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Create your First Event
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Some of the reasons why hosting events is essential are:
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- To create an engaging experience with your audience;
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- To generate word of mouth about your company;
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- To allow networking;
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- To provide an opportunity for sales representatives to walk their prospects through the product
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and even their pipeline.
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Get started
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Under the menu *Events*, have a view of all existing events and some key information, such as the
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number of expected and confirmed attendees.
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.. image:: media/events_dashboard.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Overview of events with the kanban view in Odoo Events
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To start a new one, click on *Create* and fill in the form with all the needed information. Enable
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*Website Menu* to have the menus *Introduction*, *Location*, and *Register* being shown on your
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event’s website page.
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.. image:: media/website_menu_field.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event's form emphasizing the option website menu in Odoo Events
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To personalize these pages, click on *Edit* to open the
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`website builder <https://www.odoo.com/slides/slide/website-basics-643?fullscreen=1>`_, and edit
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content by dragging and dropping blocks.
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.. image:: media/website_edit.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event's website page emphasizing the edit button for Odoo Events
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Tab: Tickets
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| Go to :menuselection:`Events --> Configuration --> Settings` and enable
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:doc:`Tickets and Online Ticketing <tickets>`.
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| Now, under the *Tickets* Tab, add lines to include the different ticket types you offer. Include
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the price, the start and end dates for registrations, and even the maximum number of tickets that
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can be sold.
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| The *Reserved Seats* and *Unconfirmed Seat Reservations* are counted as attendees are marked as
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:doc:`confirmed <track_attendees>` or not.
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.. image:: media/tickets_tab.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event form emphasizing the tab tickets in Odoo Events
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Tab: Communication
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| Choose the email and/or SMS message template, as well as the frequency with which you would like
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to communicate with your attendees under the tab *Communication*.
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| Create a template on the fly or choose an existing one. Define the *Interval* (2, 7, 15..) for the
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*Unit* (days, hours, weeks, etc.), and the *Trigger* action (after registration, after the event,
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etc.).
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.. image:: media/communication_tab.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event form and the tab communication in Odoo Events
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Tab: Questions
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| Go to :menuselection:`Configuration --> Settings` and enable *Questions*.
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| Now, under the tab *Questions*, edit your questions and answers, choosing if you would like your
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questionnaire to be asked per order or per registration.
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| Example of a registration for 3 attendees: if enabling the option *Ask each attendee*,
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the questionnaire is shown 3 times, meaning that answers can vary for each attendee; if *Ask each
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attendee* is not enabled, the questionnaire is shown once, resulting in a global answer.
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.. image:: media/questions_tab.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event form and a question’s window opened in Odoo Events
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Once your event is *Confirmed*, you can manage attendees badges, and mark the event as
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*Finished*. Events marked as *Finished* can be *Set to draft*, putting the event back to an
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*Unconfirmed* stage from which it can be edited and used again.
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.. image:: media/set_to_draft.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of an event’s form emphasizing the option set to draft in Odoo Events
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Publish your event
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*Go to Website* and turn *Published* on.
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.. image:: media/publish_event.png
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:align: center
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:alt: View of a website page and the option to publish the event in Odoo Events
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.. seealso::
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- :doc:`track_attendees`
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- :doc:`tickets`
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- :doc:`track_talks` |