Availability Transactions

Availability transactions can be used to manipulate availability information for CMDB items.

Limited Support/End of Life Capabilities

The Classic API has been replaced by the Alemba RestFul API. While we will continue to support the Classic API for clients that are still using it, no further development will be done.

If you need to request a hotfix or support for these features, please contact Alemba Support

AvailabilityFindItemOutages Transaction

The AvailabilityFindItemOutages transaction returns all outages within a given time period against a CMDB Item.

Input Parameters: AvailabilityFindItemOutagesRequest

Argument

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

sID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s current Session ID

sLoginUserID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Login ID

sLoginPassword

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Password

sDatabase

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Name of the ASM System for logging in.

lEntityRef

Lookup Field

Yes

-

CMDB item against which to find the outage

dOutageEnd

Date/Time

No

-

The end date range in which to find an outage

dOutageStart

Date/Time

No

-

The start date range in which to find an outage

aCustomParameters

Array

No

“”

See Defining Custom Parameters.

Return Values:AvailabilityRetrieveResponse

Argument

Type

Description

Ret

APIReturn

Error/Warning Number

sMessage

String

Error/Warning Message

ResultSet

DataSet

ResultSet containing attribute details

AvailabilityFindCurrentOutage Transaction

The AvailabilityFindCurrentOutage transaction can be used to find the ref of the current outage logged against a given CMDB Item.

Input Parameters: AvailabilityFindCurrentOutageRequest

Argument

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

sID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s current Session ID

sLoginUserID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Login ID

sLoginPassword

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Password

sDatabase

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Name of the ASM System for logging in.

lEntityRef

Lookup Field

Yes

-

CMDB item against which to find the outage

aCustomParameters

Array

No

“”

See Defining Custom Parameters.

Return Values: AvailabilityRetrieveResponse

See AvailabilityRetrieveResponse for more information.

AvailabilityItemDependencies Transaction

The AvailabilityItemDependencies transaction can be used to find all CMDB Items dependent on a given item. This transaction returns only those linked items that have availability enabled, and takes into account any weighted links that have been defined.

AvailabilityItemDependencies will default to finding dependent items based on score. Passing PLANNED=1 as a custom parameter will ignore any currently running outages ;it does not matter where in the custom parameters array this is placed.

Input Parameters: AvailabilityItemDependenciesRequest

Argument

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

sID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s current Session ID

sLoginUserID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Login ID

sLoginPassword

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Password

sDatabase

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Name of the ASM System for logging in.

lEntityRef

Lookup Field

Ignored

-

Ignored

sItemRefs

String

Yes

-

A comma separated list of CMDB item Refs, in which the dependent items will be returned.

aCustomParameters

Array

No

“”

See Defining Custom Parameters.

Return Values: AvailabilityRetrieveResponse

See AvailabilityRetrieveResponse for more information.

AvailabilityOutageUpdate Transaction

The AvailabilityOutageUpdate transaction can be used to update an existing outage. If the outage end date is in the past (that is, before the current date), the outage will be closed.

Input Parameters: AvailabilityOutageUpdateRequest

Argument

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

sID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s current Session ID

sLoginUserID

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Login ID

sLoginPassword

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Analyst’s Password

sDatabase

String

No. See Transaction Login.

“”

Name of the ASM System for logging in.

lEntityRef

Lookup Field

Yes

-

CMDB item with the outage to update

nOutageRef

Integer

Yes

-

Outage to update

dOutageEnd

Date/Time

No

-

Outage End of the specified outage

dOutageStart

Date/Time

No

-

Outage Start of the specified outage

sOutageDesc

String

No

“”

Outage Description of the specified outage

aCustomParameters

Array

No

“”

See Defining Custom Parameters.

Return Values: AvailabilityResponse

Argument

Type

Description

Ret

APIReturn

Error/Warning Number

sMessage

String

Error/Warning Message

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