7.1 Situation editor The Situation editor brings a new set of intelligence to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1 suite by allowing for more complex correlation to occur at the agent level. It also removes the complexity of introducing correlation, which is found in previous versions of IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1. A situation is a defined set of conditions and actions that the Tivoli Monitoring V6.1 agent has been configured to recognize and responds to ("take action"). A situation can be a simple monitor threshold with the associated threshold values, or it can be a more complex Boolean formula. The main component of the situation is the "formula." A basic threshold formula is usually a threshold value or range. For example, it can be to signal a warning if the CPU utilization goes above 50% but stays less than 75%. You can also set a situation formula for a time period, for example, a formula for checking that a condition exists on, or between, Monday and Saturday. 7.1.1 Understanding the terms For this discussion, you need to understand the following terms, as defined in IBM Tivoli Monitoring User's Guide, Version 6.1.0, SC32-9409: