If you've been using Beacon for a while, chances are your Event schedule and history are getting pretty cluttered and knowing how to search and locate an Event becomes very critical. This article will take you through how to locate an Event and what to look for.
Searching Your Events
If you know what you're looking for, then you may search for an Event in the Events screen. 
You may search your Events by various datapoints and may switch between them by clicking on the "Search Mode" button, located at the right end of the search field. Select the Search Mode from the dropdown menu, then try your search. 
You may search your Events using the following modes:
- Event Name
- Facility Name
- Procedure Name
- Physician Name
- Purchase Order
- Invoice Number
- Event ID
- Anonymous Patient ID
Filtering Your Events
You may also narrow down the list of Events displayed using the Event Filters. 
You may filter your Events by the following list of factors (as of Sept 2024):
- Event Type: (All, Case, Damage, Loan, Other, Return, Sample, Stocking Order, Stock Adjustment, Trial)
- Event Status: (All, Cancelled, Pending PO, Pending Payment, Inventory Adjusted, Open, Paid)
- Event Date
- Assigned to: (User Name)
- Manufacturer
- Sales Order Status: (Any, Processed, Unprocessed)
- Commission Status: (Any, Paid, Unpaid)
- Invoice Status: (Any, Paid, Unpaid)
- Sales Order Sent: (Any, No, Yes)
- Invoice Sent: (Any, No, Yes)
- International: (Any, No, Yes)
- Facility Stock Used: (Any, No, Yes)
Creating the Best Event Data
As with most things in Beacon, the value you are able to derive from your Beacon account starts with your data, which starts with you.
As you create your Events, or you train your users on creating their Events, think about how you will want to search for and locate them.
Investigate your own process and your users' processes, and ask yourself questions about how they will use Beacon.
Ask your users what data they anchor on in their daily life: Is it the Patient ID? The Physician name? The PO #? Often there are key pieces of information that users already use to anchor on in their workflows.
Do your users group their events in buckets by Facility or Physician? Better make sure those are updated perfectly in your directory and are assigned correctly.
Are there particular things you want to search by that Beacon doesn't collect? Make sure they are included in the Event Name.
Do you often need to search by Patient Identifier? Make sure every Event has the Patient ID entered.
The bottom line is the work you do up front to ensure your data is the right data you need and that it is entered correctly, determines how successful you will be in utilizing your data in the future.