{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":39663,"path":"platform-administration/system-events/system-events-reference.md","title":"System events reference","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# System events reference\n\nReference topics provide information about system events.\n\n-   **[Event logs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown)**  \nThe event log records all system events that occur within the ServiceNow AI Platform.\n-   **[Event states](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/r_EventStates.md)**  \nThe event state describes where in the life cycle the event is.\n-   **[The incident events business rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/r_BuildAScript.md)**  \nThe incident events business rule comes with the system and defines a number of events that can be triggered by different actions in the Incident table.\n-   **[Global events](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/r_GlobalEvents.md)**  \nYour instance has a global function called global\\_events\\(\\) that triggers from a business rule when certain conditions occur.\n-   **[Script actions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/r_ScriptActions.md)**  \nYou can use script actions to create server-side scripts that perform a variety of tasks, such as modifying a configuration item \\(CI\\), or managing failed login attempts. Script actions are triggered by events only.\n-   **[Sample scripts from the change events business rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/r_ChangeEventsSampleScripts.md)**  \nSeveral scripts are found in the baseline change events business rule.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[System Events](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/system-events/system-events-landing.md)\n\n"}}