Creating a New Event

Market: Federal/State/Local, House, Senate

Description: These instructions teach users how to create new events using their IQ calendar. These events can be synchronized with Outlook.

1.Navigate to Events > New > Event.

2. In the Calendar field, default calendars will be pre-populated. Click the Group icon to select a group of calendars to add.

3. Select the Start Date defaults to today's date. Change the Start Date to the date of your Event.

4. Select the Start Time from the drop-down menu.

5. Select the End Date from the calendar.

6. Select the End Time from the drop-down menu.

7. Select Topic and/or Type codes related to this Event.

8. In the Subject field enter a title for the event. This is a required field.

9. The Short Description field is limited to 50 characters and is used for the Monthly calendar report.

10. Enter a Location either by clicking in the field and selecting a location code, which will then populate the address fields, or you can manually populate the address fields. Click Verify Address.

11. By default, the Event status will be Approved. Use the drop-down menus to select another status if needed.

12. Check Major Event to bold text in the Event List results and reports.

13. Check Private to hide the Event from users that do not have permission to view Private Events.

14. Check Send Invite to send an Outlook invitation.

15. Choose the appropriate action to Save the event:

Save: To save this Event in IQ only.

Save and Sync: To save this Event in both IQ and Outlook.