1. Insert some notes:
   
2. Insert a Bank/Patch change at 1:01:000. It will not appear in the Event List:
   
3. But if you insert the Bank/Patch change elsewhere, it will appear correctly:
   

It does insert the events - you just have to scroll back through the event list to see them even ithou you are at the start! It seems to be the event view that is a little buggy. It has been this way for a while. I click in the event list then use my mouse wheel to scroll up after inserting events @ zero.

tenfoot
It does insert the events - you just have to scroll back through the event list to see them even ithou you are at the start! It seems to be the event view that is a little buggy. It has been this way for a while. I click in the event list then use my mouse wheel to scroll up after inserting events @ zero.

This does not work here. I'm with the 2017.09 version, and you?
Even closing and opening the Event List, even using the mouse wheel, it does not appear.
But it's there, properly activating my bank / patch, just does not appear. Like I said, it only appears if it gets inserted elsewhere.

Adding a patch change at the very beginning of the track is the same as setting the Bank and Patch values in the drop downs in the Inspector and Track header. These values do not appear in the Event List. Have to read this closely to see it may be by design

SONAR inserts a change in bank and patch. When you play back the project, the initial bank and patch shown in the Track view will be used to the point at which the bank/patch change takes place. You can remove a bank/patch change in the Event List view.

So, the initial patch change at the very beginning of the track is shown in the track view. Subsequent patch changes appear in the Event List.

scook
So, the initial patch change at the very beginning of the track is shown in the track view. Subsequent patch changes appear in the Event List.

The initial patch change at the very beginning is not showing either in the track view or event list. Only the subsequent patch changes are appearing on both:
 

The track header is set to I/O hiding the bank/patch drop downs in the track header.

The bank/patch drop downs are also in the Inspector regardless of the track header setting. Currently the initial setting is only shown in the drop downs not in the track data.

scook
Adding a patch change at the very beginning of the track is the same as setting the Bank and Patch values in the drop downs in the Inspector and Track header. These values do not appear in the Event List. Have to read this closely to see it may be by design

SONAR inserts a change in bank and patch. When you play back the project, the initial bank and patch shown in the Track view will be used to the point at which the bank/patch change takes place. You can remove a bank/patch change in the Event List view.

So, the initial patch change at the very beginning of the track is shown in the track view. Subsequent patch changes appear in the Event List.

There is a difference. When you insert the patch change in event viewer @ poisition zero, the patch change is not sent until the project starts. When inserted into thh inspector, it is sent when the poroject loads. Perhaps this can be changed somewhere, but it makes a huge difference when using an active playlist set to 'wait for keypress', unless you like surprise guitar sounds shortly after you play the final chord in a song:). Fwiw, the inserted patch change at the start certainly does show up in the event list on my systems. I also insert a control change to adjust a DCA for level shortly after. There must be some other variable that affects this.
 
Ahh....it just occured to me that I use the + sign in event viewer to add an event, then change that event to a patch change. Perhaps this is the difference. Are you using the insert patch change from the top menu instead? If so, try the little plus sign in event viewer.