Event is the occurrence of a particular situation or condition which has significance to one or more workflows. This significance is to automatically initiate a workflow instance.
In the Event manager, you choose which workflow should be initiated by event and the range of documents where this event should work by specifying the document category. For example, you can set up the workflow so that it starts automatically whenever someone creates a new version of the document of the specific document category.

The table below provides the reference on events supported in Event manager.
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Document | |
| OnDocumentCheckIn | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been modified. |
| OnDocumentCreatedByOutlook | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been archived in Outlook to DocuNote. |
| OnDocumentCreatedByTemplate | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been created from template. |
| OnDocumentCreatedByUpload | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been uploaded to DocuNote. |
| OnDocumentDraftCheckedIn | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the draft version of the document has been created. |
| OnDocumentPublishCheckedIn | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the publish version of the document has been created. |
| OnDocumentTrashed | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been moved to recycle bin. |
| OnDocumentUpdated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document properties have been updated. |
| OnDocumentSigned | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been signed. |
| OnFormSigned | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the signing form has been filled out. |
| OnDocumentDiscarded | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the document has been sent to discarding recycle bin. |
| Case | |
| OnProjectCreated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the new case has been created. |
| OnProjectUpdated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the case properties have been updated. |
| OnProjectDiscarded | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the case has been sent to discarding recycle bin. |
| Company | |
| OnCompanyContactListChanged | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the contact list has been modified. |
| OnCompanyCreated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the new company has been created. |
| OnCompanyUpdated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the company properties have been updated. |
| Person | |
| OnContactCreated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the new contact has been created. |
| OnContactUpdated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the contact properties have been updated. |
| Form | |
| OnFormCreated | Let you automatically start the workflow when the workflow form has been created. |
| OnFormPropertiesChanged | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the workflow properties have been changed. |
| Task | |
| OnTaskCreated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the new task has been created. |
| OnTaskUpdated | Lets you automatically start the workflow when the task properties have been updated. |
To create an event:
In the Workflow studio, navigate to the Event Manager tab.
In the Main left side section, select the appropriate item.
In the Events section, select the appropriate type of event.
In the Workflows section, select the appropriate workflow.
In the Document type section, select the appropriate document category.