What events are
Events are occurrences in the system, such as messages, commands, and ALERTs, that are eligible to be automated.
In general, events are differentiated depending on where they originated in the system. Some examples of events that MainView AutoOPERATOR supports are IBM MVS write-to-operator messages (WTOs), IBM CICS transient data queue (TDQ) messages, BBI-SS PAS Journal messages, and MVS commands. MainView AutoOPERATOR regards each of these events as a different event type, and MainView AutoOPERATOR supports a total of 14 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, MainView AutoOPERATOR provides separate panels for each event type where only the applicable attributes are displayed.
MainView AutoOPERATOR 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 MainView AutoOPERATOR products. Refer to Describing-events for more information about events.