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Session Tracks - Uses and Workflow
Overview of how Session Tracks are used to group sessions, filter by attendees, and assign reviewers in Certain's event management platform.
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Adding Existing Profiles to a New Event
Instructions to add existing profiles to a new event by importing registrations or inviting profiles.
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Event Component Descriptions and Navigation
Overview of navigating main event components within your account, including the Event List tab and Event-specific tabs (Plan, Promote, Manage, Engage,...
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Event Setup: Attendee Types
Overview of Attendee Types and how to set them up in the Certain platform.
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Accommodations Guide
Overview of the Accommodation Module in Certain, including enabling, statuses, hotels, room types, blocks, sub-blocks, forms, and roommate management.
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Missing Potential Duplicates under Registrations To Review
Guide on identifying potential duplicate registrations when an event has more than 5,000 registrations, using an exported Excel file.
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How to change the Font Size or Remove the Underline for Hyperlinks on Forms and ...
Guide describing how to modify hyperlink appearance on forms and websites using CSS.
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Modifying Registration Details
Guidance for locating and modifying a single Registration in Certain, including searching by status, criteria, or reports and editing fields across Ov...
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Managing Registrations - Cancellations and Refunds
Guide to creating cancellation fees for registrations and agenda items, and processing refunds.
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Enforcing email uniqueness and addressing form login errors for existing email a...
Guidance on configuring email uniqueness in forms to prevent duplicate registrations within events or accounts, including how to select the appropriat...
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Form Entry & Security
Entry Page is a page on your Form that can serve as a landing page with Event information, a waiver form that attendees must agree to before registeri...
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The Consequences of Changing Your Event Code
Overview of consequences when changing the Event Code in Certain Platform, including file paths and Touchpoint integration.
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Assigning Speaker Attendee Type Using Logic
Instructions for automatically assigning Speaker Attendee Type using Logic in a form within Plan > Event Setup > Attendee Types.
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Upload Embedded Google Map to Forms
Instructions to embed a Google Map into a form by copying embed HTML from Google Maps.
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How to enable a Forgot Password Reset Link
Instructions to enable a Forgot Password reset link on a form's Entry page, including field definitions used in the password reset flow.
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How can I receive an email when someone registers for my Event?
Instructions to copy Confirmation Emails to CC recipients by using the cc: field in the event form confirmation settings.
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How to Close Registration for an Event
Instructions to close registration for an event by adjusting the Form Close date or Form status, or by changing the Event Status, with notes on Post-E...
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System Timestamps
Explanation of how Certain Platform timestamps display in Pacific Standard Time (PST), including Event Setup time zones, Add to Calendar behavior, and...
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General FAQ - Importing Registration Data
Instructions for importing registrations into events on the Certain platform, including external files and marketing automation integrations.
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General FAQ - Managing Registrations
Overview of how registrations and profiles are created and managed for events in Certain's platform.
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General FAQ - Managing Profiles
Overview of managing profiles and registrations in the Certain platform, including custom profile data, profile management, email messaging, and onlin...
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General FAQ - Setting Up Online Forms
Guidance on configuring online forms for registrations in Certain's event platform, including sections and logic.
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Event FAQ - Working with Agenda Items
Guide for creating, editing, and managing agenda items in events, including types, inventory, fees, and labels.
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Reports FAQ - All Registrations by Status Report
The standard summary report All Registrations By Status shows the number of complete and incomplete registrations for an event, grouped by registratio...
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Custom Report Header and Footer (Account Settings)
Instructions to specify a custom header and footer for reports, including supported formats and data-field insertion.
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Profiles Area Options
Overview of the Profiles area in the Certain Help Center, including Find, Add, and Import Profiles and how Profiles relate to Registrations.
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Review Sessions (Reviewer Portal)
Configuration guide for the Review Sessions page in the Reviewer Portal, detailing Session Details and Review Details sections.
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Pages (Reviewer Portal)
Instructions for configuring reviewer portal pages, including adding pages, icons, layouts, and previews.
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Branding & Footer (Reviewer Portal)
Instructions for branding and footer configuration in the Reviewer Portal for events.
