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Event catalog
The event catalog contains the specifications for all the events that can be monitored for each service component type, and the associated Common Base Event extended data elements produced by each event.
Use the information presented in this section as reference material that enables you to understand how individual events are structured. This knowledge helps you decipher the information contained in each event, so that you can quickly identify the pieces of information you need from the relatively large amount of data generated by each event.
The information included in this section covers the following items:
- The structure and standard elements of the Common Base Event
- The list of events for the Business Process Choreographer service components
- The list of IBM BPM-specific service components
- The extensions to the Common Base Event unique to each event type
There is also a discussion of how business objects that might be processed by a service component are captured in service component events.
When an event of a given type is fired across the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) bus to the CEI server or to a logger, it takes the form of a Common Base Event — which is, essentially, an XML encapsulation of the event elements created according to the event catalog specification. The Common Base Event includes a set of standard elements, server component identification elements, Event Correlation Sphere identifiers, and additional elements unique to each event type. All of these elements are passed to the CEI server or logger whenever an event is fired by a service component monitor, with one exception: if the event includes the business object code within the payload, you may specify the amount of business object data to include in event.
- The Common Base Event standard elements
The elements of the Common Base Event that are included in all events fired from service component monitoring are listed here.- Business objects in events
Business object data is carried within the event in XML format. The Common Base Event format includes an xs:any schema, which encapsulates the business object payload in XML elements.- Business Process Choreographer events
IBM BPM incorporates the Business Process Choreographer service components for BPEL processes and human tasks. Both BPEL processes and human tasks have their own set of event points that can be monitored.- IBM BPM Advanced events
IBM BPM features its own service components, and each of these components has its own set of event points that can be monitored.
Related concepts:
Monitoring service components with the Common Event Infrastructure server
Service component monitoring overview
Configure logging for service component events
What do you monitor?
Viewing and interpreting service component event log files
Related information:
Tutorial: Using the Common Event Infrastructure server for event monitoring