Understanding Event Management
Use the Event Workbench program (P43Q70) to manage sourcing events. The Event Workbench enables you to perform the following actions for the event:
Pause and resume the event.
Cancel the event.
Extend the event.
End the event.
The current status of the event determines the actions that you can perform for the event. For example, you cannot extend events that have already reached their end time. When you select an event on the Search for Events form, the system enables the corresponding buttons for the actions that you can take for that event.
For each action that you perform for an event, the system sends an email message or fax to the suppliers, depending on their preferences, notifying them of the change in event status. The system uses the print messages that you specify in the Sourcing Constants program (P43Q90) when determining which message to send.