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Manually Add an Event Attendee to a Session

As an Event Organizer, follow these steps to add an attendee to a session after they have been added to or registered for the event.

Written by Tracey Straub

This article is for Event Organizers

As the Event Owner and Event User you have the ability to add event attendees into a Session as either a Registrant or an Attendee.

💡 KEY TERMS:

  • Registrant (Session Attendees): A person who has added a session to their My Schedule and shows interest in attending.

    • A registrant is also someone who has purchased an add-on session when registering for the event.

  • Attendee (Scanned Attendees): A person who has been scanned into a session or has been manually added as an "Attendee" to a session by an Event Organizer.


Manually Add an Event Attendee as a Session Registrant

💡 Tip: The attendee must be listed in the event before they are able to be added to a session.

Steps

  1. From the Admin Home Page, click Sessions in the left-side navigator.

  2. Enter into the session or add a new one

  3. Click Add / Edit in Session Attendees

  4. Search Registrants by name, once found check the circle to the right of their name, which creates a check mark, and then click Save Registrants

  5. If you want to add several at a time, feel free to check as many Registrants before clicking Save Registrants

  6. Alternatively, you can click the Open Attendee Table from the upper righthand section of this view and add attendees via the table -- with the same result that they will be added to the Session.


Manually Add Event Attendee as a Session Attendee

Steps

  1. From the Admin Home Page, click Sessions in the left-side navigator.

  2. Enter into the session or add a new one

  3. Click Add / Edit in Scanned Attendees

  4. Search Registrants by name, once found check the circle to the right of their name, which creates a check mark, and then click Save Attendees

  5. If you want to add several at a time, feel free to check as many Registrants before clicking Save Attendees

  6. Alternatively, you can click the Open Attendee Table from the upper righthand section of this view and add attendees via the table -- with the same result that they will be added to the Session.


Bulk Import (Upload) Event Attendees as Session Registrants or Session Attendee

Steps

  1. From the Admin Home Page, click Sessions in the left-side navigator.

  2. Enter into the session or add a new one

  3. Click Add / Edit in Session Attendees or Scanned Attendees, whichever n section you want to bulk import.

  4. In the upper righthand corner of this widget you will see Open Attendee Table, click it.

  5. A new view will appear showing all our attendees. You can sort by any column as well as filter the list as needed.

  6. Check the box next to the names you want to import (upload) into your session and once done, click Submit Selection.

  7. Now you can review who has been added, and once you are ready to proceed with the import click Save Attendees.

💡 To add multiple attendees at once:

  1. Click the checkbox to the left of First Name to select all attendees currently visible in the list.

  2. At the bottom of the page, a selection count will appear showing how many attendees are selected out of the total available.

  3. Choose one of the following:

    • Click Submit Selection (upper right) to add only the currently selected attendees, or

    • Click All next to the selection count to select every attendee in the list, then click Submit Selection (upper right).

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