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Reviewer Layout (Reviewer Portal)
Configuration guide for the My Information page in the Reviewer Portal.
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Login (Reviewer Portal)
Instructions for configuring the login page in the Reviewer Portal, including background image, sign-in options, and layout.
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Site Layout (Reviewer Portal)
Instructions for configuring the color palette and navigation bar in the Reviewer Portal of the event management system.
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Settings (Reviewer Portal)
Settings page for configuring general settings of the event's Reviewer Portal.
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Reviewer Portal
Instructions for enabling and configuring the Reviewer Portal within Certain Help Center. Includes background steps and navigation details.
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Tier: Add/Edit
Tier: Add/Edit explains how to create or update a Tier in Certain's event management system, detailing fields for Tier Name, Due Date, visibility, pri...
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Accommodation Sub-Block Information
Guidance on creating and managing accommodation sub-blocks for an event, including adding sub-blocks and inventory management.
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Hotels
On this page you set up the hotels used in your account for events, including hotel list, details, and supplier information.
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Accommodation Guide (PDF)
Introductory help center article describing the Accommodation Guide PDF for the Accommodation Module in Certain.
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Specify Report Display Options (Events)
Options for display and print settings of event reports in Certain.
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Adding a Form URL in the QR Code
The article explains how to add a form URL in a QR Code to automatically direct registrants to a specific form after scanning their QR code, including...
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Event Intelligence - Event Registration Chronicles
The Event Registration Chronicles dashboard analyzes the pace of registrations for a series of events and supports post-event analysis and in-process ...
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Event Intelligence - Review the performance of a single event
Guide to using the Performance Dashboard for reviewing a single event's registrations, attendance, and demographics within Event Intelligence.
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Event Intelligence - Key Metrics
Key Metrics dashboard provides executives with a high-level view of event performance, including registrations, attendance, engagement, ROI, and relat...
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Duplicate Profile Usernames And Deleting Profiles
Guidance on preventing invalid profiles by not deleting registrations and marking them as 'Test' registrations.
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Importing Registrations
Guidance on importing or updating Registrations in Certain using key fields and import steps.
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Creating a Registration Profile in an Event for Existing Speakers
Guide to linking an existing Speaker Profile to an Event Registrant, using a form or direct registration.
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Deleting and Restoring Single or Multiple Registrations
Instructions for removing test registrations and restoring registrations using mass action in Certain's Event platform.
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Setting Up Reviewers -- Adding/Importing/Login
Overview of creating and importing reviewers, and configuring reviewer emails in the Certain platform's Session Reviews.
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Reviewer Portal Page Layout
The Reviewer Portal Page Layout article describes how to edit the Reviewer Portal Page, Reviewer Profile Layout, and Session Layout. Includes note abo...
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ACH Refunds
ACH refunds cannot be processed through Certain Platform. Refunds must be processed by your payment processor, after which you should add a refund to ...
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Using Agenda Items and Logic Rules to Apply Discounts
Learn how to use agenda items and logic rules to apply discounts to registrations. Step-by-step guide to create the agenda item, a trigger question, a...
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Mass Download of Profile Images using a Report
How to mass download profile images captured in registration records by creating a Registrations report and adding a custom column with a clickable im...
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Using Google Analytics to Track Events in Certain
Certain supports tracking page hits to registration forms and event websites via a seamless integration to Google Analytics. The article provides inst...
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 10
Post-event tasks to clean up the database, update registrations, issue refunds, settle balances, fulfill orders, and report attendee responses.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 8
Instructions for going live with an event, updating registration forms, and handling existing registrations.
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Step 9: Plan and Create Reports
Guidance on planning and creating reports for registrant data in Build and Manage an Event.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 7
Step 7 covers readiness for registrants, including testing forms, websites, external links, monitoring registrations, payment processing, and attendee...
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 4
Guidance on adding options to registration forms, including agenda, accommodations, payments, and logic.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 6
Step 6 in Build and Manage an Event describes creating marketing elements to promote event registration.
