Entity

An Entity in IEM can be referred to any configuration item (CI) against which the event has been triggered or received in IEM.

The section enables us to provide details associated with the entity, enabling enriching the events, alerts, and actionable data within the system based on its mapped entity. This enriched data can be further used while defining correlation rules or while working on the data view screen. Example, providing details such as location, data center, applications (primary, secondary etc.) while defining the entities.

As these details are added, it becomes available in the correlation rule configuration page as well as additional columns in the data view page, which can be then used accordingly by the respective users.

This page allows users to save multiple views, enabling them to choose which columns are displayed in addition to the mandatory columns. Users can also save views with specific filters applied, so that only filtered data is shown in a particular view.

Likewise, with other screens the users can perform actions based on their assigned roles.
Figure 1. Entity Page
  1. Click the customer onboard section. For a specific customer, click on Customer - edit section. Click on the Entity page, where Entity records for the selected customer will be displayed in the grid view once new entities have been created by the user.
    • The following actions can be performed on the page:
    • Add Columns
    • Save (View)
    • Save as (View)
    • Add New
    • Edit Existing
    • Delete
    • Define Maintenance Schedule
    • Merge
    • Apply Filters