documentation/content/applications/marketing/events/event_tracks.md

Event tracks

Odoo Events provides the ability to create, schedule, and manage talks, lectures, demonstrations, presentations, etc., which known as Tracks in Odoo.

The Odoo Events application also has an option to allow event attendees to propose talks (tracks) for an event, which can then be approved (or disapproved).

Configuration

First, there are some settings that need to be enabled, in order to get the most out of event tracks.

To do that, navigate to {menuselection}Events app --> Configuration --> Settings, and tick the checkbox beside the {guilabel}Schedule & Tracks setting. Doing so provides the ability to manage and publish an event schedule with various tracks.

Also, when that setting checkbox is ticked, two additional setting options appear beneath it: {guilabel}Live Broadcast and {guilabel}Event Gamification.

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:alt: The Schedule and Tracks setting in the Odoo Events app, along with corresponding
:  options.

The {guilabel}Live Broadcast option provides the ability to air tracks online through a YouTube integration.

The {guilabel}Event Gamification options provides the ability to share a quiz with track attendees once the track is over, in order to test how much they learned.

:::{note} With the {guilabel}Event Gamification setting enabled, an {guilabel}Add Quiz button appears on track forms, providing the ability to {ref}quickly create a quiz <events/track-add-quiz> specific to the topic related to that particular track. :::

Once all desired settings have been enabled, be sure to click the {guilabel}Save button in the upper-left corner of the {guilabel}Settings page.

Event Tracks page

To access, modify, and/or create tracks for an event, first navigate to a preconfigured event, or {doc}create a new one <create_events> from the Events application.

To do that, navigate to {menuselection}Events app, and either select a pre-existing event from the {guilabel}Events dashboard, or create a new one by clicking {guilabel}New.

Once on the desired event form, click into the {guilabel}Tracks smart button at the top of the form.

:::{tip} If the {guilabel}Tracks smart button is not readily available, click the {guilabel}More {icon}fa-sort-desc drop-down menu to reveal hidden smart buttons. Then, click {guilabel}Tracks from the resulting drop-down menu. :::

Clicking the {guilabel}Tracks smart button reveals the {guilabel}Event Tracks page for that particular event, which presents all the tracks (both scheduled and proposed) for the event, if there are any.

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:alt: Typical event tracks page for an event in the Odoo Events application.

The tracks are presented in a default {icon}oi-view-kanban {guilabel}(Kanban) view, but there is also the option to view these tracks in a {icon}oi-view-list {guilabel}(List), {icon}oi-view-cohort {guilabel}(Gantt) chart, {icon}fa-calendar-check-o {guilabel}(Calendar), {icon}fa-area-chart {guilabel}(Graph), or {icon}fa-clock-o {guilabel}(Activity) view. All of which are accessible in the upper-right corner of the {guilabel}Tracks page.

In the default {icon}oi-view-kanban {guilabel}(Kanban) view, the tracks are categorized into different stages. The default stages are: {guilabel}Proposal, {guilabel}Confirmed, {guilabel}Announced, {guilabel}Published, {guilabel}Refused (collapsed stage), and {guilabel}Cancelled (collapsed stage). All of which can be edited, if needed.

:::{tip} To edit a stage, hover over the stage name, click the {icon}fa-cog {guilabel}(Settings) icon, and select {guilabel}Edit from the resulting drop-down menu. :::

Clicking into a track from the {guilabel}Event Tracks page reveals the track form for that particular track.

Create event track

From the {guilabel}Event Tracks page, click {guilabel}New in the upper-left corner to reveal a blank event track form to create an event track.

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:alt: Typical event track form in the Odoo Events application.

Start by giving this track a {guilabel}Title. This field is required by Odoo.

Then, if desired, add an accompanying image to the track via the {icon}fa-pencil {guilabel}(pencil) icon that appears when the cursor hovers over the {icon}fa-camera {guilabel}(camera) icon in the upper-right corner of the form. When clicked, proceed to upload the desired image for the track. This image appears on the front-end of the event website, on this specific tracks webpage.

Next, enter a {guilabel}Track Date and time for the track, and designate a {guilabel}Location where the talk is planning to be held.

:::{tip} To access a complete list of locations for event tracks, which can be modified (and added to) at any time, navigate to {menuselection}Events app --> Configuration --> Track Locations. :::

Then, add a {guilabel}Duration to the track (in minutes).

If the Live Broadcast setting has been enabled in the Events app settings, the option to add a corresponding link in the {guilabel}YouTube Video Link field is available.

If the {guilabel}Always Wishlisted checkbox is ticked, the talk is automatically set as a favorite for each registered event attendee.

Assign someone to be in charge of managing this track in the {guilabel}Responsible field. By default, the person who initially created the track is assigned.

Then, ensure the track is applied to the correct event in the {guilabel}Event field. By default, this field is auto-populated with the event related to the Event Tracks page the track was originally created from.

Next, choose to add existing tags, or create new ones, to further organize the track. These tags, and their corresponding tag categories are utilized on the event specific website - mainly on the Talks web page on the event website, via the drop-down filter menus.

Beneath that general information section, there are three tabs: {ref}Speaker <events/track-speaker-tab>, {ref}Description <events/track-description-tab>, and {ref}Interactivity <events/track-interactivity-tab>.

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Speaker tab

The {guilabel}Speaker tab on an event track form is filled with various fields related to the specific speaker who is planning to conduct/host the track.

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:alt: The Speaker tab on an event track form in the Odoo Events application.

