Event Process Page

As a developer and object designer you define an Event object to monitor certain conditions and, if they apply, to automatically trigger actions. These actions are usually the execution of further objects, as coded in the script you enter on this page.

You can use the following functions of the Automation Engine scripting language to retrieve relevant data for the Event object:

For Console, File and Database Events: GET_CONSOLE, GET_EVENT_INFO
For File Events: GET_FILESYSTEM
For Windows Events: GET_WIN_EVENT

Note: A database event process cannot contain JCL lines.

Next Steps

Execute the Event object to activate it.

The execution of an Event object triggers the execution of other objects, which in turn trigger the execution of further tasks. The tasks resulting from these executions are displayed in the Process Monitoring perspective on the various lists of Executions related to the Event object. They are children of the Event task and are flagged with a special tag type called !EVNT. The tag lets you check which executions were triggered by a specific Event. For more information, see Monitoring Events and Execution Data.

Execute Event objects in the following ways:
- Include Event objects in Schedules (JSCH) to execute them automatically at predefined times and/or intervals.
- Insert Event objects in Workflows (see Workflows (JOBP)).
- Manually execute, restart or stop Event objects. For more information, see Executing Events.
To check the number of times the system checked the Event, go to the Check count section in the Details of the object. For more information, see Viewing Object and Task Details.
Monitor the Event.

Immediately after executing the object, you can start monitoring the Event. Right-click the object and select Monitoring, Show in Process Monitoring and open the pre-filtered list of tasks to display the task. Follow the progress of the task and access reports and statistical information in the Process Monitoring perspective.

You can stop active Events in the following ways:
- cancel the Event
  Status: Abend/manually canceled
- Quit the Event
  Status: Ended_OK
- Suspend the Event
  Event remains active, but temporarily disabled
For more information, see Working with Tasks, particularly Stopping and Interrupting.