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# Create or edit an event

You can create a scheduled event or make changes to your events at any time.

1. From the Control Center menu, click **Analytics & monitor > Event Center**.

2. On the Schedule page:
   * To create an event, click **Create event**.
   * To edit an event, find the event and click its name, then click **Edit**.

3. **Required:** In **Name**, enter the name for the event.

4. In **Description**, enter the description for the event.

5. **Required:** In **Start**, enter a start date and time for the event.

6. **Required:** In **End**, enter an end date and time for the event.

7. **Required:** In **Timezone**, select where the event occurs.

8. In **Coordinators**, enter the name or username of the person coordinating the event.

   As the creator of the event, you're added to the list by default.

9. In **Tags**, enter the tags that you want to label the event with.
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   > Tags enable easy search and identification of the event.\
   > For example, `sports channel` for a streaming event.

10. From **Location**, select at least one geographic region where your audience resides.

11. From **Audience size**, select a predetermined audience size or enter an estimated size for the event.

12. In **Repeat event**, enter the frequency that you want to repeat the event with.

    You can repeat an event up to 24 times for a selected time period.

13. Click **Next**.

    The **Service selection** window appears.

14. From **Service type**, select the service types that you want to associate with the event.

15. From the list, select the service identifiers that you want to associate with the event.

16. **For streams only:** In **Bitrates**, enter all expected bit rates that you want to stream.
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    > To view only the selected service identifiers, use the **View selected only** checkbox.

17. Click **Next**.

18. In the **Content review** step, review the associated services and click **Submit**.

# Sibling pages

* [View the scheduler](https://techdocs.akamai.com/event-ctr/docs/view-scheduler.md)
* [Export event data](https://techdocs.akamai.com/event-ctr/docs/export-event-data.md)
* [Duplicate an event](https://techdocs.akamai.com/event-ctr/docs/duplicate-event.md)
* [Delete an event](https://techdocs.akamai.com/event-ctr/docs/delete-event.md)