An Event is any incident or occurrence that needs to be recorded, actioned or reported for the organisation. An Event may have a measurable cost to the organisation.

TriLine GRC users and Non-TriLine GRC users (Portal users) can both report an Event in the Portal.

TriLine GRC users only can also report an Event directly in the TriLine GRC Event Register (accessible from the Event Register option on the Main Menu).

Upon raising the Event, TriLine GRC will notify the Position(s) responsible for managing the Type of Event you’ve reported. This Position is called the Event Type Manager.

The Event Type Manager uses TriLine GRC to:

Here is a diagram showing the process for reporting and managing an Event.

Event reporting and management process

Administrators can customise Event terminology to suit the organisation. For example, your organisation may prefer the term ‘Incident’ to Event.

If your TriLine GRC Event terminology has been customised, you’ll see different terminology in the TriLine GRC interface to that shown in this Guide.

TriLine GRC is highly customisable. Throughout this Operating Guide, any customisable label, menu item or other interface element displayed in screenshots is shown in (brackets) and or in red.

Here are some screenshots showing which TriLine GRC elements may be affected by ‘Event’ terminology changes.

Main Menu

Customisable Main Menu elements (Event)

Page Titles and My Summary tabs

Customisable ‘Event’ page titles and My Tasks tabs

TriLine GRC Configuration page (‘Event Register’ tab)

Customisable ‘Event’ titles on the TriLine GRC Configuration page

The TriLine GRC Configuration page is where an Administrator customises the Event terminology: