Standard Event Providers

To help you get a Notification Services application developed and deployed quickly, Notification Services comes with three standard event providers for gathering events using either a XML file, Transact-SQL query, or MDX query.

This section provides information about the standard event providers and values for properties and arguments used when defining event providers for an application.

In This Section

Topic Description

File System Watcher Event Provider

Describes the file system watcher event provider, which is triggered when an XML file is added to a watched directory. The event provider reads the file contents into memory, and then uses an EventLoader object to write the event information to the event table.

SQL Server Event Provider

Describes the SQL Server event provider, which uses a Transact-SQL query to get data from a database. It then uses Notification Services–provided stored procedures to create events based on this new or updated data and then write these events to the event table.

Analysis Services Event Provider

Describes the Analysis Services event provider, which uses a static or dynamic MDX query to gather data from an Analysis Services cube and submit the data as events to an application.

See Also

Other Resources

Defining Notification Services Applications
Defining Event Providers
Developing a Custom Event Provider

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance