Deduplication Comparison Parameters Form (SNMP Trap Incident)

Comparison Parameter values enable accurate identification of duplicate incidents. Custom Incident Attributes (CIAs) are used as Comparison Parameter values.  There are two categories of CIAs:

The group of available CIAs depends on which incident you are configuring for this Deduplication (for example, CiscoLinkDown). To see which CIAs are available, navigate to an Incident view, double-click an instance of that incident-type to open the Incident form, and navigate to the Custom Attributes tab. The items listed in the table are the CIAs for that particular incident-type. For example, all CiscoLinkDown incidents would have the same group of CIAs shown in the illustration below.

Note You can also use the CIA (varbind) position number.

To specify a CIA to use in the identification criteria for duplicate incidents:

  1. In the Parameter Value field, type (or copy and paste) the exact text string from the Incident form, Custom Attribute tab, Name attribute value:

  2. Click  Save and Close to save your changes and return to the previous configuration form.