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 2
Step 2 covers filling in basic event details and best practices for titles, unique codes, locations, contacts, options, and attendee management.
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Global Search improvements in Certain 8.0
Documentation on the improvements to the Global Search feature in Certain Platform 8.0, including additional search conditions and new Event-related r...
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Profiles FAQ - Inviting or Registering Profiles
Instructions for inviting or registering profiles for an event, including selecting profiles, applying filters, and managing registrations.
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Certain 7.1.5 Release Notes
Release notes detailing enhancements and bug fixes for the Certain 7.1.5 release across APIs and UI components.
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Certain 7.1.4 Release Notes
Release notes for Certain 7.1.4 covering bug fixes across Admin Interface, Country List, Email, Forms, Groups, Reporting, and Session Management.
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Certain 7.0.7 Release Notes
Release notes for Certain 7.0.7 covering bug fixes across admin interface, API, forms, invoices, and 508 compliance.
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Certain 7.0.1 Release Notes
Release notes for Certain 7.0.1 including enhancements and bug fixes.
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Agenda Item Error Messages
Help article describing customizable error messages for agenda items in the Certain platform.
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Administering Certain
Overview of account settings and the Administration, Registrations, Management, Reports, and Implementation sections in the Certain Help Center articl...
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Session Information, Attendee (in Speaker and Session Management)
Help article describing how to view and assign sessions to attendees, change status, and related features in Speaker and Session Management.
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Registrations FAQ - Modifying Registration Details
Instructions for changing details of a single registration in the Certain Help Center, including navigation to Overview, Profile, and related sections...
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Registrations FAQ - Updating a Group of Registrations
Mass actions enable you to perform actions on a group of registrations from the Mass Action drop-down list. Examples include Changing Basic Actions, C...
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Registrations FAQ - Locating a Registration
Guidance on locating a registration in Certain: use the Event Dashboard, registrations reports, and the Badge Report.
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Registrations FAQ - Creating Registrations
Overview of three methods for entering registration information into an event database in Certain.
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Matched Roommates
Matched Roommates article explains the list of all matched roommate pairs, including manual and auto-matched reservations, and how the data columns an...
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Sel? and Web? options
Warning about using Sel? and Web? options for Agenda Item Questions and their impact on agenda items and registrations.
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Custom Questions
Guide to adding and managing custom questions for event registration in Certain.
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Forms FAQ - Linking Website to Forms
Instructions for linking an external website to a Certain form by using the registration form URL copied from Plan > Forms > Preview.
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Forms FAQ - Changing the Order of Items on a Form
Guidance on ordering form items such as registrant details, attendee types, questions, and agenda items within the Form Setup Page Layout, including O...
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Forms FAQ - Creating a New Form
Instructions to create a new registration form in the Certain platform, including navigation steps and related articles.
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Forms FAQ - Editing Forms
Instructions for editing a form in the Certain platform, including steps and navigation.
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Forms FAQ - Previewing a Form
Instructions for previewing a form in Certain's Forms feature, including split-screen edit mode and form preview steps.
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Forms FAQ
Frequently asked questions about forms in the Certain Help Center.
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What's a "Primary Form"?
One form per event must be designated as its Primary Form. Learn how to designate, switch, and view the primary form and related notes.
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Inline Additional Registrations
Summer Release #3 (Certain 8.3.8) introduces a new form section to streamline registration for guests or additional attendees with a grid for up to 20...
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Setting Up Digital Sessions
Instructions for configuring digital sessions with Certain Platform, Signal, and webinar providers (Zoom/ON24).
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Build and Manage an Event - Step 3
Step 3 covers creating and customizing registration forms for event management, including registrant details, attendee types, questions, verification,...
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General FAQ - Sending Emails
General FAQ describing how the system sends emails and how to send messages to groups or individuals.
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General FAQ - Tips for Names, Codes, and Labels
Guidelines for Names, Codes, and Labels when creating items like Questions, Sessions, and Attendee Types in Certain.
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Search For Forms
Instructions for searching forms across events and accounts in the Certain Help Center, including search criteria, wildcards, result paging, and openi...
