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# GlideEventManager - Global

# GlideEventManager - Global {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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The GlideEventManager API provides methods to process
events.

For information on creating an event queue, see [Creating custom queues to process
events](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=useful-server-side-scripts&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-application-development&section=queues-create&ft:locale=en-US).

## GlideEventManager - GlideEventManager(String queueName) {#ariaid-title2}

Instantiates a GlideEventManager object.
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| Name | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| queueName | String | Name of a queue for an event listed in the Event Registry \[sysevent_register\] table. If no queue is provided, GlideEventManager processes against the default queue. |
[Table 1. Parameters]

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The following example shows how to instantiate a GlideEventManager
object.

    var eventMgr = new GlideEventManager('my_queue');

## GlideEventManager - process(Number limit) {#ariaid-title3}

Processes the eligible events in a queue.
You can use the limit parameter to identify a range of process_on
times for events in the queue and it isn't a hard limit. For example, if the limit is 10,
the system looks for the 10 oldest pending process_on times. If multiple events have the
same process_on time, more than 10 events might be claimed (that is, ready to process).
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| Name | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| limit | Number | Optional. Limits the number of events claimed. If this value isn't passed, no limit is applied. |
[Table 2. Parameters]

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| Type | Description |
|-|-|
| None |   |
[Table 3. Returns]

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The following example shows how to limit the number of events processed to roughly 200.

    GlideEventManager('my_event_queue').process(200);