SEN_MS_FILE

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Parameters

Name	Description	Units	Default Alert Conditions	Type
Exists*	Indicates whether the file exists or not. Value set by fileColl.	{0 = File exists ; 1 = File does not exist}	Alarm = 1	Availability
GrowthPercentage	File growth percentage. Value set by fileColl.	Percentage per minute (%/min)	None	Statistics
GrowthSpeed	File growth speed. Value set by fileColl.	Kilobytes per minute (KB/min)	None	Statistics
LastChanged	Elapsed time since the file was modified. Value set by fileColl.	Minutes	Warning ≥ 7 200 Alarm ≥ 14 400	Statistics
Size*	File size. Value set by fileColl.	Kilobytes (KB)	Alarm = 0	Statistics

* Parameters marked with an asterisk are used by default when visualizing the corresponding monitor instance in BMC TrueSight Operations Management.

Infobox

Name	Description
ID	PATROL internal identifier of the File instance.
Parent ID	PATROL internal identifier of the File instance's parent.
File	Configured file path.
Monitored File	Currently monitored file path.
File Type	File type (flat/log) as configured in the wizard.

Menu Commands

Menu Command	Description
New > String Search	Creates a new String Search instance for the File instance.
New > Numeric Value Extraction	Creates a new Numeric Value Extraction for the File instance.
New > Text Pre-Processing	Creates a new Text Pre-Processing instance for for this the File instance.
New > Dynamic Object Builder	Creates a new Dynamic Object Builder for the File instance.
Edit	Allows editing the settings for the File Monitor instance.
Thresholds	Sets or edits the thresholds.
Polling Interval	Allows setting the polling interval for the monitoring of the File instance.
Alert Actions	Adds specific Alert Actions to the File instance monitoring.
Properties	Displays all available information for the File instance.
Cut	Cuts the File instance.
Copy	Copies the File instance.
Paste	Pastes a previously copied or cut File instance.
Delete	Deletes the File instance and all its related Monitor instances and parameters.
Rename	Allows renaming the label (Display Name) of the File instance.
View File Content	Displays the File content.
Restart Scan	Restart the scanning of the file from the beginning at the next polling cycle, when performing String Searches or Numeric Value Extractions.
Acknowledge Alerts	Deactivates and reactivates the parameters to acknowledge the alert.
Pause Monitoring	Pauses the monitoring of the File instance as well as all its related Monitor instances and parameters.
Resume Monitoring	Resumes the monitoring of the File instance as well as all its related Monitor instances and parameters.
Refresh Parameters	Refreshes all instance parameters of the SEN_MS_FILE application class.