Event Setup Dialog Box

The following illustrates the Event Setup dialog box:

The following describes the parts of the Event Setup dialog box.

Part Function
Description Enter a description of the event.
Session Select one of the sessions you defined on the Sessions tab.
Controller Specify the name of the controller on which the event is run.
Notification Type Event Designate this event as a “notify type,” which means that the system executes it based on parameters set in the Notification Log.
Note: Selecting this check box deactivates the Timed and Polled tabs.
Timed tab
Start Indicate the beginning run time of a session.
Note: You must enter the time in 24-hour HH:MM format. If you do not enter the time in this format, the system attempts to determine the correct 24 hour time from what you entered.
Until Specify a stop time for the event.
Notes:
  • You can either use 24-hour HH:MM format or 12-hour HH:MM or H:MM format with the designator "a" (am) or "p" (pm).
  • An event will always execute on its end time regardless of the interval that is set. To have an event execute once, do not enter an end time or interval.
Minutes Specify an interval of time after which the event is to be executed.

For example, if you specify "15" minutes, the event is executed every 15 minutes.
Calendar Select one of the calendars you defined on the Calendars tab that you want the system to check against when scheduling this session.
Notes:
  • A calendar allows you to specify days in each month that you do not want the selected session to be run.
  • If you use the Date box, you cannot use the Calendar box.
Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat Indicate which days of the week the event is to be executed.
Note: By default, every day of the week is selected. If any days are selected in this section, then the schedule is executed only on those days. If you select days from this section, you cannot use the Date box.
Date Specify a date on which the event is to be executed.
Notes:
  • This enables you to specify a date on which this session should run one time only. The system then removes the session from the database.
  • You can enter this date in any format, but the sequence of the date you enter must correspond to the international Windows date formats (for example, in the United State, dates must be entered in month/day/year format).
  • If you select a calendar from the Calendar box or days of the week, you cannot use the Date box.
Polled tab
File name Specify the name of the file for which the system checks.
Note: You can use a wildcard (*) to specify the name of the file.
Browse Accesses the Choose Network Server dialog box so you can browse for the file for which you want the system to check.
Result Indicate whether the event should be executed if the result is True or False.
Notes:
  • If you select True, you are indicating that the event should be executed only when the specified file is present.
  • If you select False, you are indicating that the event should be executed only when the specified file does not exist.