# Events \[Kafka and DB Sync]
### Creating a Kafka Event
* Navigate to the [***Pipeline Editor***](/bdb-documentation/data-pipeline/getting-started/pipeline-workflow-editor.md) page.
* Click the ***Toggle Event Panel*** icon from the header.
* The Events Panel appears, and the Toggle Event Panel icon gets changed as suggesting that the event panel is displayed.
* Click the ***Add New Event*** icon from the Event Panel.
* The ***New Event*** window opens.
* Provide a name for the new Event.
* Select Event Duration: Select an option from the below-given options.
**\* Short (4 hours)**
**\* Medium (8 hours)**
**\* Long (48 hours)**
**\* Full Day (24 hours)**
**\* Long (48 hours)**
**\* Week (168 hours)**
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*Please Note: The event data gets erased after 7 days if no duration option is selected from the available options. The Offsets expire as well.*
{% endhint %}
* Provide No. of Partitions (1-10).
* No. of Outputs: The user can define the number of outputs using this field.
* Checkmark the '**Is Failover'** option to enable the Failover Event.
* Select a Pipeline using the drop-down menu if you have selected the β**Is Shared**?β option.
* Click the ***Add Event*** option.
* A notification message appears.
* The newly created Event gets added to the ***Private*** tab in the Events panel.
### **Updating a Kafka Event**
The user can use the below-given steps to update a Kafka Event.
* Drag the created Event component to the Pipeline Editor canvas.
* Click the dragged Event component to open the **Basic Info** configuration fields**.**
* The user can edit the following information (except No. of Partition and Event Duration):
* Event Name: Modify the event name.
* No. of Outputs: Set the number of outputs (the maximum allowed number of outputs are 3).
* βIs Failover?β: Enable this option to create a failover event.
* Select Pipeline: Select one pipeline or multiple pipelines using the drop-down list.
* Click the ***Save Event*** icon to save the changes.
* The user gets a notification message stating that the pipeline update is a success.
* The targeted Event component gets updated.
### **Connecting Event to a Component**
* Drag a (reader) component to the canvas.
* Configure the parameters of the dragged reader.
* Drag the Event from the Events Panel.
* Connect the dragged reader component as the input connection to the dragged Event.
* Click the ***Update Pipeline*** icon to save the pipeline workflow.
### Creating a DB Sync Event
* Navigate to the Pipeline Editor page.
* Click the **Toggle Event Panel** icon from the header.
* The Events Panel appears, and the Toggle Event Panel icon gets changed as , suggesting that the event panel is displayed.
* Click on the ***DB Sync*** tab. Click on the ***Add New DB Sync*** icon from the Event Panel.
* The **Create Data Sync** window opens.
* Provide a display name for the new DB Sync.
* Select Connection id: \[pre- defined by the user in the settings page]
* Click the ***Save*** option.
* Drag and drop ***DB Sync Event*** to the workflow editor.
* Click on the dragged Data Sync component.
* The ***Basic Information*** tab appears with the following fields:
* **Table name**: Specify table name.
* **Driver**: this field will be pre-selected.
* **Primary Key**: This field is optional.
* **Save Mode**: select anyone save mode from the drop-down.
* Click on the ***Save*** ***Data Sync*** icon to save the DB Sync information.
* Connect the dragged ***DB Sync*** ***Event*** to the reader component as displayed below:
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**N*****ote:** In Save mode, we have two options.*
*i. Append*
*ii. Upsert: One extra field will be displayed for **upsert save mode** i.e.: **Composite Key.***
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