Event and Task Management

A Compliance event is an occurrence that has already happened; it therefore refers to forms that have already been filled out. Because events are part of a workflow, you can add more information to events, review existing data in the event, or move the event through the workflow.

The Events page shows a repository of forms in various statuses such as pending, with claims manager, manager review, and complete. The Task page is also a repository of forms that provides the same functionality as the Events.

The following are common column headings and their descriptions:

	Title	Description
1	Attachment	Indicates whether an event or task has attachments. Click the icon to see the attachments.
2	Event or Task ID	The unique value assigned to each event or task.
3	Project/Organization	The project or organization associated with the event or task.
4	Category	The category associated with the event or task. It is specific per module and defined by the organization. Allows the module to be partitioned into smaller areas and assigned permissions.
5	Form or Task name	The name of the form or task template.
6	Event or Task title	The title given to the event or task by the user or generated by the system.
7	Reporter or Responsible party	For events, the user who initially submitted the form. For tasks, the responsible individual.
8	Event date or Due date	Date the event occurred or the due date of a task.
9	Status	Four default statuses are provided, Complete, Pending, Scheduled, and Canceled. Admins can create sub statuses under each that best align with their business processes.
10	Location	Shows whether the event or task location is On web or On mobile. When an event or task is scheduled and synced to a mobile device, a lock shows next to the Task title.

You can access events or tasks by going to the module landing page, and then selecting All events or All tasks.

The event ID, Event title are shown on the Events page. The Event status is also shown, and changes based on the state of the event.

The Tasks page also shows columns such as Task ID, Project/Organization, Category, and Status. Columns unique to the Tasks page include Task name, Responsible party, and Due date. Tasks automatically become overdue when the assigned due date expires. The tasks page shows a visual indication of overdue states. Sorting and filtering capability in the lists lets you to quickly associate tasks to individuals, categories, status, etc.

In the Tasks page, like the Events page, you can update columns by clicking the Column chooser icon, and then selecting or deselecting the check boxes for columns you want to add or remove.

Step by Step — Add additional columns to the list of all events or all tasks

Additional event or task functions

You can use the following functions in the All events and All Tasks pages:

	Icon	Description
1	Edit properties	Edit properties of one or many selected events or tasks. All the selected events or tasks must be from the same template and you must have permission to edit them.
2	Notifications	Send notifications with messages to specific users, and roles for the specific project. This is available only at the project level.
3	Export events or tasks	Export data from the Events or Tasks list to Excel, with an email generated once the file export is completed.
4	Print	Print a PDF report of the selected event or task. The ability to print is based on template configuration.
5	Information	Open a slide-out panel to the right that outlines data about a specific EventID or TaskID. You can also see the history of changes to the event or task.
6	Search	Open a slide-out panel to search all columns in your view for specific terms.
7	Clear all filters	Revert the listing to its unfiltered state if filters have been used.

Edit properties

Step by Step — Edit an event or task properties

1. In the All events or All tasks list page, select events or tasks by clicking the check boxes.

2. Click the Edit properties button.

   The Edit properties dialog box opens.

   

3. After making your changes, click Save.

Notifications

As an administrator at the system level, you can control the ability to send notifications to roles and user in Organization home > Settings > Compliance > Module > Roles tab. You can also restrict users to send notifications to their assigned projects only.

Step by Step — Send notifications

1. At the project level, click the Notifications icon.

   The Notify users dialog box shows.

2. Select Roles or Users recipients, and then use the drop-down lists to select recipients.

   

3. Enter your message in the Message box. Messages can be up to 2000 characters.

4. Click Send when complete.

Export events and tasks

Step by Step — Export events or tasks

1. In the All events or All tasks list page, click the Export icon.

   The Export dialog box opens.

2. Select Export to export all items.

The export contains the filtered grid set that shows in your view. You can also export selected events or tasks by checking each item’s check box, and then clicking the Export icon.

Print

You can print a report of an event or task that has been enabled to be printed. Print functionality can be enabled in the template's Properties tab. See Template Properties for more information.

Step by Step — Print an event or task

1. In the All events or All tasks list page, select an event or task.

2. Click the Print icon to print the event or task.

   

   A PDF of the report will open for the selected item in a new browser tab.

The Print feature only works for one event or task at a time. To print in bulk, you can use InEight Report.

Form and task information

You can view data, references, and history changes of an event or task and edit their properties in the Form information slide-out panel.

Step by Step — Navigate to event or task information slide-out

1. In the All events or All tasks list page select an event or task, and then click the Form information icon.

   The Form information slide-out opens where you can view the form data.

2. Click Edit properties.

   The editable fields show so you can edit them.

3. After editing any fields, click Save.

Additional Form information panel options

You can also view attachments, references, and form history using the buttons at the bottom of the slide-out.

Attachments

You can view and edit attachments other events and tasks referenced in a certain event or task.

Step by Step — View and download attachments

1. In the Form information slide-out, click Attachments.

   The attachments dialog box opens.

   

2. Click an attachment to view.

   

3. You can zoom in or out using the Zoom icons.

4. You can click the Download icon in the upper right to download the attachment to your computer.

5. To close the attachment, click the Close icon in the upper right.

6. Click Close to close the Attachments dialog box.

References

You can view other events and tasks referenced in a certain event or task.