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Search
Guidance on using the search feature in the Certain Help Center to locate records across Registrations, Profiles, Events, Forms, and Websites.
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Search For Registrations
Instructions for searching registrations across events and accounts, including criteria, operators, wildcards, and results navigation.
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My Profile
Help article detailing how to configure profile form fields for the My Profile section in Certain.
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Custom HTML Section Details (Registration Form)
Instructions to add or edit a Custom HTML section on a registration form in Plan > Forms > Custom HTML, including headers, data fields, page HTML, and...
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Custom HTML (Registration Form)
Guidance on adding and managing Custom HTML sections within registration forms on the Certain platform, including creating, editing, copying, and dele...
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Logic Rules (Attendee Form)
Logic Rules (Attendee Form) explains how to create form logic rules to control display and processing on the registration form.
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Additional Registrations (Attendee Form)
The Additional Registrations section enables attendees to enter more than one registrant on a single order form, and process or pay for all of the reg...
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Accommodations (Attendee Form)
Accommodations module for attendee registration with setup steps, entry, list, and customization options.
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Verify / Edit Info (Attendee Form)
The Verify / Edit Info (Attendee Form) article explains how registrants review and edit their registration, view a summary, modify each registration p...
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Payment Options (Registration Form)
Configuration guide for payment handling on the Registration Form in Certain Help Center.
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Session Display Options (Registration Form)
Settings to customize how sessions are displayed in the registration form.
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Agenda Section Details (Registration Form)
Agenda Section Details (Registration Form) article describing how to add and configure agenda sections on a registration form, including headers, type...
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Agenda Display Options (Registration Form)
Configuration options for Agenda sections within the Registration Form, including Personal Agenda, Agenda, and Agenda Guest List.
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Agenda (Registration Form)
Agenda sections on a registration form allow attendees to select agenda items. You can add up to 40 Agenda sections. Examples include Session Breakout...
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Questions Section Details (Registration Form)
Instructions for adding and editing a Questions Section in a registration form, including headers, questions, and display conditions.
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Questions – (Header Details)
Configure the details of a header used to separate groups of questions on the Verify and Confirm pages of a registration form.
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Questions (Registration Form)
Documentation on configuring and using the Questions sections in the Registration Form for events in the Certain platform.
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SSO (Single Sign-On) Configuration and Use
Overview of configuring and using SSO in Certain, including Admin, Attendee, and Check-In App SSO types, setup steps, and per-portal usage.
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Using Forgot Password in Forms Guide
Guide on using the built-in Forgot Password feature in Certain forms, including email template setup and form configuration.
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Entry Page (Attendee Form)
Help article detailing the Entry Page (Attendee Form) in Certain's registration forms, including access options, permissions, waiver, credentials, pas...
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Registrant Details (Attendee Form)
Overview of the Registrant Details section for attendee registration, including headers, field selection, registrant information, and display options.
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Form Setup (Attendee/Registration Form)
Documentation on configuring attendee registration forms, their sections, and advanced settings in Certain.
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Create a Registration
The registration page contains contact information about the attendee and basic registration information, including Attendee Type and Status. It descr...
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Create a New Form
Documentation for creating and configuring a registration form in Certain's planning platform, including setup, sections, layout, and advanced setting...
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Copy Registration Form
Instructions to copy an existing registration form on the Certain platform.
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Forms List
Forms List is a help article describing how to view and manage forms for an event, including creating, copying, showing inactive forms, and the availa...
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Agenda Items: Advanced (Custom Questions)
Legacy feature to assign custom questions to agenda items for event registrations; includes cautions and best practices.
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Questions
The Questions page explains how to create and configure custom questions for registration forms and related areas in Certain.
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Choose Report Grouping
Documentation on grouping reports with up to three levels, including sorting, date grouping, and display options.
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Display Options (Supplier Reports)
Documentation on configuring display, formatting, data output, and print settings for Supplier Reports in the Certain platform.
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Supplier Detail Information
Help center article describing how to edit or add supplier records and the fields stored for each supplier in the Certain platform.
