RULE Events

When an external event is posted to the REST endpoint, the IA Agent writes the received event to the topic named "events" in the Streaming Platform. The Rule Engine then reads the event topic and if a pattern is recognized a rule is triggered.

What you need to know before you start

• You should have some basic knowledge of AE Objects. See: Object Types, Working with Objects and Events (EVNT).
• You should have some basic knowledge of AE Variable Objects. See: User-Defined VARA Objects and XML VARA Objects.

Prerequisites

• Analytics version 2.0 or above.
• To define a rule you must first install the an Analytics rule. See: Installing an Event Engine Rule.

See also:

• Events (EVNT)
• Scripting and the Automation Engine Scripting Language
• Working with Tables
• Using AWI Combo Boxes