All information received as dsi input parameters and any data received from Graphic Notifications Server are printed as a single line of pieces of information limited by square brackets and sometimes preceded by an appropriate letter followed by the dash. A generic line is shown below:

-T [program calling time] -U [program calling time in UNIX format (in sec. from 01.01.1970)] -i [an argument of dsi -i option] -r [an argument of dsi -r option] -s [an argument of dsi -s option] -a [an argument of dsi -a option] -c [an argument of dsi -c option] -g [an argument of dsi -g option] -p [an argument of dsi -p option] -n [an argument of dsi -n option] -e [an argument of dsi -e option] -t [an argument of dsi -t option] -d [an argument of dsi -d option] -M [an argument of dsi --community option] -q [an argument of dsi --closing-reason option] -b [an argument of dsi --closed-by option] -m [a human readable description of the case or the notification] -u [an operator identifier received from the server] -R [notification display time received from the server] rest of data to record (other data to store), aren't recognized by dsi as its options.

Information recorded as a value of -m option depends on a value of --id option of dsi. If this option isn't given (dsi isn't run by Operation Manager), an input argument of -m option is written. If the option --id is given (dsi is run by Operation Manager and the rest of information about a case and its events are given), as a value of -m option such information are written as: an argument of dsi -m option, an argument of dsi -i option and descriptions of each event separated by semicolons. Such description includes: state of the event, where (A) means active, (H) means passive (historical), and (NM) means not-manageable; an argument of --event-ctime for the event; an argument of --event-mtime for the event; an argument of --event-hits-number for the event; an argument of --event-successors for the event (new line characters that separates particular successors are changed into semicolons).