy this ticket template to a new file, modify, and register the new ticket template.

In most cases, when you modify the ticket template, you might only be changing the mappings. The following examples illustrate this point:

Example 5-1 Marking a Category to MyCategory

To create a template to mark the category to MyCategory, modify the following attribute in the template:

<urn:Category>MyCategory</urn:Category>

Example 5-2 Altering the Message Type

If you only want the alert message to appear as ticket summary instead of both message and severity, modify the following attribute:

<urn:Summary><xsl:value-of select="ns0:Message"/></urn:Summary>

The templates are highly customizable. Oracle recommends that only users with advanced knowledge of XSLT make complex changes.

You can use notification rules as a filter to associate proper ticket templates with alerts. You can have as many tickets templates as you want. One notification rule can have only one ticket template.

Defining New Templates

The out-of-box templates are based on the HPD:HelpDesk form. If the new ticket templates you define are based on the HPD:HelpDesk form, "Customizing Ticket Templates" on page 5E49 applies.

However, if you use a custom Remedy Form, such as HPD:CustomHelpDesk, you need to define a new ticket template.

Enterprise Manager Attributes

Table 5–35 provides the Enterprise Manager fields that you can map when using the default Remedy Help Desk Web services:

Table 5-35 Enterprise Manager Attributes

Data Fields
Description

EMUser

For auto-ticketing, this is the notification rule owner.

For manual ticketing, this is the console user that triggered the ticket creation.

HDUser

Help desk user registered with the Connector; this is same as the user name specified for the WS authentication.

TicketID

Identifies the ticket associated with the current alert (available after ticket creation).

ConnectorID

Identifies the connector that processed the event and issued the ticket creation or ticket update. This is the ID for Remedy Connector.

TargetType

Type of target that the alert is associated with, such as host.

TargetName

Name of the target that the alert is associated with. For example, Database1 or stadc40.us.oracle.com.

MetricColumn

Name of the metric that triggered the alert. For example, CPU Utilization(%).

MetricName

Category of the metric. For example, Load for the memory utilization alert.

KeyColumn

For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyColumn indicates the type of object monitored. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespaceobjects, the KeyColumn is 'Tablespace Name'.

KeyValues

Key values associated with a key value base alert.

For metrics that monitor a set of objects, the KeyValues indicates the specific object that triggered the severity. For example, for the Tablespace Space Used (%) metric that monitors tablespace objects, KeyValues is 'USERS' if the USERS tablespace triggered at warning or critical severity.

Message

Description of the alert. For example, CPU Utilization is 100%, crossed warning (80) or critical (95) threshold.

Severity

Severity of the alert: critical, warning, clear, or down.

CollectionTime

Timestamp of an alert occurrence.

EventPageURL

URL to the alert details page of the alert.

NotificationRuleName

Name of the notification rule that generated the notification during auto-ticketing.

TargetTimezone

Timezone of the target associated with the alert.

GracePeriodCheckMade

Value Yes indicates that the alert is cleared since the last update or creation, but is within the configured grace period.

TargetHost

Name of the server hosting the target that generated the alert.

The following XML schema describes the model that contains the attributes above:

Example 5-3 XML Schema for Attributes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII" ?><xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"            xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"            targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"            elementFormDefault="qualified">  <xsd:element name= "EventModel" type="EMEventModel"/>  <xsd:complexType name="EMEventModel">            <xsd:sequence>      <xsd:element name="TicketId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="ConnectorId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="EventId" type="EventIdType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="TargetType" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />  <xsd:element name="TargetName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />  <xsd:element name="MetricColumn" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />        <xsd:element name="MetricName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />  <xsd:element name="KeyColumn" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />   <xsd:element name="KeyValues" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />   <xsd:element name="Message" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />     <xsd:element name="Severity" type="SeverityType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />  <xsd:element name="SeverityCode" type="SeverityCodeType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />  <xsd:element name="CollectionTime" type="xsd:dateTime" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />    <xsd:element name="EventPageURL" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="EMUser" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="HDUser" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="NotificationRuleName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="TargetHost" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="GracePeriodCheckMade" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />      <xsd:element name="TargetTimezone" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />    </xsd:sequence>  </xsd:complexType>  <xsd:complexType name="EventIdType">    <xsd:sequence>      <xsd:element name="TargetId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>      <xsd:element name="MetricId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>      <xsd:element name="KeyId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>    </xsd:sequence>  </xsd:complexType> <xsd:simpleType name="SeverityType">  <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">   <xsd:enumeration value="Clear" />     <xsd:enumeration value="Info" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Warning" />   <xsd:enumeration value="Critical" />  <xsd:enumeration value="Agent Unreachable Clear" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Blackout End" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Blackout Start" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Metric Error End" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Metric Error Start" />      <xsd:enumeration value="Unknown" />    </xsd:restriction>   </xsd:simpleType>    <xsd:simpleType name="SeverityCodeType">      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">   <xsd:enumeration value="15" />        <xsd:enumeration value="18" />        <xsd:enumeration value="20" />        <xsd:enumeration value="25" />        <xsd:enumeration value="115" />      <xsd:enumeration value="125" />      <xsd:enumeration value="215" />      <xsd:enumeration value="225" />      <xsd:enumeration value="315" />      <xsd:enumeration value="325" />    </xsd:restriction>   </xsd:simpleType></xsd:schema>

Remedy Attributes

The following list shows the Remedy attributes available for mapping when using the default Remedy Help Desk Web services.

