Users may create (publish) events manually using the EM CLI verb publsh_event. A User-reported event is published as an event of the "User-reported event" class. Only users with Manage Target privilege can publish these events for a target. An error message is reported if the publish fails.

After an event is published with a severity other than CLEAR (see below), end-users with appropriate privileges can manually clear the event from the UI, or they can publish a new event using a severity level of CLEAR and the same details to report clearing of the underlying situation.