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General Tab of the Event Definition Property Editor

This tab is displayed when you select an event definition in App Explorer. It is also displayed when you double-click an event definition in the event definition editor. In App Explorer, event definitions are displayed under the Application Links heading in an orchestration, and can be displayed under the External Events subheading under Orchestration Links in an application.

Element Description
Name The name of the event definition.
Product name

The name of the external product or application raising the event associated with the event definition.
Event definition source
The origin of the event definition:
  • Imported from the event for the application. (The event is automatically created when you create an asynchronous orchestration workflow using the Action Wizard.)
  • An .mtd file or a .wsdl file that was exported from another event definition, or a .wsdl file that was used to manually create an event definition. (Select Create from event definition file on the Event Definition Configuration dialog box to create this event definition).
  • Defined manually by the user. (Select Create new custom event definition on the Event Definition Configuration dialog box to create this event definition.)
Description An optional description.
Event definition version The version number from .mtd or .wsdl file.
Product instance

The instance of the event definition. This information is used to distinguish between event definitions used by the same product.
Export event definition Saves the .mtd or .wsdl file for the event definition to the file system of your computer, so it can be imported into any application or orchestration. For more information, see About Application Links and Event Definitions.
Reimport

Reimports the .mtd or .wsdl file. This button is only available for existing event definitions.
Regenerate Regenerates the event definition. This button is only available for event definitions that were automatically generated from an event in an application. Use this button to regenerate the event definition if the changes you made to the event do not appear in the event definition editor.
Export external event WSDL Saves the .wsdl file for the event definition to the file system of your computer, so it can be used to raise an event from any external product that can call Web services.
Note: This button is only available for new event definitions. For more information, see About Application Links and Event Definitions.
Convert to custom event definition Converts an event definition that was created in another process app or created manually into a custom event definition that you can edit.
Note: This button is available for any event definition that was created in and exported from SBM Composer. It is also available for a manually-created event definition, if its structure and naming conventions are consistent with those of custom event definitions created by SBM Composer.

Related Topics

Event Map Tab of the Event Definition Property Editor

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