10.3. Topic: How Events Work

10.3.1. Initiating an Event
10.3.2. Notification Options
10.3.3. Event Fences
10.3.4. The Event Manager

This section is designed to illustrate the powerful features of the xTuple ERP Event Management system. To take full advantage of these features, it's important to have an understanding of how Events work.

Let's begin with a few definitions:

Event: Any one of a limited set of possible occurrences precipitated by user activity which xTuple ERP defines as having special importance. For a complete list of system-defined Events, see Appendix A, Appendix A.
Event notification: A system-generated alert sent to a user whenever an Event the user subscribes to occurs.
Event Fence: A setting on the Item Site master specifying the period of time, measured in days, within which Event notifications related to the Item Site should be issued.