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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.
The following topics describe the concepts and tasks associated with generating event definitions:
- Event definitions
The Common Base Event specification defines the content of those events that conform to the specification. Event definitions are files that enable you to define the structure of events that are based on the Common Base Event specification.- Generate event definitions
In IBM Integration Designer, you can only use the event definition generator to generate or regenerate event definitions if you have selected the WebSphere Business Monitor 6.0.2 event generation format. If you have accepted the default WebSphere Business Monitor 7.0 event generation format, then the event definition generator is not available.