Creating an Event Processor

Prior to creating an event processor, the one-time setup tasks (as described in Initial Setup for Event Processors documentation here) must be performed to allow for the creation of event processors. After creating a setup group for event processors, create an event processor to monitor changes in STEP, and utilize the functionality of a specific processor.

An event processor is created in the workbench System Setup using an event processor wizard. Below are general steps for creating a new event processor. However, the event processor wizard 'Configure Processing Plugin' dialog will vary based upon the processing plugin selected. Information for configuring each of the processing plugins can be found in the Processing Plugins documentation here.

To create a new event processor:

  1. Go to System Setup, right-click your event processors setup group, and click New Event Processor.

  1. The Event Processor Wizard displays and involves the following steps:

Complete setup requires providing data in the wizard as well as some manual configuration. All setup includes the following sections:

  1. In the wizard, specify an ID, name, and object type as described in EP - Identify Event Processor topic here.
  2. In the wizard, specify the processing and error handling as described in EP - Configure Event Processor topic here.
  3. In the wizard, specify the information specific to the event processor selected in the previous step as described in EP - Configure Processing Plugin topic here.
  4. In the wizard, specify how often the event processor should start as described in EP - Schedule Event Processor topic here.
  5. In the wizard, populate the send report to address parameter as described in EP - Error Handling and Reporting topic here.
  6. Confirm / Update triggering definitions as described in Event Triggering Definitions Tab topic here.
  7. Set Queue Status Events to 'Read Events' as described in the Queue Status section of the Event Processor Tab topic here.
  8. Enable the event processor as described in the Enable Event Processor section of the Running an Event Processor topic here.