What events are

In general, events are differentiated depending on where they originated in the system. Some examples of events that BMC AMI Ops Automation supports are IBM MVS write-to-operator messages (WTOs), IBM CICS transient data queue (TDQ) messages, BBI-SS PAS Journal messages, and MVS commands. BMC AMI OpsA regards each of these events as a different event type, and supports a total of 20 system-based events.

Each event also has a unique set of attributes. These attributes are used by the Rule Processor to recognize an event and perform automation against it. To support all event types, the application provides separate panels for each event type where only the applicable attributes are displayed.

BMC AMI OpsA also supports an event called TIME. With TIME events, you can cause automation to occur based not on a system event but on the time of day. For example, you can create a Rule to automate a task every 10 minutes from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.

For information about how your automation with time-initiated Rules can be affected when you change the MVS Local Time to observe daylight savings time, refer to Field-descriptions-for-the-Rule-Processor.

Which event types are available for automation on your system depends on your configuration of BMC AMI OpsA products. See Events for more information about events.