Significant Events - Committees

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The Significant Events related item stores information about all the events, tasks or milestones that are considered significant to the committee. Significant Events can help office administrators and committee members to track progress to completion. Emails can be added to notify or remind those responsible for a task or action.

Notes for administrators

        Access to events can be controlled by event category in Users > Roles > Role Sig Event Access. See: Role Sig Event Access

        Custom event types can be set up as categories. See: Set up an event category below.

        A note about layout customisation
The default page layout includes sections to group together fields for a particular use. If customising the layout, avoid changing the section structure; only remove fields that you don't use, or relabel them if needed.

Menu path: RME > Setup > Committees (Search) > Committees > Significant Events

 

There are two major components for all Significant Events:

1) The Significant Event, which includes the event details, occurrence, completion details and email details.

2) Email sub-item, to create email notifications for the event.

You may be able to perform a number of actions for the Significant Event, such as:

        Create sub-tasks for a milestone event using a parent event

        Create an event that occurs more than once by specifying the recurrence interval

        Batch the Significant Event details to other records

        Add a Calendar widget to a dashboard that displays events to which the person is linked. See: Calendar widget

 

Notes for administrators

        Access to events can be controlled by event category in Users > Roles > Role Sig Event Access. See: Role Sig Event Access

        Custom events can be set up as categories to be selected in the Event dropdown. See: Set up an event category below.

        You can also configure the Application Trigger to automatically create or update Significant Events based on defined criteria.  See the video.


Create a Significant Event: Video

This video shows you how to create a basic Significant Event.

 

Create a Significant Event: Steps

  1. In a Committee core record, go to the Significant Events related item.

  2. At the top right of the grid, click Add.

  3. Fill in the event details, using the tables below as a guide.
    - If the event occurs more than once, indicate how often in the Interval field and define either the No. of Times or End Date.

  4. In the toolbar, click Save.

  5. To add an email for the event, open the Email sub-item and click Add.

  6. Ensure that access is given to all the roles that will use the Significant Event. See: Role Significant Event Access

Significant Event: Fields

The field tables below display the default labels. Fields are divided into sections in the default page layout, which groups fields about a particular area together. The page can be customised by your institution so the layout and sections may vary.

Event details

Default Field Label

(in alphabetical order)

Description

Action Date *

Mandatory

Date the event will occur, or has occurred

If there is an attached email, this is also when it will be sent or has been sent.

Completion Date

Date the event occurred or was completed

Day(s)

Read only; Only if Completion Date is completed

Calculated number of days between the Date of Action and Completion Date

Est. Completion Date

Estimated completion date for the event

Event *

Mandatory

Event category, from a list of events defined as categories for the module

Access to all events in this dropdown may be controlled by Role Sig Event Access by your administrator.

Source

Event Details

Long text field for a more detailed description of the event

Event Name *

Mandatory

Detailed name for the event

Event Type *

Mandatory

Event group, from a defined list of general system event groups

Examples: Email, Meeting, Milestone, Progress, Task

Source

Parent Event

Event that is the parent event to the event you are creating

When specifying a parent event, the record will be shown in a timeline as a sub-event.

Example: If the parent event is a progress review meeting, then the sub-event can be a reminder email for the progress review meeting

Access to existing Significant Events listed in this dropdown may be controlled by type via Role Sig Event Access.

Status

Default: Active

Indicates the status of the event

Default options: Active, Cancelled, Closed - Reminder Sent, Completed, Not Completed

Source

Status2

Hidden by default; RME administrators can choose to display this field via Page Views

Intended for custom use and may be renamed

   
   

Occurrence

These fields are used to define how often the event occurs.

Default Field Label

(in alphabetical order)

Description

End Date

Only enabled if a recurring event is selected in Interval

Last day the recurring event will occur

You can edit this if required to change it to either an earlier date or later date. If a later date, additional events will be created until this date based on the recurrence specified in Interval.

Interval *

Indicates if the event is a recurring, from the following options:

        Once only (default)

        Weekly

        Fortnightly

        Monthly

        Quarterly

        Half Yearly

        Yearly

Other fields are enabled depending on your selection, such as End Date, No. of Times

No. of Times

Only enabled if a recurring event is selected in Interval

Number of times this event will re-occur after the first event (a record will be created for each occurrence and displayed in the confirmation popup)

Example: If the Interval is Monthly and you want the event to occur for 4 months, enter 3.

  
  

Completion Details

These fields are used to record information about the completion of the event.

Default Field Label

(in alphabetical order)

Description

Completion Details

Details about the completion of the event, if needed

    
  

Email

You create emails for a Significant Event in the Email sub-item in the Significant Event page. To create a new email, open the item and select Add.

 

Set up an event category

The options listed in the Event dropdown indicate the type of event for the module. For Committee Significant Events, set up custom events in RME > Setup > Categories > Committee and Panel Categories > Committee Significant Event Types.

This is in contrast to the options listed in the Event Type dropdown, which are generic and used across core records. These are set up in RME > Setup > Categories > Significant Events > Significant Event Type.

 

Manage Significant Event records

You manage related items in the core page. Click the Add, Delete and Export links at the right of the related item in Committee.

 

Related topics

        Committees

        Application Trigger

        Batch a Significant Event

 

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