alarm MX Message

alarm message is generated by datastream service on every alarm status change (raising, clearing, escalating, etc). Regardless of status change, alarm state is always passed as full structure.

Message Headers

Message-Type

Type of message. Always alarm.

Change-Id

DataStream Change ID, same as $changeid field.

Sharding-Key

Key for consistent sharding.

Profile-Id

Managed Object's Profile Id.

Message Format

Message contains JSON with following fields:

Name	Type	Description
id	String	Alarm Id
$changeid	String	DataStream Change ID
timestamp	String	ISO 8601 timestamp (i.e. YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS) of alarm rising
clear_timestamp	String	ISO 8601 timestamp (i.e. YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS) of alarm clearange (for closed alarms only)
severity	Integer	Alarm severity
root	String	ID of root alarm (for consequences only)
object	Object	Managed Object
id	String	Managed Object's ID
object_profile	Object	Managed Object Profile
id	String	Managed Object Profile's ID
name	String	Managed Object Profile's Name
remote_system	Object	Managed Object's Remote System (if imported)
id	String	Remote System's ID
name	String	Remote System's Name
remote_id	String	Managed Object's ID in Remote System (if any)
alarm_class	String	Alarm Class
id	String	Alarm Class' ID
name	String	Alarm Class' Name
vars	Object	Key-value dictionary of alarm's variables
reopens	Integer	Number of alarm's reopens
tags	Object	Alarm tags
escalation	Object	Escalation data (if escalated)
timestamp	String	Escalation timestamp in ISO 8601 format
tt_system	Object	TT System to escalate
id	String	TT System's ID
name	String	TT System's name
error	String	Escalation error text (if any)
tt_id	String	TT ID
close_timestamp	String	Escalation closing timestamp in ISO 8601 format (if closed)
close_error	String	Escalation closing error text (if any)
direct_services	Object	Summary of services directly affected by alarm
profile	Object	Service Profile
id	String	Service Profile's ID
name	String	Service Profile's name
summary	Integer	Number of affected services
total_services	Object	Summary of services directly affected by alarm and all consequences
profile	Object	Service Profile
id	String	Service Profile's ID
name	String	Service Profile's name
summary	String	Number of affected services
direct_subscribers	Object	Summary of subscribers directly affected by alarm
profile	Object	Subscriber Profile
id	String	Subscriber Profile's ID
name	String	Subscriber Profile's name
summary	Integer	Subscriber Profile's summary
total_subscribers	Object	Summary of subscribers directly affected by alarm and all consequences
profile	Object	Subscriber Profile
id	String	Subscriber Profile's ID
name	String	Subscriber Profile's name
summary	Integer	Subscriber Profile's summary