7. The method of claim 5 , wherein events include events representing criteria met, transactions being created, conditions of business data being satisfied and events representing the lack of occurrence of an expected event.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein events include events representing criteria met, transactions being created, conditions of business data being satisfied and events representing the lack of occurrence of an expected event. 9. The method of claim 7 , wherein alerts include alerts according to alert rules that specify that particular participants are to be alerted when data in a business activity monitoring system falls outside of a preferred pattern and the alerts contain indications of how the data falls outside of a preferred pattern to provide the particular participants with information about why the alert was generated and the event that needs resolution.