Customize an event title

Customize the event title to replace the display name for a reporting point with a more descriptive name using the Event Title evaluated field. You can follow these steps to customize the title of an event in each card listed in the Events pane.

Changing the display name with a value based on the expression set for the Event Title evaluated field has an immediate effect only on newly created records. This means that even if you create the said evaluated field and set the expression to existing records, the corresponding value of the expression isn't automatically shown in the Web Client. You have to manually update any of their individual fields such as comments, cause locations, and so on, for the application to reevaluate the expression and show the result accordingly.

To customize an event title

1. In Studio, go to each of the reporting points where you want to customize the event title and add a new evaluated field. To do that:

   1. Expand the reporting point.

   2. Right click on the Fields folder and select Add Evaluated Field. This creates the new field, which you can rename to Event Title.

2. Select the new evaluated field and in the Properties pane do the following:

   1. Under the Evaluation section, specify the source field that you plan to use under the EvaluationExpression property.

   2. In the Evaluation Expression property, you can define the expression you require, where you can include the descriptive name you want to appear as the event title. The result of the expression you define replaces the display name of the reporting point in the Web Client.

      For example:

      In the following expression, if a record or event is virtual, then set the value of the Event Title field to "Slow Running," otherwise set it to "Real Downtime".

      IIF([IsVirtual]= TRUE, 'Slow Running', 'Real Downtime')

      

      Note: Simply specifying a string value in the expression dialog box that isn't derived from a source field will not work.

   3. (Optional) Since the evaluated field is created only for the purpose of event title customization, you may want to set the ShowInDetails and ShowInGrid properties to false for them not to appear in Production Analyst.

3. In the Web Client, verify that the title you set in Studio is shown based on the expression you define.

   

Related topics

• Events

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