An Event is location type which is designed to manage one-off events rather than continuous, day-to-day sign-ins. While the functionality of events largely mirrors the functionality of the lobby location type, you do get some additional features such as:
Direct registrant upload from a Salesforce campaign of Eventbrite (This does not automatically add new registrants to Sign In Enterprise as they are added to your Salesforce or Evenbrite campaigns. It directly pulls in your registered guest list when you choose to trigger the action).
Download a list of existing registrants.
Booth Mode: This is a device specific setting which allows for lead capture.
Setting up an Event Location Type
If you have Events enabled on your account, you will be able to select the Event location type when you create a location. In the Locations section of the admin portal, click Create location in the top-right corner. Then, choose the Event location type.
Once you've selected an event, you can set up your basic location details and devices much in the same way you edit a general lobby location. To learn how to set up a location, click HERE. The main differences are:
You can enter a Date/Time and description for your event
You can set some devices to "Booth Mode"
Booth mode allows employees/volunteers at booths to have an iPad that can scans the QR codes on the badges of guests to capture their information so that they can follow up later. Once they have captured all the leads that they wish, they can export the list directly from the iPad by setting it to send an email to any email address containing a csv with the scanned details.
Adding Registrants
Adding registrations is also largely similar to pre-registering guests through the general Lobby location type. To learn how to generally pre-register a guest, click HERE.
The main additions for the Event location type are a direct Salesforce/Eventbrite registrant upload, as well as the ability to download a list of registrants from SIE.
In all, you can register guests for an event through these methods:
Salesforce
Eventbrite
Uploading a .csv file
Manually entering a new guest
Pre-registered guests will only have to start entering their email to have all of their information auto-filled. This drastically cuts down on the login time for guests and starts their event experience off well.
You can also export a .csv file of all the Registrants which will tell you if someone attended the event or not.