Case Type
Category
Description
Escalated
Escalated
Hotlist
Item
Office
Orig Submitter
Pending
Phone Number
Priority
Region
Request Urgency
Requester Login Name
Requester Name
Site
Source
Status
Summary
Type
Work Log
Create Time

See Also:

Remedy Help Desk for the Enterprise 6.0 User's Guide

Format for Creating Ticket Templates

To create ticket templates for custom Remedy forms, adhere to the following format:

Example 5-4 Template Format for Custom Remedy Forms

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<xsl:transform version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ns0="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"
targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/sysman/connector/tt"
elementFormDefault="qualified">

<!--
This template creates an incident type ticket with default categorization
(Category: Default, Type:Default, Item:Default), and low priority. On update,
the description and message fields are updated, and the ticket is closed if the
associated alert has cleared.
-->

<xsl:template match="ns0:EventModel">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="normalize-space(ns0:TicketId) = ''">

*[Insert your mappings from EMModel into your custom Create Ticket Webservice SOAP Document] *

</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>

* [Insert your mappings from EMModel schema into your Custom Update Ticket Webservice SOAP Document]*

</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>

6 Enabling SSL for HTTPS

Follow the instructions provided in the following sections if you choose HTTPS as the protocol to establish a connection between the Remedy AR server and Enterprise Manager.

Generating a Certificate Request File

Generate a certificate request file for the Remedy AR server and send it to the Certificate authority, such as VeriSign.

Note:

The certificate request file is dependent on the Web server that Remedy uses.

Importing the Certificate from the Certificate Authority

After you get the certificate, import it to the Web server that Remedy uses. The import mechanism varies depending on the Web server that the Remedy Service Desk uses.

Adding Signed Certificates to Wallet Manager

Note:

Oracle Wallet Manager is available at $ORACLE_HOME/bin on OMS. See the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide for details.

Do the following on Enterprise Manager:

As Super Administrator, create a wallet using the following orapki utility command at the OMS host:

orapki wallet create -wallet client -auto_login

Note:

orapki is available at $ORACLE_HOME/bin on OMS.

Add the trusted certificate to the wallet by entering the following command:

orapki wallet add -wallet client -trusted_cert -cert verisignCert.cer

To view the content of the wallet, enter the following command:

orapki wallet display -wallet client

Ensure that ewallet.p12 is available.

In Oracle Wallet Manager, open the client certificate ewallet.p12.

Go to Select Trusted Certificates and select Operations on the main menu.

Select Export All Trusted Certificates.

Save the file as certdb.txt.

Place the file certdb.txt in the connector home root directory ($OMS_HOME/sysman/connector).

If the file certdb.txt already exists in the root directory, open the file and add the contents of your certdb.txt to the existing content.

You need to import HelpDesk_Query_Service_getIncident.def into your Remedy instance for a getTicket operation. By default on the Enterprise Manager Management Connector page, the web service endpoint for getTicket appears as HPD_IncidentInterface_get_WS. If you are not importing HelpDesk_Query_Service_getIncident.def, you need to modify the web service name in the web service endpoint with your custom web service name.

If you want to use the Remedy_DefaultCategory_AutoResolve.xsl template, you need to import HPD_IncidentInterface_CustomWS.def. Back up the HPD_IncidentInterface_WS web service before importing. You can get this file from the $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/connector/Remedy_Service_Desk_Connector directory.

Now Java SSL can use this file for communication between Enterprise Manager and the Remedy AR server in HTTPS mode.

See Also:

For information on creating a wallet, see "Creating and Viewing Oracle Wallets with orapki" in the Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.2).

A Connector Tips

This appendix provides various tips that might help you to use Remedy Service Desk Connector more effectively.

Recommended Protocol

Oracle recommends that you use HTTPS as the protocol for the communication between Enterprise Manager and Remedy AR server.

Use HTTP only if a secure connection is not required and the data can be transferred in clear text between the two systems.

Supported Alerts

This release supports the following types of alerts:

Metric alerts

Availability alerts

Notification Failure

Notification is blocked for processing if the notification device is down due to any issues. For instance, the Remedy AR server is down, the Remedy configuration on Enterprise Manager is wrong, or the ticket is removed in Remedy.

Notification failure on one target impacts all other targets of the same target type for which the rule applies. That is, subsequent notifications are blocked until the issue is fixed or the maximum retrials fail.

Note:

The maximum retrial period is one day.

Using Worklog

Worklog is a history option in the Remedy ticket that lets you maintain an alert history in the ticket. The Remedy default Web services do not allow modification of this option.

