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Chapter 8: Working with the EventRefinement LibraryThis section contains the following topics:About the Event Refinement Library (see page 163)Supporting New Event Sources with the Event Refinement Library (see page163)Mapping and Parsing Files (see page 164)About the Event Refinement LibraryThe event refinement library provides you with tools to create new parsing andmapping files, or to modify copies of existing ones to provide support for newdevices, applications, and so forth. The library includes the following options:■■■■IntegrationsListenersMapping and Parsing FilesSuppression and Summarization RulesSuppression rules prevent data from being collected, or prevent it from beinginserted into the event log store. Summarization rules allow you to aggregateevents to reduce the number of inserts for similar event types or actions. This isthe most frequently used part of the library since suppression and summarizationrules can help to tune both network and database performance.You can use the integrations area to view predefined integrations and to createnew integrations for your custom or proprietary devices, applications, files, ordatabases. More information is available in the CA Enterprise Log ManagerAdministration Guide and the online help.Supporting New Event Sources with the Event RefinementLibraryTo support a device, application, database, or other event source that is notalready supported, use the mapping and parsing file wizards and the integrationswizard to create the necessary components.Chapter 8: Working with the Event Refinement Library 163