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title: Certify access by event
description: Administrators have the ability to configure certifications triggered by specific governance events. This process, known as event-based certification, provides faster certification resolution compared to scheduled campaigns spanning several weeks or months that involve multiple applications, complex rules, and hundreds of reviewers.
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page_id: pingoneaic:identity-governance:administration/event-certification-preface
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneaic/identity-governance/administration/event-certification-preface.html
keywords: ["event-based certification", "access certification", "workflow events", "user create event", "user modify event"]
section_ids:
  governance-events: Events tab
  create_a_new_event: Create a new event
  edit_an_event: Edit an event
  activate_or_deactivate_an_event: Activate or deactivate an event
  delete_an_event: Delete an event
---

# Certify access by event

Administrators have the ability to configure certifications triggered by specific governance events. This process, known as *event-based certification*, provides faster certification resolution compared to scheduled campaigns spanning several weeks or months that involve multiple applications, complex rules, and hundreds of reviewers.

Event-based certifications runs an identity certification for any user that triggers the following events:

* User create: Advanced Identity Cloud detects when a user has been created.

* User modify: Advanced Identity Cloud detects when an existing user has been modified.

* Attribute change: Advanced Identity Cloud detects changes in an existing user's account attributes.

* User delete/deactivate: Advanced Identity Cloud detects if a user's account has been deleted or deactivated.

## Events tab

To access the Events tab, from the Advanced Identity Cloud admin console, go to Governance > Events.

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|   | If you have no events configured in the system, the message "There are no events to show" appears with a [icon: add, set=material, size=inline] New Event button on the page. |

![The governance events page.](../_images/governance-events.png)

* 1 Click Governance > Events on the Advanced Identity Cloud end-user UI.

* 2 [icon: add, set=material, size=inline] New Event. Click to add an event.

* 3 Search. Search by name (case-insensitive).

* 4 Name: Name of the event.

* 5 Event type: `User created` or `User updated`.

* 6 Action: `Certification` or `Workflow`.

* 7 Status: `Active` or `Inactive`.

* 8 Ellipsis ([icon: more_horiz, set=material, size=inline]). Click to edit, activate (deactivate if active), or delete the event.

The Name, Event type, Action, and Status columns are sortable in descending or ascending order.

## Create a new event

1. In the Advanced Identity Cloud admin console, click Governance > Events.

2. Click [icon: add, set=material, size=inline] New Event. You will have the option to create the following:

   * [Create a certification event](event-certification-editor.html)

   * [Create a workflow event](event-workflow-editor.html)

## Edit an event

1. In the Advanced Identity Cloud admin console, click Governance > Events.

2. Select an event, and then click ellipsis ([icon: more_horiz, set=material, size=inline]).

3. Click Edit, and make any changes to your event settings.

4. Click Save when done.

## Activate or deactivate an event

1. In the Advanced Identity Cloud admin console, click Governance > Events.

2. Select an event, and then click ellipsis ([icon: more_horiz, set=material, size=inline]).

3. Click Activate to set the event active in the system. The green `Active` label appears in the `Status` column.

4. To deactivate an active event:

   1. Select an event, and then click ellipsis ([icon: more_horiz, set=material, size=inline]).

   2. Click Deactivate.

   3. In the Deactivate Event modal, click Deactivate. The Inactive label appears in the Status column.

## Delete an event

1. In the Advanced Identity Cloud admin console, click Governance > Events.

2. Select an event, and then click ellipsis ([icon: more_horiz, set=material, size=inline]).

3. Click Delete to remove the event from the system.

4. Click Delete again in the confirmation modal.