Significance level automation

A method, comprising:

• executing, by one or more processors, an application program;
• detecting, by the one or more processors, an event affecting the execution of the application program, wherein the application program is being monitored by an automation system;
• analyzing the detected event, and determining, by the one or more processors, a degree of importance of an action causing the event to operation of the application;
• assigning, based on the determined importance, one of a plurality of predetermined significance levels to the action;
• reproducing each action assigned a significance level at least as high as a selected replay level and not reproducing any action assigned a significance level lower than the replay level;
• and
• providing an event editor that enables changing the significance level assigned to an action based on user input.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program that when executed causes one or more computers to:

• detect an event affecting an application executing on the one or more computers and being monitored by an automation system;
• analyze the detected event, and determine a degree of importance of an action causing the event to operation of the application;
• assign, based on the determined importance, one of a plurality of predetermined significance levels to the action;
• reproduce each action assigned a significance level at least as high as a selected replay level and not reproduce any action assigned a significance level lower than the replay level;
• and
• provide an event editor that enables changing the significance level assigned to an action based on user input.