An Event in OriginsNext is something recorded as happening to one or more Products as they move through the supply chain, for example a Product being created, dispatched, received, transformed, or changing owner. Events are the foundation of traceability: they are how Products come into existence and the only way a Product's state, location, ownership and allocation change over time. A Product's journey is simply its ordered list of Events.
How the platform shows Events
The platform shows Events in two different places, and they use different labels, so it helps to know which you are looking at:
The Events list (Product Traceability > Events) shows the raw event type in capitals, for example DISPATCHED, RECEIVED or TRANSFORMATION.
A Product's Journey (open a Product, then the Journey tab) shows a friendly event name, for example "Order Dispatch", grouped into colour-coded categories. The platform assigns each Event to a category automatically, so you do not need to set this yourself.
How Events are added
Events are not added one by one on screen today. There are two ways to add them:
CSV upload: prepare and upload a CSV file of Events. See How do I upload Events with a CSV file?
API: submit Events programmatically from your own systems. See How do I integrate with OriginsNext? and How do I access OriginsNext API documentation?
Which Events you can see
You will not always see every Event in a Product's Journey. Which Events you can see follows the platform's visibility rules, which depend on how your organisation is connected to the Product and on each Event's visibility setting. For the full explanation, see Why can't I see all the Events in a Product's journey?