# STEP ONE: Create Event

### **<span class="rvts0"><span class="rvts31">Create Your Event</span></span>**

<span class="rvts20">When you first log in to your account from the pickAtime home page, you will be in the Admin tool and on the </span>[**<span class="rvts21">Event Reporting</span>**](https://help.pickatime.com/books/event-scheduling-management-guide/page/reports)<span class="rvts20">[ ](https://help.pickatime.com/books/event-scheduling-management-guide/page/reports)page. </span>

1. <span class="rvts20">Select the </span>**[<span class="rvts30">Events/Preview</span>](https://help.pickatime.com/books/additional-event-features/page/events-preview-page)<span class="rvts21"> </span>**<span class="rvts20">button on the pickAdminUI sidebar (left side). </span>
2. <span class="rvts20">Click on the green</span><span class="rvts21"> Add </span><span class="rvts20">button.</span>
3. <span class="rvts20">Enter a name for your event, for example, "Health Screenings, Photo School 2026."</span>
4. <span class="rvts20">Select the type of </span><span class="rvts21">Normal</span>
5. <span class="rvts20">Select the event time zone.</span>
6. <span class="rvts20">Optionally, you can add the Date and Location for your event.</span>

<span class="rvts20">You will then see a row listed for your event. The date and location column can be left blank. They are used to differentiate between the different events when more than one event is available. The date field is simply a label. If your conference has multiple dates, you can list all dates in this column, or you can leave it blank.</span>

<span class="rvts20">For any event, you can also use the Event Details box on the screen to fill in any event-specific information that you may want to use in the display of your scheduler or in your emails for this event. Any text that you add in the Event Details box will be available as a macro field that you can use in your CUI Messages or in your Notification Setup. The macro for the Event Details is $(E\_DESCRIPTION).</span>

<span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">*<span class="rvts33">If you have multiple dates for your event, you do not need to create multiple events. Any event can have any number of dates on it.</span>*</span>