Checking the event and entity data

Find out more about events and entities that are associated with the events by checking the information in the Data section.

About this task

The Data section displays information about the selected event and entities that are associated with the event. To review the event and entity data, click to select an event icon in the timeline.

Example

In the following example, the entity information for an airline customer event includes several fields.

customer ID
event date
flight number
message

When this event is processed, the run time stores the event data with a time stamp. When you select the event in the solution timeline, the content of the event is shown in the Data section. The following figure shows the Data section below the selected event.

The example event includes a message about a recent flight delay. The entity that is bound to the event is shown beside the processed event. The entity section includes a comparison between the entity data before and after the processed event. In the example, the entity that is named customer4 received an airport coupon as compensation for the delayed flight.

When an event is processed, the agent might emit zero, one or multiple related events. To view the emitted event or events that are related to the selected processed event, click the Show Emitted link under the timeline. This link is visible if there is at least one related, emitted event.

An emitted event is always related to a processed event. You can go to the processed event that emitted an event by clicking Show Processed.