You can create a context definition to associate related
events and actions with a context for complex event processing.
About this task
A context definition is a list of events, each with an associated
context ID, that is used as a group for complex event processing.
You can associate a context definition with the events, event rules,
and actions in your event project, and then use the context to correlate
the related assets over time. For example, you can use a context definition
to track all actions that correspond to a customer transaction (event)
during a 24-hour interval. By default, a new event project does not
include a context definition. You can add a context definition to
the event project, and then associate events and event rules with
the context definition.
Procedure
- In the Event Explorer view, right-click the event project
name, then click . If your event project
is organized into multiple folders, you can right-click a folder and
create a context definition in that folder.
- In the New Context Definition wizard, enter the name of
the context definition, and confirm that the parent folder is set
to project_name/assets or project_name/folder_name,
then click Next.
- Select an event, or multiple events, that you want to associate
with the context definition.
- Click an event name to select a single event.
- To select more than one event, press and hold Ctrl while
clicking multiple event names. To select a range of events, press
and hold Shift while clicking the first event name and the last event
name in the range.
- Click Finish. The
context definition opens in the Context Definition editor. You can
modify the conditions in the context definition to add or remove events,
or specify the context termination and retention. See Modifying context definition conditions.
Results
The Context Definition editor displays a warning message
because you did not associate an event rule with the context definition.
See Associating the system context or a context definition with a rule.
The
context definition asset appears under the assets folder
and the context definitions asset category
in the Event Explorer view, as shown in the following example. In
this example, the LoanContext context definition includes the LoanMessage
and LoanRejected events.
What to do next
Using the Context editor, you can modify the conditions and
settings in the context definition such as the event list, default
verbalization, termination settings, and context information retention
time. See
Modifying context definition conditions.
