Active Events
The Active Events pane displays all the events that have been launched but not saved, called the “active” events, and the data entry tabs for the currently selected active event. If more than one event is active (that is, they have been launched but not as yet saved), then you will see tabs on the top of the pane, with one tab for each active event. Each tab has the name of the event type it contains, but no event number, since unsaved events do not yet have an event number.
An active event is created in the Active Events pane whenever an event is created either ad hoc, or from a task (see Create Events).
To record details for the event, the following tabs are available:
Details: On this tab, you can fill in event fields that are coming from the event form.
Survey: This tab displays survey positional data. This survey data is filled automatically by the incoming survey strings. When an event is triggered (the moment when the creation of the event started), the start information is filled and when the event is saved, or when you click Pause Event Fields, the end information is filled.
Multimedia: Shows any multimedia files (normally photos) against the current event. Multimedia types can include images or video files. If your digital video recorders support it, you can capture images from each video recorder (Capture Image toolbar button) and store those images directly in the database. When you capture an image, it instantly opens in the Multimedia tab.
To edit the image, click Image Editor in the toolbar, which allows you to crop the image as required. Note the following:
If you want to keep the original image as well as the edited image, click Keep Original in the toolbar.
To crop, select Image Editor from the toolbar and click the Crop button or Ctrl-X, then click and drag a rectangle on the image. To complete the crop, click the
button, or Crop To Selection from the toolbar.
If you want the captured image to be attached to the event, ensure that you select it before saving the active event.
Finding (if finding has been created): Shows the details of a finding associated with the event if such exists. The fields on this tab correspond to the Findings dialog in NEXUS IC (see Add/Edit Finding Dialog).
Hint
IC-Inspection can be configured to auto-populate event fields with incoming survey data. See Example: Set Up Filling Event Fields with Survey Data for more information.
Active Events Toolbar
You can perform actions on an active event using the following toolbar buttons:
Toolbar Option
Description
Commits the active event and associated data to the database. Once the event has been saved, then it will no longer appear in the Active Events pane and a new event record will be created in the Event Listing pane.
Saves the active event and associated data to the database and creates a new active event of the same event type. Note that they will be two distinct events.
Saves the active event and associated data to the database and creates a new task to represent the outstanding work. Use this button when you have completed some but not all of the work represented by a single task; for example, you have inspected part of an asset but have stopped because of bad visibility, etc. Save and Hold is only available on events that were launched from tasks, not on events that were launched ad hoc from the Event Launcher. When you use this option, the current task will be completed (unless you deselect this default option) and the Is Held field gets the value Yes in the task’s parameters. The new task that is created will have reference to the original task in its instructions and the Previous Task field will be populated with reference to the original task.
Cancels the active event without saving to the database.
This menu item will change the active asset in the asset tree to the asset of the current event. By navigating to a different asset in the tree, this will also update the tasks shown in the task list, the asset shown on the overlay, and so on.
Launches the Findings tab in the Active Events pane. You can record the details of the finding there, which will be saved against the current event.
Creates a bookmark on the current event as a reference for the data reviewer.
Captures a snapshot from the incoming video signal and attaches it to the active event. The image will open on the Multimedia tab, where you can select/unselect and crop images. If you want the captured image to be attached to the event, ensure that you select it before saving the active event.
Updates the start survey information of the active event with the survey data gathered at the time of the button click.
Pauses the end survey information of the active event. By default, the end survey information is updated whilst the event is visible on the Active Events pane and is updated by incoming serial survey information whilst the event is active. If you don’t want survey data to keep updating, you can pause it using this option.
Pauses automatic updating of the value linked to the event’s survey field. By default, the value is updated by incoming serial survey information whilst the event is active. This option is only available if you have assigned an event field to a source survey field on the Survey Values pane (see Map Survey Fields).
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