> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.relyant.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Events overview

> Sell tickets and take registrations for school events, then check guests in at the door

**Events** is where your school runs ticketed and free events, such as concerts, performances, and open houses. You create an event, add ticket types or a seat chart, and publish it. Guests buy tickets or register on your school's public events page, and every person gets their own QR ticket that door staff scan at check-in.

## What's in the app

| Page | What you use it for |
| - | - |
| **Events** | Your upcoming and past events. Open an event to manage its orders, guests, seats, blasts, and registration questions, or open check-in. |
| **Check-in** | Shown to door staff who can't see events. Pick an event and open its full-screen check-in station. |
| **Settings** | Defaults for new events, your public page, payments, custom fields, seat charts, check-in, and notifications |

## How an event works

1. Create the event as a draft, with its date, location, and tickets or reserved seats.
2. Publish it. The event goes on sale on your school's public events page.
3. Guests choose tickets or seats, enter their details, and pay online, pay manually, or register for free.
4. Each person gets a QR ticket by email and on their order page.
5. On the day, door staff check guests in at the full-screen check-in station, using a phone camera, a QR scanner, or a name search.

## Event statuses

| Status | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Draft** | Being set up. Not visible to guests. |
| **On sale** | Published and selling on the public page |
| **Paused** | Published, but sales are paused for now |
| **Closed** | Sales are closed |
| **Cancelled** | Cancelled for good. It can no longer be edited or sold. |

## Who can do what

Members have no access to Events by default. Give people one of the Events app roles:

| Role | What they can do |
| - | - |
| **Check-in staff** | Scan tickets and check guests in at the door of every event. No sales or payment data. |
| **Finance viewer** | See sales and payments, and export guest lists. No editing. |
| **Events coordinator** | Create, edit, and publish events, and run check-in. No refunds or settings. |
| **Events manager** | Everything in Events, including refunds and settings |

Owners and admins have full access. See [Roles](https://docs.relyant.app/organization/members/roles.md). To let someone check in at one event only, add them as [check-in staff on that event](https://docs.relyant.app/events/check-in.md#add-check-in-staff-to-an-event).

## Get started

> [card] [Create and publish an event](https://docs.relyant.app/events/create-and-publish-events.md)
>
> Set up an event and put it on sale.

> [card] [Orders, guests, and blasts](https://docs.relyant.app/events/orders-and-guests.md)
>
> Confirm payments, add guests, and send blasts to ticket holders.

> [card] [Public page and checkout](https://docs.relyant.app/events/public-page-and-checkout.md)
>
> See how guests buy tickets and get their QR codes.

> [card] [Check-in](https://docs.relyant.app/events/check-in.md)
>
> Check guests in at the door.

> [card] [Reserved seating](https://docs.relyant.app/events/reserved-seating.md)
>
> Draw seat charts and sell numbered seats.

> [card] [Settings](https://docs.relyant.app/events/settings.md)
>
> Set defaults, payments, and your public page.


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