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1.2.5.1.9 Extended Attribute

Extended attributes are custom fields that are present on cases and alerts. They are populated and processed in a similar way to attributes, but are defined and stored differently.

Whereas attributes are an intrinsic part of the case and alert structure, extended attributes are defined in a configuration file, flags.xml, which is found in the ..\oedq_local_home\casemanagement directory.

The default installation defines two extended attributes:

  • Escalation - a Boolean attribute which, if set to true, indicates that the case or alert is in an 'escalated' state.

  • PriorityScore - a numeric attribute which is intended to be used to hold the priority score for an alert, as generated by the match processor.