An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for pattern-based archiving of business events on a middleware server. The method performs pattern-based archiving of business events on a middleware server by: interpreting a user-specified naming pattern for labeling event archive structures, each event archive structure corresponding to an event; detecting the occurrence of a middleware event triggered by a business process; generating an archive filename based on the user-specified naming pattern, the filename comprising data from the event; and providing the filename to an event storage module for saving an archive file with the filename. The archiving method allows users to review archived files such that the filename provides a context for the archive document, and users can more easily find specific documents.