Configuring Portal access to Events

Depending on the configuration options you select in the event definition, the event and its data may be displayed in various areas of the Portal. In this section, you can review the controls available for making events accessible through the Portal, including search and reporting functions, followed by several configuration scenarios.

The following settings determine event availability in the Portal:

• Active
• Searchable & Reportable - when enabled, the following settings become available:
  1. Display in Portal
  2. Display in Session List
     • See Configuring Events to be searchable and reportable in the Portal.

The two primary configuration options are the following:

Setting

Description

Active

Is the event evaluated in the Discover Canister?

• If an event is made inactive, the event is no longer evaluated in the Canister. As a result, the event does not exist in any sessions for as long as the event is inactive.

Searchable & Reportable

Is the event data recorded in the Discover databases to make it available for searching and reporting?

• Whether the events are available for searching and reporting is configured by two extra settings. See Configuring Events to be searchable and reportable in the Portal below.

These two settings can be configured independently of each other:

Table 1. Configuring Portal Access to Events

Active	Searchable & Reportable	Net effect
true	true	The event is configured to be evaluated in the Canister, and the results that are stored in the database for Portal access. For events that you want Discover users to have full access, configure both of these settings to be true. See Configuring Events to be searchable and reportable in the Portal.
true	false	The event is evaluated in the Canister, but the results are not stored in the database. These events, called building block events, can be used in the creation and evaluation of other event objects, such as session attributes. See Configuration scenario - building block events.
false	true	This configuration is used for events that are no longer to be actively evaluated in the Canister but should be available for search and reporting reasons in the Portal because they contain historical data that may still be useful to Portal users. See Configuring Events to be searchable and reportable in the Portal.
false	false	The event is not evaluated in the Canister, is not usable by other event objects, and is not available through the Portal. Effectively, the event is removed from the system.