.You can see the list of events detected when the event definition is applied to the current data. You can also see preview information about each task in your agent.
For example, you are an administrator and want to preview the event list and all the tasks before you make the agent available for other people to use.
The preview information for each type of agent item is described in the following table.
| Agent item | Preview information |
| The event list | A table appears with columns for each data item contained in the event condition. For each event instance, a row appears that shows the value of each data item. |
| Email task | Representations appear of all emails that would be sent using the default task execution rules. Data items in the recipient, subject, and body fields are replaced by values from the source data. |
| News item task | A representation appears of the news item that would be created using the default task execution rules. Data items in the recipient, subject, and body fields are replaced by values from the source data. |
| Report task | If the report accepts prompt values, a table
appears with columns for each parameter. For each event instance,
a row appears that contains the prompt values. If the report does not accept prompt values, a sentence appears telling you that the report will run once. |
| Job task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Import task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Export task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Content maintenance task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Metric task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Planning macro task | A sentence appears telling you that the task will run once. |
| Agent task | If the agent accepts prompt values, a table
appears with columns for each parameter. For each event instance,
a row appears that contains the prompt values. If the agent does not accept prompt values, a sentence appears telling you that the agent will run once. |
| Database update task | If the stored procedure accepts arguments,
a table appears with columns for each argument. For each event instance,
a row appears that contains the argument values. If the stored procedure does not accept arguments, a sentence appears telling you that the stored procedure will run once. |
| Web service task | If the Web service accepts arguments, a table
appears with columns for each argument. For each event instance,
a row appears that contains the argument values. If the Web service does not accept arguments, a sentence appears telling you that the Web service will run once. |
Items shown on the preview pages show data for every event instance in the event list. If you change the task execution rules, the preview data remains the same. For more information, see Specify the Task Execution Rules.
Before you can preview data, you must define an event
condition .
From the Actions menu, click Preview All or Preview.
The Preview All report begins with a table of contents that contains links to the preview information for each agent item. The Preview report shows preview information for the agent item on the current page.