To use worklog, perform the following steps before using the Remedy Connector:

In the Remedy AR server, import the Web service definition HelpDesk_Modify_Service_w_Worklog.def from the Remedy Connector home directory ($OMS_HOME/sysman/connector_Remedy_Connector).

See Also:

Section "Importing Object Definitions" in the Remedy Remedy AR System Server product manual Remedy Action Request System 6.3 - Developing AR System Applications: Advanced

Configure the Connector to use the HelpDesk_Modify_Service_w_Worklog Web service by setting the Update Ticket endpoint accordingly.

Import all packaged work log templates (select the files with names ending in Wlog.xsl)using the emctl command provided in "Registering Ticket Templates" on page 3E6.

Web Service Details

The following sections provide information about the Web services that you require depending on the ticket template you choose.

Details for Default Templates (without Worklog support)

If you choose default ticket templates, ensure that the following HPD:HelpDesk related Web services are up and running on the Remedy AR server:

HelpDesk_Modify_Service

HelpDesk_Query_Service

HelpDesk_Submit_Service

Details for Worklog Templates

If you choose Worklog templates (*_Wlog), you need to import HelpDesk_Modify_Service_w_Worklog.def, which is part of the remedyconnector.jar, to register the HelpDesk_Modify_Service_w_Worklog in Remedy.

Index

A  C  D  E  F  G  I  M  N  O  P  R  S  T  U  V  W  X 

A

adding a template

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.3.5

Auto Ticketing

Remedy 6 Connector, 1.1

C

configuring

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.1

connection settings

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.2

Remedy Connector, 3.2.1

creating

trouble tickets automatically (Remedy 6), 4.1

trouble tickets manually (Remedy 6), 4.2

customizing

Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.4

D

default templates, using for Remedy 6 Connector, 5

defining

Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.5

E

emctl parameters

Remedy Connector, 3.1

F

format for creating

Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.5

G

grace period, 1.4

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.2.3

I

installing

Remedy 6 Connector, 2.2

M

manual ticketing

Remedy 6 Connector, 1.2

metric alerts, Remedy 6 Connector and, 1

N

notification rules

creating for Remedy 6 Connector, 4.1

Remedy 6 Connector and, 1.1

O

out-of-box templates, Remedy Connector and, 5.1

P

prerequisites

Remedy 6 Connector, 2.1

Remedy Connector, 1.4

R

registering

ticket templates (Remedy 6), 3.3.1

Remedy 6 Connector

adding a template, 3.3.5

Auto Ticketing, 1.1

configuring, 3.1

connection settings, 3.2

creating notification rules, 4.1

customizing ticket templates, 5.4

default templates, using, 5

defining new ticket templates, 5.5

format for creating ticket templates, 5.5

grace period, 3.2.3

installing, 2.2

manual ticketing, 1.2

metric alerts, 1

notification rules, 1.1

overview, 1

prerequisites, 2.1

registering ticket template, 3.3.1

removing a template, 3.3.3

replacing a template, 3.3.4

supported alerts, A.2

ticket templates, description, 1.3

ticket templates, format for creating, 5.5

uninstalling, 2.3

viewing template code, 3.3.2

Web Console settings, 3.2.2

Web services for default templates, A.5.1

Web services for worklog templates, A.5.2

Remedy Connector

connection settings, 3.2.1

emctl parameters, 3.1

out-of-box templates, 5.1, 5.1

prerequisites, 1.4

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_HighPriority.xsl, 5.3, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

SSL for HTTPS, 6

Wallet Manager, 6.3

Remedy HelpDesk

6.x, 1.4

Web services, 1.4

Remedy Service Desk Connector

web services, 2.1

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_AutoClose.xsl source code, 5.2

Remedy_DefaultCategory_HighPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy Connector, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_LowPriority.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_MediumPriority.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCategory_UrgentPriority_w_Wlog.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_HighPriority.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_LowPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_MediumPriority_AutoClose.xsl, 5.3

Remedy_DefaultCaterogry_UrgentPriority.xsl, 5.3

removing a template

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.3.3

replacing a template

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.3.4

S

SSL for HTTPS

Remedy Connector, 6

supported alerts

Remedy 6 Connector, A.2

T

templates

adding, 3.3.5

customizing Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.4

defining new Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.5

out-of-box for Remedy, 5.1

removing, 3.3.3

replacing, 3.3.4

ticket creation mappings

Remedy 6 Connector, 5.2

ticket templates

customizing Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.4

defining new Remedy 6 ticket templates, 5.5

Remedy 6 Connector, 1.3

transformation style sheets

Remedy 6 Connector, 1.3

trouble tickets

creating automatically for Remedy 6, 4.1

creating manually for Remedy 6 Connector, 4.2

U

uninstalling Remedy 6 Connector, 2.3

V

viewing template code

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.3.2

W

Wallet Manager

Remedy Connector, 6.3

Web Console settings

Remedy 6 Connector, 3.2.2

Web services for

Remedy 6 Connector, A.5.1

X

XML schema for attributes (Remedy 6), 5.5

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