IBM Version 4 manual Object APIs, Node List API, Filter, Change Request Management APIs

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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