STEP events are used to track the progress of large jobs. These events are not required but indicate a job is still working.
sendevent --tds TD1 –e SanDiego -r ETL1 -t Load -s ETL1 -w csload080518am --et STEP -m ‘Processing step 2 of Customer load’ --wts ‘2008-05-18 11:38:14’ -u etlroot -v 21045
Notice that most of the arguments are the same as the START event, with the exception of the event type, message, and unit of work time stamp.