Sometimes you need to add a variable to a Rule for parameters, such as the name of the server being tested – hard-coding each server name would be a huge amount of needless work

For Rules that need variables there is a %VARIABLE% button

This help page is a master list of the variables and their meanings

Example

For these two variables of %AGNodeName% and %AGNodeTryCount% Argent extracts the server name and the TCP/IP try count and substitutes them when the test is run

If the Monitoring Group listed three servers, TEST1, TEST2, and TEST3, then the above System Command Rule becomes

C:\NTRESOURCEKIT\DCDIAG.EXE TEST1

C:\NTRESOURCEKIT\DCDIAG.EXE TEST2

C:\NTRESOURCEKIT\DCDIAG.EXE TEST3

Where TEST1, TEST2 and TEST3 are %AGNodeName%

%AGAliasName%

Node’s alias name if present

If not present, a null string is returned

%AGBrokenRuleName%

Name of Rule causing the event to be fired to the main Argent Console screen

%AGClusterName%

Name of cluster if this Node is a cluster object

If not a cluster object, a null string is returned

%AGClusterObject%

Name of cluster object if this node is a cluster object

If not a cluster object, a null string is returned

%AGConsoleComment%

The console comment of the Rule causing the event to be fired to the main Argent Console screen

%AGEventDetail%

Summary of the event

%AGHighDetail%

A detailed description of event

%AGHighDetailAsString%

Long description of event with new lines replaced with spaces

This is useful for sending SMS messages and emails

%AGLowDetail%

Event summary

%AGEventID%

Each event on Argent Console screens (A1X) is assigned an ID, which is incremented and reset to 1 when reaching 99999

%AGNodeDelayMS% (Millisecond)

The Node’s TCP/IP timeout in milliseconds

This value is specified in node property of CMDB-X

%AGNodeDelayS% (Second)

The Node’s TCP/IP timeout in seconds

This value is specified in node property of CMDB-X

%AGNodeName%

The Node name causing the event to be fired to the main Argent Console screen

%AGNodeTryCount%

The Node’s TCP/IP retry count

This value is specified in node property of CMDB-X

%AGNodeType%

The Node type

%AGRelatorName%

The name of Relator causing the event to be fired to the main Argent Console screen

%AGReportNamesAsString%

The names of reports included in this Alert for automatic report distribution

%AGRuleDesc%

The Rule’s Description field

%AGService%

The Name of service causing the event to be fired to the main Argent Console screen

%AGUniqueID%

The internal unique ID of the event

This value is the column ‘pckey‘ of AAC_Console table

This value is the primary key of the SQL table

SQL Server backend maintains this field

%Date%

The date when the Rule was broken

This is the date on the local machine

%Time%

The time when the Rule was broken

This is the time on the local machine

Contact Information

These variables are from the CMDB-X

%EmailAddress%

The email address specified for the Node in the CMDB-X

If not specified, a null string is returned

%PhoneNumber%

The phone number specified for the Node in the CMDB-X

If not specified, a null string is returned

%RemoteDesktop%

The remote desktop command specified for the Node in the CMDB-X

If not specified, a null string is returned

This is the command line to start remote desktop process when right clicking on Argent Console (A1A) screen and select ‘Windows Remote Desktop‘

%SupportURL%

The support URL specified for the Node in the CMDB-X

If not specified, a null string is returned

This is the command line to launch the support website when right clicking on Argent Console (A1A) screen and select ‘Support URL‘