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Creating an event
Adding a new event to a room and what you can configure up front.
Creating an event
Events are created from within the director view. You need to be a Director, Associate Director, or Owner in the room to create one.
Where to start
Open the director view for the room. In the event action bar, click New event. This opens the event creation modal.
What you can configure
Event name
The name is required and must be at least two characters. It appears in the event action bar when the event is selected, and in the director top bar while the event is running. Use something specific — "Sunday 8am Service", "Opening Night", "Q1 All-Hands" — since you may accumulate multiple events in the same room over time and need to tell them apart.
Start and end time
Both fields are optional. They don't control when the event activates or deactivates — CueProX doesn't auto-start or auto-stop based on a schedule. These are reference fields: timestamps your team can see to know when a particular event is intended to run.
Start from template
If your room has system templates available, a Start from template dropdown appears. Selecting a template pre-fills the event with a set of shows and cues already structured for that format — so you're starting with a working skeleton rather than a blank event. Every cue, type, timer, and note in the template is copied in and is fully editable after creation.
Leave this blank to start with an empty event and build from scratch.
After you create
The event is created in the idle state. Nothing is running yet. You can begin adding shows and cues straight away — prep work doesn't require the event to be active. When you're ready to go live, select the event and click Start event.
One event at a time
Each room supports one active or paused event at a time. If your room already has an active event, you'll need to stop it before you can create a new one — the creation form will show an error if you try.
Multiple completed (stopped) events can exist in the room simultaneously. There's no limit on historical events, only on how many can be running or paused at once.
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