Applying actions when an event does not occur

You can apply specific actions to occur when an event does not occur in a specific time window.

Before you begin

Create or modify an existing seasonal event rule. To create a seasonal event rule, see Creating a seasonal event rule. To modify an existing seasonal event rule, see Modifying an existing seasonal event rule.

About this task

The events that are selected in the Event Selection pane are the events to which the action is applied if the event does not occur in a specific time window. For more information about selecting events, see Applying rule actions to an event and time condition.

To specify the actions to apply when an event does not occur, complete the following steps in the Actions When Event(s) Does Not Occur in Specified Time Window(s) pane.

1. To select the time after which the event does not occur to apply the action, complete the following steps.
   1. Select a number from the Perform Action(s) After list, or type an entry in the field.
   2. Select Seconds, Minutes, or Hours from the Perform Action(s) After drop-down list.
2. To create a synthetic event on a non-occurrence, select the Create event check box and click Create event.
3. To define the event, complete the fields in the new Create Event window.
4. To save the synthetic event, click Ok.
5. To save the seasonal event rule, choose one of the following options.
   1. Select Watch to monitor the rule's performance before it is deployed.
   2. Select Deploy to activate the rule.

Results

The action to be applied to a rule that does not occur in a specific time window is saved.