Create a session calendar to display ‘dates’ of an event series
Session calendars are a special type of content block that is available to you when creating dynamic content, in addition to text blocks.
Creating a session calendar to display “appointments” for an event series
- First, create your appointments as “sessions” in the > Sessions menu or create a separate event for each “appointment” in your account. Assign session or event categories as needed.
- To create a session calendar as dynamic content, open > Dynamic Content and click on the "Add Content" icon
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- Now, select the "Session Calendar" option in the selection field below the standard text field and delete the standard text block if necessary with the remove icon
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Configure Session Calendar
- Depending on your setup strategy, select one of the options in the “Entries” selection field:
- All sessions of the event: Shows all sessions created in the > Sessions menu. You can restrict the display to specific session categories.
- All events in your account: Shows all events in your account. You can restrict the display to specific event categories.
- All sessions and events in your account: Shows all sessions and events in your account. You can restrict the display to specific session or event categories.
- Select a segment in the “Segments” field if you want the calendar to be displayed only to a specific guest segment. For example, if not all appointments should be accessible to every guest.
- Enter one or more session or event categories in the “Category” field if you want to restrict the display to sessions/events of this category(s).
- Choose between “Table” or “Tiles” display options. Only the “Table” display is supported when embedding in mailings.
- Select the value for the “Label” of the appointment in the calendar. For roadshows, “Location” or “Date | Location” is recommended. If all appointments have the same location, “Date” might be the right choice.
- To group appointments, select the desired grouping in the “Grouping” field, e.g., “Grouped by Location” if the event series spans multiple locations but offers several appointments per location.
- Select the desired data to be displayed in the calendar under “Displayed Data”. Only data actually created in the respective session/event will be displayed. If you want to display more than four data points in the calendar, the “Tiles” display is recommended.
- Define under “Options” whether to display a header image, Google Map, or the number of remaining registration spots for each displayed appointment. Check the “Link to Home or Registration (Session)” checkbox to display a registration button for each appointment.
- Specify under “Included Entries” whether the calendar should also display past, fully booked, inactive appointments, or appointments with an expired registration deadline.
- Provide filters for a large number of appointments so that guests only see appointments at a specific location.
- Repeat the process if you want to create different session calendars depending on the segment.
When creating sessions, the system automatically creates a dynamic content "Session Calendar". You can use this to configure your calendar.
The "Session Calendar" content type is also available in > Website to configure session calendars directly in the content area of a > Website. The advantage of using dynamic content is the flexible and multiple embedding in different places.