Configuring an alias

You can use the IBM® Operations Analytics Log Analysis alias feature to specify an alias, consisting of an alternative name.

1. Open the aliasSource.json file in the <HOME>/IBM/LogAnalysis/wlp/usr/servers/Unity/apps/Unity.war/WEB-INF directory.
2. To apply an alias to a fieldname, edit the fieldname parameters in the aliasSource.json file.
   The following example shows the parameters to apply an alias to a hostname:

   {
     "aliasKeyValueArray": [
       {
         "sourceType": "WASSystemOut",
         "fields": [
           {
             "fieldName": "hostname",
             "alias_field": "severity_alias",
             "translations": {
               "E": "Error",
               "W": "Warning",
               "O": "Overflow",
               "I": "Info"
             }
           }
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

   Where:

   • sourceType specifies the source type for which the alias is created.
   • fieldName specifies the field name of the source type.
   • alias_field specifies the alias name of the field.
   • translations contains the field values and aliases.