Tracking event history in Buildium

Event history captures key events as you use your Buildium account. You can also create custom events and add them manually.

Automatic eventsShowHide

Buildium automatically captures a variety of events for each entity. These events will be recorded as you use the software on a daily basis. The automatically recorded events are below:

Event for	Event name
Unit	Market rent decreased
Unit	Market rent increased
Unit	Rental application accepted
Unit	Rental application received
Unit	Rental application rejected
Unit	Request for credit report is approved
Unit	Unit listed for rent
Lease	Lease converted to month-to-month
Lease	Lease created
Lease	Lease dates changed
Lease	Lease expired
Lease	Online payment is rejected
Lease	Email sent
Lease	Mailing EZMailed
Tenant	Move out undone
Tenant	Moved in
Tenant	Moved out
Association owner	Bought unit
Association owner	Move in undone
Association owner	Sold unit
Association owner	Email sent
Association owner	Mailing EZMailed

Custom events

You can define custom events to meet the needs of your business or association. Custom events can be added for properties, associations, units, leases and ownership accounts, and tenants and association owners. Here are some ideas on how to use this feature.

Note the stages of an eviction on a lease
Track when a tenant gives notice to vacate the unit
Track a collection process against a resident
Tracking maintenance for a property

Create a custom event from Application settings ShowHide

Go to the Settings menu.
Click on the Application settings page.
Click Event history link.
Click Add an event.
Create your event in the panel.
Click Save.

Custom events can also be added at the page level for properties, associations, units, leases and ownership accounts, and tenants and association owners.

Add a custom eventShowHide

Once you've created your custom events, you can add an event any time you need to track it.

To add an event:

Navigate to the entity you want to add the event to.
Click the name of the entity, then click the Event history tab.
In the Event history page that appears, a list of all previously entered events is displayed.
Click Add an event.
If the Add an event button does not appear, it means that you have not set up any custom events. Click to Set up custom events.
Fill in the required information.
Click Create event.

Change a custom eventShowHide

Navigate to where you want to edit the event.
Click the Event history tab.
In the Event history page that appears, a list of all previously entered events is displayed.
Click the event that you want to edit. The event information appears above the event list and is editable.
Click Save event to make the change to the event.

Delete a custom eventShowHide

Navigate to where you want to delete the event.
Click the Event history tab. A list of all previously entered events is displayed.
Click the date of the event you'd like to remove.
Above the list of events, click.
Click Delete event to confirm.

Event relationshipsShowHide

Event history rolls up to the next higher level:

For Rental Properties:

Tenant events also appear in the event history for the tenant's lease, unit, and the rental property.
Lease events also appear in the event history for the unit and rental property.
Unit events also appear in the event history for the rental property.

For Associations:

Association Owner events appear in the event history for the unit and the Association property.
Unit event history appears in the event history for the Association property.

ReportingShowHide

You can run reports on event history using the Event history report under the Reports menu.

Buildium's event history feature allows you to track notable things that happen to a property, unit, lease, Association Owner, or tenant. This feature has more structure than Notes and more flexibility than adding a File.

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