IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer

Monitoring events

In IBM Integration Designer, the event monitor, event definition generator, and event definition editor are the three tools that are solely designated for working with common base events and event definitions.

The following topics describe how to use these tools to work with events and event definitions in IBM Integration Designer.

• Co-existence of monitor models
  In WebSphere Integration Developer 7.0, you cannot use the IBM Business Monitor development toolkit to create version 6.0.2 monitor models. However, you can use existing 6.0.2 monitor models with the IBM Business Monitor development toolkit.
• Monitoring events
  In IBM Integration Designer, you can use the event monitor to enable the generation and monitoring of Common Base Event events and have them managed by the services of the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI). You can generate events for business processes, inline and stand-alone human tasks, and other components and then use the IBM Business Monitor development toolkit to work with the monitor models that use these events.
• Generate event definitions
  

  If you have selected the WebSphere Business Monitor 6.0.2 event format in IBM Integration Designer, you can use the event definition generator to generate event definitions that define the structure of your emitted events. However, you must have the IBM Business Monitor development toolkit installed to actually work with the event definitions. The toolkit enables you to generate a monitor model for your event definitions and then add business metrics to the event definitions in the monitor model editor.

  You can then deploy the monitor model to an IBM Business Monitor server and monitor the events with the IBM Business Monitor dashboard. If , however, that if you have chosen to accept the default WebSphere Business Monitor 6.2 event format, the event definition generator is not available for use.

• Create custom event definitions
  Using the event definition editor, you can create custom event definitions to define the structure of your emitted events. However, you must have the IBM Business Monitor development toolkit installed to work with the event definitions. The toolkit enables you to import your event definitions into a monitor model in the monitor model editor and then add business metrics to the event definitions. You can then deploy the monitor model to an IBM Business Monitor server and monitor the emitted events with the IBM Business Monitor dashboard.