Community event information can be accessed on a smartphone, tablet, and desktop computer with the Events Calendar application. Follow the steps below to publish the feature layers required for the Events Calendar application.

Community Events

To publish the CommunityEvents feature layer, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online organization.
2. Publish a new hosted feature layer in your organization using the CommunityEvents feature layer in the ArcGIS for Local Government Service Catalog. Add the following title and tags when creating your new hosted feature layer:
   • Title: CommunityEvents
   • Tags: Community Event, Special Event, Permit, Permit Applications, Event Organizers, Event Sponsors
3. Edit the feature layer item details:
   • Thumbnail image: Your image.
   • Description: An event or festival held once, or on a regular basis, which enhances the vitality, quality of life, and economic prosperity of a community.
   • Editing: Enable editing and Keep track of who created and last updated features.
   • What kind of editing is allowed: Add, update, and delete features.
   • Sync: Disable Sync.
4. Share the feature layer with everyone.
5. Choose a geometry service. If you are using ArcGIS for Server or ArcGIS Enterprise and the geometry service has not started, start the geometry service. If you are using ArcGIS Online, use the geometry service provided by Esri or a geometry service from another ArcGIS for Server or ArcGIS Enterprise machine.