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The OpenView Windows API
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Fields are object attributes stored in the OVW database that can be seen
as the building blocks from which objects are constructed. There are
three components to a field definition:
❏ the field name
❏ the data type of the field
❏ flags that indicate how the field is used
The following table lists the available data types for field definitions:
Table 6-1 Data Types and Field Definitions
Data Type Description Example Field
Integer32 A 32-bit signed integer IPMap Version, TopM
Node Count
Boolean This type can have the
values True or False
isSNMPSupported,
isLocation
String A standard character
string, limited to 256
characters in length
SNMP sysDescr, SNMP
sysLocation
Enumeration Declares the field to be an
enumerated type. All
possible values for the
enumerated type are
declared in a separate
Enumeration statement.
SNMP ifType, vendor