Event master definitions

Some event data comes from event master definitions—comprehensive, relatively stable lists of event attributes. Those creating events apply the available and appropriate items from these lists to each event.

This event master definition...	Is a list of...
Event Categories	Ways you want to group events, such as Academic, Athletic, Community, and so on, that you want to make readily available in 25Live.
Event Custom Attributes	Additional data elements you want to track about events that you want to be more “behind the scenes” in 25Live. See “Custom attributes”.
Event Contact Roles	Roles contacts may perform for an event, such as Emergency Contact, Facilitator, and so on.
Event Requirements (Calendar)	Event publishing requirements of events that allow 25Live Publisher users to specify which calendar(s) specific events should be published to.
Event Requirements (Other)	Other requirements of events—needs that are relevant to an event as a whole, such as a parking permit for an extension class or an alcohol permit for a theater reception.

This is an example of the Event Categories master definition:

In addition to other data, the 25Live Administration Utility allows you to create and maintain any custom attributes (additional data) you want for events, as well as for locations, resources, contacts, and organizations. These custom attributes are entered in a master definition list (as described previously for the Event Custom Attributes master definition) and then applied to individual events, locations, resources, contacts, and organizations as needed. There are also a number of system-supplied custom attributes that can’t be edited or deleted, but can be deactivated (see “System-supplied event master definition items”).

When creating custom attributes, you must select a data type for each. The data type determines what kind of data users must enter in each custom attribute field when creating an event in 25Live Pro or 25Live Scheduling, or a location, resource, contact, or organization in the 25Live Administration Utility.

This data type...	Limits data entry to...	And requires users to...
Boolean	Yes/No condition	Select Yes or No.
Contact	A valid 25Live contact name	Select a contact.
Date	Date only	Type or select a date.
Date Time	Date and time	Type or select a date and time.
Floating Point	A number which may have a decimal	Type a number that may have a decimal.
Image	Path name to an image file	Browse and select an image file.
Integer	A whole number	Type a whole number.
Location	A valid 25Live location name	Browse and select a location.
Long Text	Long text or other alphanumeric characters (no maximum number of characters)	Type text and/or other alphanumeric characters.
Organization	A valid 25Live organization name	Browse and select an organization.
Resource	A valid 25Live resource name	Browse and select a resource.
Text	Text and/or other alphanumeric characters (maximum 80 characters)	Type text and/or other alphanumeric characters.
Time	Time only	Type a time.
URL	A URL	Type (or copy and paste) a URL.