About events

What are events?

Unlike background jobs, which can run on a regular schedule, an event performs asynchronous processing and can occur only once. All of the events are controlled by a background job.

For example, when users activate entitlements, an event is created to implement the activation. The next time the event background job runs, it sees the event and updates the database to reflect the activation. The event is then removed from the list of waiting events.

Most events are created when users perform tasks within Poetic. You can also create events manually.

Once an event is in the list, you can:

• View information about the event
• Activate the event immediately
• Deactivate the event if you do not want it to occur

Displaying the Search Events page

You manage events from the Search Events page. To display the Search Events page:

1. On the Administration menu, click Site maintenance.
2. On the Site Maintenance menu, click the System Monitoring tab.
3. On the System Monitoring tab, click Events.

The Events option also is available from the Tools menu and from the Frequent tab of the Site Maintenance menu.