Viva Connections Events Card

There have been some cool additions lately to the list of cards available in the Viva Connections Dashboard. I have already blogged about some of them previously. Today, I want to introduce you to another card we now have called Events. I will explain how it works and how it differs from the SharePoint Web Part “cousin”.

How to add Viva Connections Events Card

1. If you are a Site owner, click on the Gear Icon > Manage dashboard
2. From the right-hand-side panel, click Edit
3. Click the Edit button again
4. Next, click +Add a card
5. From the list of all available cards, choose Events
6. This will add the Events card to the dashboard. By default, it will be blank. To display events, click the Pencil icon.
7. On the configuration screen, you can type the title and select the card size (Large or Medium)
8. Next, you can select the source (SharePoint Sites) to display events from. You can even specify the category of Events and the date range.
9. Towards the bottom, you can set up Audience Targeting.
10. Once published, this is what the card will look like on the page.

Nuances

• Unlike the Events Web Part in SharePoint, the Events Card does not allow you to add events to it; it only displays events from Events lists on various sites.