Guidelines for Defining Pattern Roles

With a new sequence scenario pattern where no information is provided, the Pattern Roles dialog box is blank. With an existing sequence scenario pattern, the Pattern Roles dialog box includes a list of Pattern Roles that Variable, Description, TA Role Use, and Format Identify.

Use the following guidelines in the Pattern Roles editor:

• Add variables to pattern roles if using them for highlights, augmentation, or scoring.
• Providing a format string results in use of the variable as a highlight.
• Arrange the variables in the order they should appear in the highlights using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.
• Create a Pattern Roles entry for the focal entity binding. This variable has the same name as the scenario focus type (for example, ACCOUNT).

Refer to Scenario Design Guidelines, for more information about design tips and guidelines.

To define pattern roles, follow these steps:

1. From the Windows menu, select Sequence Patterns.

   The Sequence Scenario Editor displays.

2. From the Scenario menu of the Sequence Scenario Editor, select Create New Scenario or Open Existing Scenario.
3. Select a scenario from the Scenario/Pattern dialog box if Open Existing Scenario is used.

   For Create New Scenario, refer to Creating a Scenario.

4. From the Scenario menu in the Sequence Scenario Editor dialog box, select Edit Roles.

   The Pattern Roles dialog box displays.

5. Click the drop-down menu in the Variable field and select the variable that you want to display as an alert.
6. Type the text you want associated with this role in the Description field.
7. Click the drop-down menu in the Format field to identify the highlights from other pattern roles, and to define the display of the pattern roles on the Alerts Display page (refer to Format Options for Pattern Roles, for more information). Optional: Select the TA Role Use check box if you want to assign pattern role variable to a threshold analyzer role.
8. Click OK.