# Creating actions in the schedule (console)
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You can create different actions in the schedule. For a list of supported actions, see [Types of actions in the schedule](x-actions-in-schedule.md).

The general procedure is the same to create any type of action.

**To create an action**

1. Read the information about [planning the actions](sched-how-actions-work.md) you want to add. 

1. Open the MediaLive console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Channel**, and then choose the channel that you want to work with.

1. On the **Details** pane, choose the **Schedule** tab.

1. Choose the **Switch** button to display the view that you want: **List** view or **Timeline** view. For information about the layout and color coding of the timeline view, see [Viewing the schedule (console)](schedule-using-console-view.md).

1. For **List** view, choose the appropriate action:
   + To create a fixed, follow, or immediate action from scratch, choose **Create**. 
   + To create a follow action after an existing action, choose that action, choose **Schedule actions**, and then choose **Create follow actions from**. 

     This method displays the **Create schedule action** page with some fields already completed, so you can quickly create a follow switch for that existing action.

1. For **Timeline** view, choose the appropriate action:
   + To create a fixed, follow, or immediate action from scratch, choose **Create**.
   + To create a follow action, find the input switch that you want to follow, and then choose **Create follow action** in that card.

     This method displays the **Create schedule action** page with some fields already completed, so you can quickly create a follow switch for that existing action.

1. On the **Create schedule action** page, complete the fields. For information about completing the fields, see the following topics.

1. When you have finished, choose **Create**.

   MediaLive adds the action to the list or the timeline at its appropriate time slot. 

When you create a follow input switch, you effectively create an *input follow chain*. The input follow chain starts with the input above the first follow and ends with the last follow input. For more information about input follow chains, see [Fixed, immediate, and follow switches](ips-switch-types.md).

**Topics**
+ [Fields for an input switch](schedule-fields-for-ips.md)
+ [Fields for an input prepare](schedule-fields-for-input-prep.md)
+ [Fields for activating a global image overlay](schedule-fields-for-activate-image.md)
+ [Fields for deactivating a global image overlay](schedule-fields-for-deactivate-image.md)
+ [Fields for activating a per-outputs image overlay](schedule-fields-activate-image-per-output.md)
+ [Fields for deactivating a per-outputs image overlay](schedule-fields-deactivate-image-per-output.md)
+ [Fields for activating a motion graphics overlay](schedule-fields-for-mg.md)
+ [Fields for deactivating a motion graphics overlay](schedule-fields-for-mg-deactivate.md)
+ [Fields for a splice\$1insert message](schedule-fields-for-splice_insert.md)
+ [Fields for a time\$1signal message](schedule-fields-for-time-signal.md)
+ [Fields for a return-to-network message](schedule-fields-for-return-to-network.md)
+ [Fields for ID3 metadata](schedule-fields-for-id3-userdata.md)
+ [Fields for ID3 segment tags](schedule-fields-for-id3-segment-tags.md)
+ [Fields for pause](schedule-fields-for-pause.md)
+ [Fields for unpause](schedule-fields-for-unpause.md)