EVT Interface Event Tag result definition

The EVT Interface Event Tag result definition retrieves data from a String Pool tag that is populated by the Event File Interface.

The Event File Interface inserts data into event tags in a concatenated string format, creating a union of all columns in the EVT file separated by pipe | characters. Use the EVT Interface Event Tag result definition to define which events to retrieve and which columns to include in the data journal.

You add and edit result definitions in the Result Definition pane of the Journal Action Edit window. You open the Journal Action Edit window by right-clicking the journal action node and then clicking Property.

Retrieve comments from Event File Interface string tags

Suppose the configuration of your Event File Interface has the /logtotag=<event type> switch enabled and the event type Comment (#7) enabled. To retrieve comments for a batch processed by the Event File Interface, you would add Event in the Event Name column, specify “Comment”, then check all columns and set PValue filter to “Error.” This would retrieve all comments that have a value starting with Error.

Events

• Event Name

  The name of the event for which you want to retrieve data.

  You must have already configured the Event File Interface to log the event to a tag before you can retrieve the event's data.

  Event Name types

  Event Name types	Event Name types (continued)
  Active Binding	Phase Link Permissive Sent
  Active Step Change	Phase Logic Arbitration
  Active Step Change Commencing	Prompt
  Arbitration	Prompt Response
  Batch Deletion	Recipe Arbitration
  Bind	Recipe Data
  Comment	Recipe Data Changed
  Creation Bind	Recipe Header
  Event File Name	Recipe Value
  Formula Header	Recipe Value Change
  Mode Change	Report
  Mode Command	Scale Factor
  Operator Prompt	State Change
  Owner Change	State Command
  Param Download Verified	Step Activity
  Phase Link Permissive Received	System Message

Columns

You can retrieve data from any of following the columns contained in the EVT file:

• Recipe

• Description

• Event

• Pvalue

• EU

• Area

• ProcCell

• Unit

• Phase

• PhaseDesc

• UserID

• UniqueID

To include a column's data in the data journal, select the checkbox for that column's name. To exclude a column's data, clear the checkbox.

• Filter String

  Specifies a string for each of the columns to be used in a comparison condition to filter data from the data journal.

  Both the * and % wildcard characters can be used interchangeably in a LIKE comparison condition, and can be placed at the beginning, end, or both beginning and end of a pattern.

  For example:

  • *error* returns all items that have an error string in the column,

  • error* returns all items that start with error in the column, and

  • *error returns all items that end with an error string in the column.