Sessions (Attendee Form)

Introduction

Sessions sections for a form are available only if the Speaker and Session Management module is turned on for the event in Plan > Configure > Options.
You can configure up to 30 Session Sections in a form.
Each Session Section includes sessions of one or more session types, and may be configured with session section display logic to determine whether the section is displayed.
In the form, the attendee can add to their schedule any of the scheduled instances of the sessions (of those types) that have been published for their attendee type.
Caution: A Sessions section must therefore always come after the Attendee Type section in the form, so that the form can list the correct sessions.
Note about overlapping sessions: A registrant cannot select sessions whose times overlap, unless the event has the option to "Allow Overlapping Sessions for Registrations" set under "Speaker and Session Management" on Plan > Configure > Options.
Each Session Section must be based on a Session Template, which determines the dynamic fields and text shown.
You set the display_options, such as customizable labels and filters, just once for all Session Sections in the form.

You do not configure waitlisting for sessions at the form level.
You set the Waitlist Inventory for a session on Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Sessions.
The form shows an Add to Waitlist button, instead of an Add to Schedule button, when a session has reached its maximum capacity, and there are fewer waitlisted attendees than the maximum allowed (that is, the Waitlist Inventory).

Follow these steps to configure and use a Session Section in your form.
Create a Session Section Template if you don't want to use the built-in "Basic Session Template" or a template that's already been added.
Note: If you edit a session template after adding a session section based on it, the section will conform to the updated template.
Create a Session Section based on that template or any other. That includes naming the section.
You can add multiple session templates and multiple sessions sections, and apply any template to any section.
Example 1: Five session sections, and one session template. You apply the same template to all five sections.
Example 2: Five session sections, and two session templates. You apply template A to two of the session sections, and template B to the other three.
Set Display Options, which apply to all Session Sections in the form, if you don't want to use the defaults.
Note: You can do this at any point. It could be the first or second step, and if you change the options at any time later, they will immediately apply to all session sections.
Update the Speaker Template if you don't want to use the default values provided.
Note: Like setting the Display Options, you can do this at any point.
Add the Session Section to the Page Layout on the Form Setup page, Plan > Forms > Setup, to include it in the form for attendees to complete.
The session sections you choose from are the ones added and named here.

List of Session Sections
The upper section of the Sessions page lists any Session Sections already defined.
You can define up to 30 per form.
Click Add New to add a Session Section.
The list shows the following information for each session section:
Session Section Name
Date Modified
Actions — Edit the Session Section; Preview the section in a pop-up window; Copy the section

List of Session Templates
The middle section of the page lists any session templates in the event. This probably includes a Basic Session Template, which includes session description, track, location and date/time fields.
Click Add New to add a template. The Session Template Details pop-up window opens, for you to enter the details.
Video: Session Templates (2 min.)
The list of templates has the following columns:
Name
Description
Actions — Preview the template in a pop-up window; Edit the template in the Sessions Template Details window; Copy the template; Delete the template (Note: You cannot delete a template that is in use.)

In the Speaker Template at the end of the page you select and configure define the information shown about a speaker when a registrant clicks on a speaker name associated with a session. A default template is provided for you to edit.
Video: Speaker Template (1.5 min.)
Append — Select a dynamic data field to add, and then click Template to add it to the template.
The fields available are all Speaker fields: Profile Picture, Profile Thumbnail, Badge Name, Prefix, First Name, Last Name, Middle Name, Biography, Email, Mobile, Phone, Fax, Position, Organization, Address, DOB.
Enable Editor? — If this check box is selected (as it is by default), you can edit the template using standard controls for formatting, etc. (See additional instructions about using the HTML Editor.) You can clear the check box in order to edit the template in a simple text box (which can still include HTML tags).
Note: If an Administrator has cleared the Enable CKeditor check box on Account Settings > Implementation > Security for your account, then there is no option to enable the editor; only the plain text box is shown. (But you can still add HTML tags by typing them in.)

Session Display Options — Click this button (on the fixed button bar at the end of the page) to customize the display of the contents of all Session Sections on the form.
The button is only visible when you are viewing the lists of session sections and templates, not when you are editing one.
See the separate Session Display Options help topic for full details of the customization fields displayed in a pop-up window.
You only need to edit those where you don't want to use the default values.
Video: Session Display Options (3.5 min.)
Note: The settings apply to all session sections in the form. Many of them are for localization of forms – where you have forms in different languages.