Creating and subscribing to event rules

An event rule allows an application to respond to mailbox events for some or all mailboxes. You can subscribe a mailbox to create an event rule.

About this task

To monitor message transfers for each global mailbox in the system, Global Mailbox administrators can create event rules to automatically initiate specific actions when a message is added to a mailbox. After you create an event rule, use the Message Name Filter to identify which messages you want to subscribe to the event rule.

To create an event rule and subscribe a mailbox to it:

Procedure

  1. From the Event Explorer page, select an application and click Event Rules.
    If you are using Mailbox Explorer page, select a mailbox and click Event Rules.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Create an event rule name in the Event Rule Name field.
  4. Select an application from the drop-down list.

    If you are using Event Explorer to create the rule, the application is already selected.

  5. Optional: Use the Message Name Include Filter to specify which messages an event rule includes, or the Message Name Exclude Filter to specify which messages an event rule excludes.
    If the Message Name Include Filter and Message Name Exclude Filter fields are not specified, all messages apply to the event rule.
    Restriction: You can specify and change the Message Name Exclude Filter only from the command line.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Select the mailbox or mailboxes you want to subscribe to this event rule.
    If you are using Mailbox Explorer, the current mailbox is already selected.
    • Click All Mailboxes if you want to subscribe all mailboxes to the event rule.
    • Click Selected Mailboxes to select only the mailboxes you want to subscribe to the event rule.

    Select the mailbox that you want to subscribe and use the active arrow to move the mailbox. You can also select and drag a mailbox from the All Mailboxes column to the Selected Mailboxes column. Press Ctrl to select multiple mailboxes and use the active arrow to move the mailboxes. You cannot drag multiple mailboxes.

    Note: If the application supports additional event properties, Additional Properties appears as Step 3. If the application does not support additional properties, click Finish.
  8. If the application supports additional event properties, click Next.
  9. Enter values for Business Process, Contract, and User fields, depending on application requirements.
    To enter a value for a field, type the name of the value that you want. The dynamic search box lists all allowable results that match what you enter.

    Not all fields are required. If a required field is incomplete, the system prompts you to complete the necessary fields.

  10. Click Finish.