fied as yes.) The retrieve API allows your application, in conjunction tering, to perform user-defined actions based on the contents of th

Node List API

A node list is either or both of the following:

Ÿ A list of SNA nodes (network ID and control point name)

ŸInternet protocol nodes (internet address or host name)

You

can

use node lists for grouping systems by any criteria that y

your own

applications. For example,

the

entries

you

put

in

a

node

lis

systems

at a

certain hardware level. The List

Node List Entries (QFVLS

is

used

to

get the entries from

the

node list

for

use

in

your

ap

Registered

Filter

APIs

 

 

 

 

 

A filter

is

a

function

you

can use to assign events into

groups

and

to

actions

to

take for

each

group. The registered filter

APIs

allow

a

a filter with the operating system. The product can receive notifica

recorded

in

a

data

queue

by using the Send to Data Queue

(SNDDTAQ)

the Work

with

Filter

Action Entry (WRKFTRACNE) command.

 

 

 

A

user

filter

is

the

filter

defined by the network attributes for

system

value

for

problem

log

filtering. A user filter

and a

registere

their

function

and their notification record. There

can only

be

one

at

one

time

for

each

type

of filter, but there can be multiple r

at

one

time. All actions

are

active for a user filter, but only the

active

for

a

registered

filter.

 

 

 

A product can use registered filter APIs for the following purposes:

ŸTo register multiple filters at the same time for each event typ problem log)

Ÿ To deregister a filter when notifications from that filter are no

Ÿ To retrieve all the filters that are registered

The

event

notification

record

for a registered filter differs

from

for

other types of filters. The registered notification contains a

 

all

events, as well as specific information based

on the

type

of

e

header includes the name of

the notification, a function type,

a

f

name

and

library, the

group

name, and a timestamp. The specific

infor

the

problem log includes the

problem ID, the last

event

logged,

and

for

the

last event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change Request Management APIs

This group of APIs can be used to add, remove, and list activities change request descriptions.

Object APIs

The object APIs consist of the following groups.

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