<ol>
<li> Internet or message\-based application sends a message to Universal Event Monitor for SOA via a SOAP or JMS interface.
<li> SOAP Listener processes the incoming message.
<li> Universal Event Monitor for SOA writes the message to a file (payload or header / payload).
<li> UEM reads the file and matches the message against an event definition.
<li> UEM executes an event handler based on the message match up to the event definitions. UEM can:
<ul>
<li> Execute when it reads a file.
<li> Execute depending on what's in the file.
<li> Pass along the file data.
</ul><br>
The handler can execute either:
<ul>
<li> Script
<li> Universal Command
<li> Universal Data Mover
</ul></ol>