# Master Events List The **Master Events List (MEL)** is the primary way to create an exercise. This is the **timeline** of your scenario. It presents the exercise content in sequential time order. In the Facilitator Dashboard, it's where the Facilitator controls the pace of the exercise. {% tabs %} {% tab title="Benefit" %} * **Automated Scheduling:** Set content to go live at specific times to allow for a seamless exercise delivery * **Structured Progress:** Ensure a clear flow of events, guiding participants through the scenario step by step * **Efficient Management:** Organise and centralise all of the exercise events in one place for streamlined planning and control {% endtab %} {% tab title="Feature" %} * Import MEL from Excel or .csv files * Organise MEL using tabs and Serials * Drag and drop to reorder injects * Automatically adjusts timings for moved injects * Publish individual content items or inject sequences for efficient testing and development {% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ## Running In the Facilitator Dashboard you can skip, pause and publish injects. Do so using the buttons at the bottom of the MEL which allow you to manage the flow of events seamlessly. Each button serves a distinct function: * **Skip** lets you bypass an inject if it's no longer relevant * **Pause** halts the exercise temporarily * **Publish** pushes selected injects to participants in real-time This flexibility ensures that the exercise can be dynamically adjusted based on the evolving scenario or participant needs.
The MEL can be easily collapsed at your convenience.
### Reset options In the Facilitator Dashboard, you have the ability to reset the MEL. Here's an overview of the rest options available:
| Reset option | Clears | | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Reset messages** | | | **Reset data** | | | **Reset live exercise configuration** | | *** ## Designing ### Inject attributes Injects are the components used to build the MEL; they are the content that the players interact with during the exercise. #### Organisational attributes and inject details | Detail | Description | | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Time** | Expressed using 24hr clock because all times are relative to the start of the exercise | | **Tag** | Tag is a way to highlight an inject using a dot for emphasis | | **Asset ID** | Refers to a unique identifier assigned to each inject, used to track and manage content within the exercise | | **From** | This is the persona from whom the content will be published from | | **To** | Which player(s) will receive this content | #### Content creation | Feature | Description | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **What method?** | This is the channel to which the message will be published | | **Subject** | Only present on channels such as email, blog posts, and news articles | | **Text block** | Content body (if using AI to generate content, the content is generated according to the method e.g. if the method is tweeting on MicroBlog, then the message will automatically look like a tweet) | #### Further actions

Facilitator guidance

| Action | Description | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Question** | Adding a question creates a data point, which appears as a pie chart on the Facilitator Dashboard, allowing the Facilitator to quickly see participants' choices at a glance | | **Past comments** | Past comments allows you to simulate replies on social media posts | | **Facilitator guidance** | This is both a note to the exercise control team and a reminder in the MEL of which inject is coming up | | **Inject grid** |

Inject grid enables you to send specific injects at any point during the exercise.

To create an inject grid navigate to Inject grid at the bottom of the inject window and give your button a title (this will add the inject to the grid)

| ### Creating an inject In the Editor, open your serial and click the `+` as shown below to add an inject:
In the MEL use the *AI Assistant* to help generate text-based content. Enter a description of the content, then click the "magic icon" to generate. {% hint style="info" %} The *AI Assistant* knows the channel you have chosen, saving you from having to type commands like "write an email". {% endhint %}
### Possible actions #### Reorganise Click the 6 dots as shown below to drag-and-drop and move injects:
#### Publishing content during development Right-click on the row. * Select `Publish to player` to publish that inject to players * Select `Publish to Facilitator` to jump to that part of the MEL in the Facilitator Dashboard
#### Import from Excel/.csv file Import Excel or .csv file allows you flexibility to add injects generated in alternative ways. For a **template for building your exercise manually** see below: {% file src="" %} The extended format provides greater power to **import questions, data points, past comments and hacked website detail**s: {% file src="" %}