Create, Edit and more with Event Categories and Sub-Categories

What if you have a ministry or department that is under another ministry or department?  With Sub-Categories, you can create a parent Event Category (like Adult Ministry) that has Sub-Categories (like Men's Ministry, Women's Ministry, etc.).  

Go to the left navigation bar>Settings>Advanced>Event Categories

From the Category Management page, you can do the following:

1. Add New Category |
2. Drag & Drop Categories |
3. Delete a Category |
4. Edit a Category |
5. Add a Child Category |
6. Expand to show existing Child Categories |
7. Export to Excel |

Add New Category

1. Enter a Category Name (like "Church Administration" or "Student Ministry")
2. Add the Category Color (used primarily with Calendar Labels)
3. Add the Category Text Color (used primarily with Calendar Labels)
4. If it is a Public Category, then mark Is Public
5. Click Save

Drag & Drop Categories

You can use the Drag and Drop feature on the Event Category page to rearrange the hierarchy of the event categories.

• For anyone integrating eSPACE Event Scheduler with another calendar software, this is NOT recommended, since that information should only be syncing to Event Schedule from that other calendar software. 

Delete a Category

After clicking the , the following warning will appear:

Edit a Category

Click Edit button (see below), then change your existing Event Category the same as Add New Category

Add a Child Category

Click Add Child button (see below), then enter your Child Category, but make sure to give it a unique name.

You will see the following warning if you attempt to create a Child (i.e. Sub-Category) with the exact same name:

Expand to show existing Child Categories

Export to Excel

Click Export to Excel and a new Excel file of your Event Categories will be available

Go to Add Event or Quick Event Create, and Categories appear in a tree view

Go to the internal Calendar, and Categories appear in a tree view

The Public Calendar appears similarly