Wizard and Configuration (Standard Tab)

The Wizard and the Configuration section have the following fields.

Field Global Var? Description
Name No Not shown as a field because it cannot be changed. The name appears in the Wizard, and in the title of the event.

The name to appear as the label for the resource. Names follow Java variable naming restrictions. Do not use any reserved words. Names must be unique within a folder. See Identifier Naming Requirements.

Description No Short description of the resource.
Inherits From No This event inherits from the event you select here. Leave blank if you do not want to use inheritance. As a convenience, you can open the selected event resource by clicking the underlined label.
Time to Live Yes Specify a numerical value and a time unit.

Time units can be specified from the drop-down list available to the right of the Time to Live field. Choose one of: milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, and days. The default time unit is seconds.

The numerical value is interpreted as follows:

  • One or higher (>0): the event expires after the specified number of units elapse.
  • Zero (0): the event expires after the completion of the first RTC cycle.
  • A negative integer (<0): the event does not expire, and must be explicitly consumed. The value -1 is generally used to indicate an event that does not expire.

    See Declaration and Expiry Action (Advanced Tab) .

Default Destination No When the destination is not otherwise specified (for example in rules or rule functions), events of this type are sent to the destination you select here. You can send an event to the default destination of its event type using the Event.sendEvent() function. As a convenience, you can open the selected destination resource by clicking the underlined label.
Retry On Exception No When a destination’s event preprocessor fails due to an exception, the behavior of an event instance of this type is determined by this check box setting:
  • When this checkbox is checked TIBCO BusinessEvents attempts to reprocess the event instance that failed and retries indefinitely with a delay of five seconds between retries.
  • When the checkbox is unchecked TIBCO BusinessEvents does not attempt to reprocess the event instance that failed.