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PAGE (Custom Report Header and Footer)
Instructions to customize headers and footers for a custom report across formats, including dynamic data fields and the HTML Editor.
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Display Options (Event Reports)
Options to control display and print formatting for Event Reports in the Certain Help Center.
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Setup Dashboard
The Setup Dashboard is the planner’s home page for configuring event details, attendee types, questions, schedules, reports, forms, emails, and additi...
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Printable Confirmations (Event-Level)
Help article detailing how to create and edit event-level printable confirmation templates, including header, introduction and closing, footer, sectio...
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Introduction to Speaker and Session Management (PDF)
Concise overview of the Speaker and Session Management module presented as a linked PDF within the Certain Help Center, including access instructions ...
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Event Session Status Summary Report
A report listing attendee counts for each session instance, with drill-down registrations and Excel export.
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Agenda (Attendee)
Overview of managing agenda items for attendees in Certain's event registration tool, including adding items, statuses, and guest lists.
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Attendee Overview
Attendee Overview page in the Certain Help Center shows a detailed, sectioned summary of a selected attendee's information, including profile, registr...
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Query (Find) Registrations
The Query Registrations page enables you to quickly find registrants using detailed searches.
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Import/Update Registrations
Instructions for importing and updating registrations using the Registration Import Wizard on the Certain platform.
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Import Registration Session Instances
Instructions for assigning, updating, and canceling session instances on existing registrations via the Registrations Import page.
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All Registrations By Status
The All Registrations By Status report shows complete and incomplete registrations by status with two pie charts and a report table on the Event Dashb...
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Account Usage
Account Usage article describing how administrators can track usage and generate reports, including events, registrations, imports, test registrations...
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Content Blocks (At Account Level)
Guide to configuring account-level content blocks for emails, forms, websites, and event displays in Certain.
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Account Settings
Account Settings page detailing user information, reports, administrator tasks, and configuration options in the Certain Help Center.
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Registration Groups – Quick Guide
Registration Groups Quick Guide explains how to set up and use Registration Groups in an event and how to enable the Registration Groups sub-module.
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'Send Email' for accepted registrations
Guide explaining how to configure the Send Email action for accepted registrations and when to use an email template.
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Travel Packages (Flights) Guide
Guide to configuring travel with flights and flight packages in Certain, including enabling Travel Packages, configuring travel settings, and generati...
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Promo Codes Guide
Guide to using the Registration Groups as Promo Codes module in Certain, including the Promo Code Wizard, discounts, availability, imports, reports, f...
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Speaker and Session Management User Guide
Detailed guide to enabling and using Speaker and Session Management and Conference Sessions in Certain, including portals, setup, scheduling, reviews,...
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Stripe | Partner
Certain’s Stripe integration provides a fast, familiar payment method for registration, paid sessions, and add-ons, backed by Stripe’s secure global i...
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Capture Technologies | Partner
Capture Technologies delivers efficient on-site solutions for events, specializing in badge printing, registration, and attendee management. Capture's...
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Adding Questions to a Form
This article explains how to add questions to a registration form using Custom Profile questions, Question Sections, and Logic Rules in the Certain pl...
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Incomplete Registrants And Cancellation Fees
Cancellation fees are not assigned when a registration is incomplete; guidance to ensure fees are applied by marking Registrants as Complete.
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Partial Payments with Additional Registrations
Guidance on handling partial payments when adding registrations to a form, and how to mark additional registrations as Complete.
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How to edit the default error message in the event
Instructions on customizing default error messages for form fields, agenda items, and session timeouts in event planning (Plan > Form).
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Registration Header
Overview of the standard Registration header and navigation in the Certain Help Center.
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Registrations FAQ
FAQ covering registration topics in the Certain Help Center.
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Refunds FAQ - How to Process Refunds
Guide to canceling registrations and processing refunds following the SCAR protocol.
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Custom Statuses
This help page lists custom registration statuses for events, including standard statuses, registration details, and status logic.
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Check-In: Basic Configuration
Documentation for Check-In: Basic Configuration. Includes Temporary Access Code, Registration Status after Check-in, Registration Status on Reverting ...