Step by Step — View and edit references

1. In the Form information slide-out, click References.

   The References dialog box opens where you can view and add references.

   

2. To add a reference, select Events, Tasks, or other available tabs, and then click the Add References icon.

   

   Integration is available with InEight Change, InEight Contracts, and InEight Document.

   The Add References dialog box opens.

3. Select the Events or Tasks or other available tabs, and then select events or tasks to be referenced.

   

4. To remove references, select the reference, and then click the Remove references icon.

5. After editing references, select Close.

   In Tasks, you can use the Delete task option to delete tasks.

In the References dialog box, a column named Reference type will show information on the reference association.

The Reference type column can have the following values:

• Associated form – Started from a form or task button from within the form or task.

• Internal reference – Associated with a reference question.

• External reference – Associated by using the Add References button in the reference dialog box.

History for events and tasks

You can view the history of changes for events or tasks. You can sort and filter the list view.

Step by Step — View form history

1. In the Form information slide-out, click History.

   The history page opens where you can view changes made to the event or task.

   

2. Click Close when done viewing.

Delete an event or task

To delete an event or task, select events or tasks, and then click the Delete icon.

Copy an event or task

The ability to copy a task, or an event, along with its associated tasks and attachments, is useful when you have many tasks and attachments that mimic the last event, such as an environmental permit event. You can copy one event at a time or multiple tasks at the same time.

Step by Step — Copy event or task

1. In the All events or All tasks list page select an event or tasks to be copied, and then click the Copy form icon.

   

   When you copy one or multiple items from All tasks, the copied tasks are created with COPY OF in front of the task title.

   When you copy an event from All events, the Copy event page opens to edit form details, attachments, and tasks.

   

2. In the Details page, you can edit the copied event, and then click Next.

3. In the Attachments page, you can uncheck any existing attachments to remove them, and then click Next.

4. In the Tasks page, you can uncheck any existing tasks to remove them, and then click Next.

5. Click Copy to create a copy of the form.

Query builder

The Query builder feature can be used on event and task list pages. It provides a more granular filtering and querying option for events and tasks. These filtering options are an alternative to the options found in the grid page columns.

Step by Step — Using the query builder

1. Click the Query Builder icon.

   The query builder dialog box shows.

   

   In the query builder you can add, edit, delete, and share queries. Your saved queries are listed under the My Query menu, and your shared queries are listed under the Shared queries menu.

2. Click the Add icon to add a new query, and then enter the conditions to your query.

3. Click Apply.

You can then use the Reset, Cancel, and Save Query buttons at the bottom of the query window. If you update an existing query, you can save the new query using the Save Query As

button.

Query builder column condition choices are dependent on events or tasks. For example, if you select Events, you see column choices that are related to events.

Views

For more information on how to save and send views and use the Global Events/Tasks option, see Event and Task Views.

Managing events and tasks

Step by Step — Manage an event

1. From the Compliance landing page, select a module card.

2. Select the All events link.

   All events and tasks links are shown under Links in the upper left side of the page.

   

3. On the Events page, select an event or task that requires additional review based on business process requirements. For example, an event with a pending status.

   

4. Advance the event or task to the next form flow step, as required.

5. The status of the event will update depending on how your form workflow is setup.

Managing tasks follow a very similar process, as shown below.

Step by Step — Manage Tasks

1. Select the All Tasks link on the left side of the page.

   

2. Select a task by clicking on a Task title.

3. Advance the task to the next form flow step, as required.

Monitor due dates, overdue states and statuses

You can monitor the events or tasks due dates, states, and status, and their adherence.

Step by Step — View due dates, overdue states and statuses

1. From a module landing page, click All tasks.

   You can also go to All events.

2. In the tasks page, find the Due date (or Event date for events), Status, and State columns.

   Click the Column chooser icon to add the columns if they are not in the view.

   

3. Click the Column chooser again to close.

   An overdue event or task will make the Due date and State columns turn red. An overdue email is also automatically triggered.

   

Monitor form flow status

When an event has an active form flow, you can click its Status column to open a dialog box with detailed information about the current status of the form flow.

The current status box has the following areas:

	Description
1	Current step.
2	Current status.
3	Current state.
4	Number of days until the form flow step becomes overdue.
5	Total days the form has been open.
6	Estimated form completion date.
7	All steps and their responsible parties.

For each step you will see the step name, start date, responsible parties, and their roles.

Responsible parties have colored bars according to their sign-off status for each step:

Color	Description
Green	Complete
Yellow	Pending
Red	Overdue
Grey	Step not started

You can select different users to be responsible parties, depending on how a step is set up. The ability to select different responsible parties allows for updating users who no longer participate in the project, their roles have changed, etc.

Assign user groups

At the project level, you can give user groups permission to view events or tasks. User groups must first be set up for the project. For information on setting up User Groups, see User Groups.

Step by Step — Assign user groups to an event or task

1. Open the event or task, and then click the User groups icon in the upper-right of the page.

   

2. In the User groups side panel, select the groups you want to give permission to.

3. Click Save.