You can create agents in Event Studio 
to monitor
your organization’s data for occurrences of business events, and
then perform tasks. For example, tasks can include sending an email,
adding information to the portal, and running reports. For more
information, see the Event Studio User Guide.
After an agent is published to the portal, use Cognos Connection to do the following:
run the agent .
change default properties.
create an agent view.
enable an alert list.
add or remove yourself from an alert list.
receive news item headlines .
view a list of the most recent event instances for an agent .
view the run history.
rerun a failed agent with the initial parameters
You can schedule agents to run at a specified time or based on a trigger, such as a database refresh or an email. You can also view the run history of scheduled agents. For more information, see Schedule Management.
