- TIBCO BusinessEvents®
- CEP Pattern
- Pattern
- Manager
- Advanced

# Pattern.Manager.Advanced.getRecentEventExtId()

## Signature

`String getRecentEventExtId(Object opaque)`

## Domain

ACTION

## Description

Returns the most Event ExtId observed by the pattern instance - i.e that most recent one that did not cause the instance to fail. The only parameter this function takes is the $1opaque$1 parameter provided by the Pattern Service when it invokes the listener rule function. $1`null`$1 is returned if there was no such Event ExtId or if the Event did not have one.

## Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`advancedOpaque` | `Object` | Service when it invoked the callback RuleFunction.

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
`String` | `null` if there was nothing.

## Cautions

none

## See Also

void setCompletionListener(Object patternInstance, String ruleFunctionURI)