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Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer.Excel_Error_Communicating_With_Back_End (Rule)

This Rule collects data when the front-end Web server attempts to establish a connection to a specific Excel back end machine, but a communication error occurred. Traffic will be load balanced to another server if one is available.

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Summary

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.OfficeWebAppsServer.Machine
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event SourceExcel Web App
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue
Event LogMicrosoft Office Web Apps

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer.Excel_Error_Communicating_With_Back_End" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.OfficeWebAppsServer.Machine" ConfirmDelivery="false" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Microsoft Office Web Apps</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <RegExExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>

              <Pattern>^(5231|5239|5240)$</Pattern>

            </RegExExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">Excel Web App</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>