Available with Location Referencing license.
You can digitize an event in a feature service using the feature template for that layer in the Create Features tool 
. The route ID and measures are automatically populated to associate the event with the route on which the feature is created. The Attributes pane appears where you can review existing event attributes and provide
additional event attributes.
Tip:
Click the Create Features button on the Edit tab, in the Features group, to open the Create Features pane and expand the feature template for the feature service layer.
Learn more about creating features using feature templates
If a message regarding acquiring locks or reconciling appears, conflict prevention is enabled.
When you create a point event, the route ID, measure, and date fields are populated based on the underlying route. When digitizing a line event feature, the first vertex is used to populate the From Measure, From Date, To Date, and From Route fields, and the last vertex is used to populate the To Measure and To Route fields. For spanning line event features, the from and to measures must be on routes that have the same line ID.
Learn more about creating polyline features, including event features
Location Errors
If the feature is added outside of tolerance and the route ID or measures are not detected, a location error occurs.
Any of the following statuses indicate a problem that must be resolved.
| Location Error | Description |
|---|---|
| Can't Find Extent | The route location's shape was not found because the from measure and the to measure are outside the route measures. |
| Can't Find Location | The route location's shape doesn't exist on the route (the route has no m-values or the route location's measures don't exist on the route). |
| Can’t Find Parent Event | The parent event was not found. This is applicable to reference offset events. |
| Different From-Route And To-Route Line IDs | The from route and the to route have different line IDs. This is applicable to line networks. |
| Invalid Line ID | The route's line ID is invalid. This is applicable to line networks. |
Invalid Location Route ID | The route location's route ID is invalid (NULL, empty, or invalid value). |
| Invalid Measure | At least one of the route location's measure values is invalid. |
| Invalid Route ID | The route location's route ID is invalid (NULL, empty, or invalid value). |
| Multiple Location | More than one point location was found. Measures may not be unique along the routes. |
| Null Extent | The from measure is equal to the to measure. |
| Partial Match for From and To Measure | The entire route location's shape was not found. The from measure and the to measure are outside the route measure range. |
| Partial Match for From Measure | The entire route location's shape was not found. The from measure is outside the route measure range. |
| Partial Match for To Measure | The entire route location's shape was not found. The to measure is outside the route measure range. |
| Reversed Line Order | The from route does not have a lower line older than the to route. This is applicable to line networks. |
| Route Not Found | The route does not exist. |
| Route Shape Empty | The route does not have a shape or the shape is empty. |
Scenarios for adding a line event using feature creation
In the scenarios below, a line event is added using the feature template in the Create Features pane.
Adding a line event
The following image shows the route attributes:
The following table details the route attributes. The route (Route1) has measures from 0 to 20.
| Route ID | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|
Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
The following image shows the creation of a line event. The first and last vertices intersect Route1, which results in a new line event.
The following table details the line event:
| Event | Route ID | From Date | To Date | From Measure | To Measure | Location Error | Speed Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event1 | Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> | 10 | 20 | No Error | 55 |
The following image shows the route and the associated event after the edit:
Adding a line event resulting in a location error
The following image shows the route attributes. The route (Route1) has measures from 0 to 20.
The following table details the route attributes:
| Route ID | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|
Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
The following image shows the creation of a line event. Only the first vertex intersects Route1. The route ID and from measure are populated, but the to measure is <Null> because the last vertex does not intersect the route.
The following table details the line event:
| Event | Route ID | From Date | To Date | From Measure | To Measure | Location Error | Speed Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event1 | Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> | 0 | <Null> | Invalid Location Measure | 55 |
Scenarios for adding a spanning event using feature creation
The scenarios below detail the results of adding a spanning line event using the feature template in the Create Features pane.
Adding a spanning line event
The following image shows the routes:
The following table details attributes for the routes (Route1, Route2, and Route3):
| Route ID | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|
Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
Route2 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
Route3 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
The following image shows the creation of a spanning event feature. The first vertex intersects Route1 at 5, which is resolved to the From Measure on Route1, and the second vertex intersects Route3 at 35, which is resolved to the To Measure on Route3.
The following table details the spanning event after the edit:
| Event | From Route ID | To Route ID | From Date | To Date | From Measure | To Measure | Location Error | Speed Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event1 | Route1 | Route3 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> | 5 | 35 | No Error | 55 |
The following image shows the routes and the spanning event after the edit:
Adding a spanning event resulting in a location error
The following image shows the routes before a line event is associated with it. In this case, Route1 and Route2 are on LineA, and RouteA is on LineB. Spanning events must be on the same line in a line network.
The following table details the route attributes. Route1 and Route2 are on LineA, and RouteA is on LineB.
| Route ID | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|
Route1 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
Route2 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
Route3 | 1/1/2000 | <Null> |
The following image shows the creation of a spanning event feature. The first vertex intersects Route1 at 5, which is resolved to the From Measure on Route1, and the second vertex intersects RouteA at 35, which is not resolved to the To Measure on RouteA because RouteA is on LineB.
The following table provides an example of the Different From-Route and To-Route Line IDs value for the Location Error field. Events spanning routes must share the same line ID.
| Event | From Route ID | To Route ID | From Date | To Date | From Measure | To Measure | Location Error | Speed Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event1 | Route1 | RouteA | 1/1/2000 | <Null> | 5 | 35 | Different From-Route and To-Route Line IDs | 55 |
The following image shows Event1 after the error:
