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Chapter 1 Overview of TIBCO Hawk Microagents and Methods : About Microagents

About Microagents
The TIBCO Hawk agent uses processes known as Hawk microagents to collect information and operate using that information. These microagents execute specific tasks known as methods. Methods collect information and perform tasks. Methods can be called directly or from within a TIBCO Hawk rulebase.
This manual describes how various Hawk microagents and respective methods can be used for system and application monitoring. It also provides a complete list of all the available methods for the respective microagents. You can use this guide as a reference to know all the available methods for any microagent.
Microagent Types
TIBCO Hawk microagents are classified by the functions they perform and can be one of three types:
IMPACT_INFO returns information.
IMPACT_ACTION performs an action on the TIBCO Hawk system.
IMPACT_ACTION_INFO both returns information and takes an action based on it.
Method Returns
Methods can return information by invocation or subscription. Invocation returns information on a one-time basis. Subscription information is returned either synchronously, on a regular time schedule, or asynchronously, when data becomes available.
Method invocation returns a table of results, according to specified arguments (if any).
Additional Information
Help text for TIBCO Hawk microagent methods is also available in the microagent window in the TIBCO Hawk Display or Microagent Information in Hawk WebConsole. Selecting a microagent and method in this window will bring up help text in the window.

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