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Types of Rules

CA Automation Point uses three types of rules:

Message rules

Tell CA Automation Point what action to take when a specified message displays on a console.

Time rules

Tell CA Automation Point what action to take when a specified time or time interval occurs.

Command rules

Tell CA Automation Point what action to take when a specified command is issued through CA Automation Point.

Sample actions for these rule types include:

• Displaying console messages in color on the Merged Msg window
• Sounding alarms when critical messages appear
• Suppressing messages from Normal, Action, and Merged Msg windows
• Executing batch files
• Issuing commands
• Suppressing commands from being issued to the host
• Issuing reworded commands
• Replying to WTOR messages
• Issuing a Notification Manager Find request
• Forwarding a message to the CA NSM Event Console
• Writing a message to a Program-to-Program Queue (PPQ)
• Executing REXX programs
• Executing CA Automation Point scripts