TimeEvent Attributes Reference

Note: When using an event in a rule’s form editor, type eventname@ to see the list of its attributes.

You can use the following attributes in rules to return information about an event instance.

Attribute Type Returns
@id long The event’s unique internal ID.
@closure String
  • For repeating time events: Not used (Null value).
  • For rule-based time events: A string that was specified when the event was scheduled.
@interval long
  • For repeating time events: The number of milliseconds between creation of successive time events.
  • For rule-based time events: Not used (0 value).
@scheduledTime DateTime The time scheduled for asserting an instance of this event into the Rete network.
  • For repeating time events: calculated based on the time of the last assertion of an instance of this event, and the interval.
  • For rule-based time events: specified using the ScheduleTimeEventName() function’s delay parameter. See Rule-Based TimeEvent Function Reference .
@ttl long