# Creating an Event

#### Scenarios

- Create an event to periodically response to specific operations on databases.
- When event_scheduler of an RDS DB instance is set to ON, and the event function is enabled, you can manage events. When event_scheduler is set to OFF, but the event function is enabled, you can only create events and the events do not take effect.

#### Procedure

1. On the top menu bar, choose Database Management. On the displayed Objects page, select Events, and click Create Event.
2. Specify an event name (mandatory) and event definition statements (mandatory), set the execution time, status, and comment, and click Create.

   - Event Definition Statements

     Indicates the SQL statements to be executed when a scheduled event is triggered.

   - Dropped upon expiration

     Indicates that the event to be executed at a fixed time will be deleted after it is executed and the event to be executed in a scheduled cycle will be deleted at the specified time.

3. In the displayed dialog box, click Execute. If no error is reported, the event takes effect.

Parent topic: Event Management