Close Event Nodes in Policy Designer

A Close Event node represents an action to populate fields in an existing Policy Event record to signify that the associated event has been closed.

When a Close Event node is executed, the following fields will be populated in the associated Policy Event record:

End Time
Close Description

To use a Close Event node, the policy model must also contain a Create Event node that is associated with the same Policy Event record (i.e., with the same value specified in the Event Name section on the Properties window). The properties of the Create Event node must be configured such that:

The Has Duration section is set to True.
The Start Time section contains a value.
The End Time section does not contain a value.

In the policy model, a dotted line will appear between Create Event and Close Event nodes that are associated with the same Policy Event record.

Node Properties

The Properties window for a Close Event node contains the items that are described in the following table. In each section, you can select the icon to specify the output of a predecessor node. The values that you define in each section will be used to populate the corresponding fields in the associated Policy Event record.

Item	Description	Notes
Event Name section	Specifies the name of the event that you want to close.	IMPORTANT: The value that you specify in this section must match the Event Name value for the corresponding Create Event node (i.e. the value in the Name field in the associated Policy Event record) in order for the event to be closed successfully. Note: If you specify the output of a predecessor node, whether the nodes match depends on the values used when the policy is executed. For example, you can specify the Event Name in the Create Event node using a field from an Entity node and specify the Event Name in the Close Event node using the output of a Case node. As long as the values used in execution match, the events will be recognized as matching.
End Time section	Specifies the timestamp that is associated with the end of the event.	This value is required. If you enter a date, you must use the correct format.
Close Description section	Specifies a description of why the event was closed.	None

Item

Description

Notes

Event Name section

Specifies the name of the event that you want to close.

IMPORTANT: The value that you specify in this section must match the Event Name value for the corresponding Create Event node (i.e. the value in the Name field in the associated Policy Event record) in order for the event to be closed successfully.

Note: If you specify the output of a predecessor node, whether the nodes match depends on the values used when the policy is executed.

For example, you can specify the Event Name in the Create Event node using a field from an Entity node and specify the Event Name in the Close Event node using the output of a Case node. As long as the values used in execution match, the events will be recognized as matching.

End Time section

Specifies the timestamp that is associated with the end of the event.

This value is required.

If you enter a date, you must use the correct format.

Close Description section

Specifies a description of why the event was closed.

None

Hint: Click here to see an example of this node used within a complete policy model.