Contact Details section

In the {guilabel}Contact Details section, proceed to use the {guilabel}Contact drop-down field to select an existing contact from the database as the main point of contact for the talk.

If this contact is not yet in the database, type in the name of the contact, and click {guilabel}Create to create and edit the contact form later, or click {guilabel}Create and edit... to be taken to that new contact's contact form, where the rest of their pertinent information can be entered.

The {guilabel}Contact Email and {guilabel}Contact Phone fields are greyed-out and populated with the information found on that chosen contact's contact form. These fields are not modifiable once the {guilabel}Contact field is selected.

Speaker Bio section

In the {guilabel}Speaker Bio section, proceed to enter information related to the specific speaker scheduled to conduct/host the track. This section may auto-populate based on the {guilabel}Contact selected in the {guilabel}Contact Details section. If not, enter information in the necessary fields.

:::{note} This information appears on the front-end of the event website, on the specific track webpage, providing more information about the speaker to the track attendees. :::

Start by entering a {guilabel}Name, {guilabel}Email, and {guilabel}Phone number for the speaker.

Next, if desired, add an image to appear alongside the speaker biogrpahy on the event website, via the {icon}fa-pencil {guilabel}(pencil) icon that appears when the cursor hovers over the {icon}fa-camera {guilabel}(camera) icon. When clicked, proceed to upload the desired image for the speaker.

Then, enter a {guilabel}Job Position for the designated speaker, followed by the {guilabel}Company Name associated with the speaker.

In the {guilabel}Biography field, proceed to enter in a custom biography with any speaker-related information.

(events-track-description-tab)=

Description tab

The {guilabel}Description tab of an event track form is a blank text field, in which a description of the track can be entered. The information entered here appears on the specific track page on the event website.

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Interactivity tab

The {guilabel}Interactivity tab on an event track form features a single option at first: {guilabel}Magic Button.

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:alt: The Interactivity tab on an event track form in the Odoo Events application.

When the checkbox beside {guilabel}Magic Button is ticked, Odoo displays a call to action button to attendees on the track sidebar, while the track is taking place.

With that checkbox ticked, three more options appear, all of which are related to the {guilabel}Magic Button:

• {guilabel}Button Title: enter a title to appear on the button for attendees.
• {guilabel}Button Target URL: enter a URL that leads attendees, who click the button, to a specific page.
• {guilabel}Show Button: enter a number in the field, and the button will appear that number of {guilabel}minutes after Track start.

:::{note} The magic button only appears if there is more than one published track. :::

(events-track-add-quiz)=

Add Quiz button

The {guilabel}Add Quiz button only appears on event track forms if the Event Gamification setting is enabled in the Odoo Events settings.

To add a quiz to the event track, click the {guilabel}Add Quiz button. Doing so reveals a separate page where an event track quiz can be created and configured.

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:alt: The Add Quiz page in the Odoo Events application for an event track.

Start by entering a title for the quiz in the blank field at the top of the page. Then, if participants should be allowed to try the quiz multiple times, tick the checkbox beside {guilabel}Allow multiple tries.

The {guilabel}Event and {guilabel}Event Track fields are non-modifiable, and show the corresponding event and track this quiz is associated with.

To add questions to the quiz, click {guilabel}Add a line beneath the {guilabel}Question column. Doing so reveals a {guilabel}Create Questions pop-up window.

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:alt: The Create Questions pop-up window on an event-specific track quiz in the Odoo
:  Events app.

:::{note} All track quiz questions are multiple choice. :::

From the pop-up window, enter the question in the blank field at the top. Then, click {guilabel}Add a line to add answer options. Upon clicking {guilabel}Add a line, a new line appears, in which an answer option can be entered.

Once an answer option has been entered, proceed to designate whether it is the {guilabel}Correct response, by ticking the checkbox in the {guilabel}Correct column.

Then, there is the option to add a point value in the {guilabel}Points column.

And, if there are any additional comments that should accompany an answer option, type them into the {guilabel}Extra Comment field.

:::{note} The {guilabel}Correct, {guilabel}Points, and {guilabel}Extra Comment fields are all optional. :::

Repeat this process for all the answer options.

To remove an answer option, click the {icon}fa-trash-o {guilabel}(trash can) icon on the far-right.

Once all desired answer options (and their configurations) are complete, click {guilabel}Save & Close to save the question, close the pop-up window, and return to the track quiz form. Or, click {guilabel}Save & New to save this question, and instantly start creating another question on a new {guilabel}Create Questions pop-up form.

To remove any question from the quiz, click the {icon}fa-trash-o {guilabel}(trash can) icon on the far-right of the question line.

Publish event track

Once all the desired configurations are complete on an event track form, click the desired stage it should be in from the status bar in the upper-right corner (e.g. {guilabel}Confirmed, {guilabel}Announced, etc.).

:::{note} The stage of a track can also be changed from the {guilabel}Event Tracks page, where the desired track card can be dragged-and-dropped into the appropriate Kanban stage. :::

If an event track has not been published yet, and it is moved to the {guilabel}Published stage, Odoo automatically publishes the track on the event website.

An event track can also be published by opening the desired event track form, and clicking the {guilabel}Go to Website smart button. Then, in order for the track page to be viewable (and accessible) for event attendees, toggle the {icon}fa-toggle-off {guilabel}Unpublished switch at the top of the page to {icon}fa-toggle-on {guilabel}Published; thus turning it from red to green, and making it accessible for attendees.

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:alt: The track-related event submenu options on an event website built with Odoo Events.

:::{seealso}

• {doc}create_events
• {doc}track_manage_talks :::