Before you can add any sessions to an event, you need to have configured the Session Layout. Session Layout is how the admin-side Sessions page will look when you add or edit sessions.
You can do this in either of two ways.
You can configure the Session Layout from the Sessions page
If you navigate to the Sessions page before a planner has configured the session layout on Setup > Session Layout, you see a friendly walkthrough.
The friendly walkthrough helps you configure the Session Layout right there.
You can configure the Session Layout from Setup
Alternatively, go to Setup > Session Layout.
Select your layout option.
Configure the layout option.
Default layout configuration
You can use the default layout as it comes “out of the box”.
You can also configure the default layout by adding/deleting/moving standard fields, custom fields, and section breaks.
How the layout choice affects session editing
The choice made and the configuration based on it determines what you see and edit when adding and editing sessions.
Available Session Layout options
There may be one or two choices of layout available.
1. The Standard Sessions option is always available. 2. A Conference Sessions option is also available. The Conference Sessions option is available if the Conference Sessions sub-module of the Speaker and Session Management module is enabled for the event. The enabling happens on Plan > Configure > Options > "Functional Areas Needed by This Event".
Standard Sessions or Conference Sessions
Standard Sessions
- Default Layout, which you can use or customize
- Simple, with many standard fields
- Standard Fields: All available.
- Schedule Instances per Session: One
- Speakers per Session: Multiple
- Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types: Yes
- Auto-Publish Option: Yes
- Review- and Task-Based Workflow: No
- Online Speaker Portal: No
Conference Sessions
- Simple, with many standard fields
- Detailed, with all standard fields
- Standard Fields: All available.
- Schedule Instances per Session: Multiple
- Speakers per Session: Multiple
- Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types: Yes
- Auto-Publish Option: Yes
- Review- and Task-Based Workflow: Yes
- Online Speaker Portal: Yes
Standard Sessions or Conference Sessions (table)
| | Standard Sessions | Conference Sessions | | • Default Layout, which you can use or customize | Simple, with many standard fields | Detailed, with all standard fields | | • Standard Fields | All available. | All available. | | • Schedule Instances per Session | One | Multiple | | • Speakers per Session | Multiple | Multiple | | • Publishing Sessions to Attendee Types | Yes | Yes | | • Auto-Publish Option | Yes | Yes | | • Review- and Task-Based Workflow | No | Yes | | • Online Speaker Portal | No | Yes |