TIME Events

As a developer and object designer you define TIME Events to trigger tasks based on the time conditions you define on this page. If they are met, the actions that you define on the Event Process page are carried out. These actions are usually the execution of further objects. TIME Events are in Sleeping status as long as the frequency and time conditions are not met and change to Active when they are.

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

• GET_CONSOLE, GET_EVENT_INFO
• GET_FILESYSTEM

On the Time Event page that is described here, you define what the TIME Event object should check. On its Event Process Page, you define the actions that it will trigger if the conditions are met.

To define TIME Event objects, do the following:

1. Define the Event Process Activation:

   1. In Frequency select the option that determines how often the event object should be activated:

      • Once

        It is activated only once.

      • Repeatedly

        It is activated periodically, depending on the setting you define below.

   2. In Activate indicate when the Event object should be activated. The options available here depend on the frequency you have selected:

      Once:

      • Immediately - it is activated as soon as it is started.
      • After - enter the number of minutes after starting that you want the event to wait before activating it.
      • At - define a specific time. If you choose this option you can indicate when the event should be activated in case it is started after this time:
        • Immediately
        • Wait for the next valid date - it becomes active with the next valid date considering the calendar and time conditions you specify below

      Repeatedly

      Specify when the event should be activated. The options are:

      • In intervals of ... minutes to define a periodicity.

      • At to define a specific time.

      In either case, in First Activation you must then define when the Event object becomes active for the first time, the options being:

      • Immediately
      • After the first interval, that is after the expiration of the first time interval.

   3. Depending on your selection in Activate, you specify one of the following:

      First Activation

      • Immediately
      • After the first interval

      If start time is later

      • Activate immediately
      • Wait for the next valid date

2. Define the Time and Date Conditions.

   These conditions are always checked and an event will only be triggered if at least one of the them is met or if no condition has been defined here. The current date and time are used as reference. The Time Zone assigned to the event is considered as well. This means that activating an event and specifying a logical time does not make sense.

   Important! Time specifications are checked for full minutes, i.e. the ending time 23:59 hours lasts until 23:59:59. Hence, the event can also be triggered in the last 59 seconds.

   See Tables On Pages.

3. Switch to the Event Process Page to define the actions that the Event will trigger.