After you create your event definition, complete the following steps to finish specifying your event.
- If the event is intended to be active immediately, verify that you selected the Active check box in the event definition.
- Save the event in draft form. Click Save Draft.
- Test the event before you commit the changes.
Create a test session in the live web application, which triggers the event. Be sure to close the session by logging out or exiting the web application.
- After testing, save the event to the database for use by the available Canisters.
- For events that are configured for display in the Portal:
You can generate a report using the event and its specified report groups to verify that data is being processed all the way through the system.
Note: Data may not appear immediately in the generated report.
If you enabled automatic creation of Top Movers, a Top Mover is immediately created and enabled to track changes in values for your new event after your changes are committed to the server. Depending on the type of event, you might want to disable this Top Mover.
The new Top Mover is created after the new event is committed to the server. No record of a changed or new Top Mover is displayed in the Top Movers tab.