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# Event Panel

The user can access the ***Event Panel*** to create a new Event. We have two options in the Toggle Event Panel:

1. Private (Event/ Kafka Topic)
2. Data Sync

<figure><img src="/files/Y17p6C9yObm2tSIqkI6k" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Toggle Event Panel</p></figcaption></figure>

### **Private (Event)**&#x20;

The user can create an Event (Kafka Topic) that can be used to connect two pipeline components.

* Navigate to the ***Pipeline Editor*** page.
* Click the ***Event Panel*** icon.     &#x20;

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* The ***Event*** panel opens.
* Click the ***Add New Event*** icon.

<figure><img src="/files/iA1m4Nk9gngSGLYa7Js6" alt=""><figcaption><p>Accessing the Add New Event icon from the Event panel</p></figcaption></figure>

* The ***New Event*** dialog box opens.
* Enable the Event Mapping option to map the Event.
* Provide the required information.
  * Slide the given button to enable the event mapping.
  * Provide a display name for the event (A default name based on the pipeline name appears for the Event).
  * Select the Event Duration from the drop-down menu (It can be set from 4 to 168 hours as per the given options).
  * Number of partitions (You can choose out of 1 to 50).
  * Number of outputs (You can choose out of 1-3) (The maximum number of outputs must not exceed the no. of Partition).
  * Enable the ***Is Failover?*** option if you wish to create a failover Event.​​
* Click the ***Add Event*** option to save the new Event.

&#x20;     ![](/files/WJDd5tqysDT4AoLK9GvA)&#x20;

* A confirmation message appears.
* The new Event gets created and added to the ***Event Panel***.

&#x20;      &#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/AJPUTE9JZfzZmESdOqX3" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* Drag and drop the ***Event*** from the ***Event Panel*** to the workflow editor.

&#x20;    ![](/files/NlcDL0Sns5OxHxQzlJQO)

* You can drag a pipeline component from the [***Component Panel.***](https://docs.bdb.ai/7.6/data-pipeline/getting-started/pipeline-workflow-editor/component-panel)​
* Connect the dragged component to the dragged ***Event*** to create a pipeline flow of data.

<figure><img src="/files/NfzfdjLQA5Jrnbl0YvpZ" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### **Data Sync**

The user can directly read the data with the reader and write to a Data Sync.

* The user can add a new Data Sync from the toggle event panel to the workflow editor by clicking on ‘+’ icon.
* Specify the display name and connection id and click on save.
* Drag and drop the Data Sync from event panel to workflow editor.

{% hint style="info" %}
*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Refer the* [***Events \[Kafka and Data Sync\] page***](/data-pipeline/getting-started/homepage/creating-a-new-pipeline/connecting-components/events-kafka-and-data-sync.md) *for more details on the **DB Sync** topic provided under the Connection Components section of this document.*
{% endhint %}


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