> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reserved seating

> Draw reusable seat charts, sell numbered seats, and manage each event's seats

With reserved seating, buyers pick their own seat on a chart, and each ticket carries its seat, such as `Centre · C · 12`. You draw a room once as a seat chart, then reuse it for every event held there.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Required permission:** managing seat charts needs access to Events settings. Setting up an event's seats needs permission to edit events.

## Draw a seat chart

**1. Open Seat charts**

Go to **Settings** › **Seat charts** and click **New seat chart**.

**2. Name it**

Name it after the room, such as School hall or Gym, then click **Create and draw**. New charts start from a school hall layout: a stage, a centre block, left and right wings, and an entrance label.

**3. Lay out the room**

Click **+** at the bottom of the chart to add a **Section**, an **Area**, or a **Label**. An area is a labelled space with no seats, such as a control booth, bar, or dance floor. Click an item on the chart or in the **Layout** list to open its properties. For each section, set its **Name**, **Rows**, **Seats per row**, and numbering: **Row labels** (A, B, C… or 1, 2, 3…), **First row**, **Seat numbers** (left to right or right to left), and **Start at**. Use the − and + buttons or the arrow keys to change sizes. Give the **Stage** or an area a **Colour** if you like. To move an item, drag it with the **Select** tool or use the arrow keys. Close the properties with ✕, Esc, or a click on empty space.

**4. Add price categories**

Under **Price categories**, add up to eight categories, such as Premium and Standard. Use the **Paint** tool to click or drag across seats, a row letter, or a section name to set their category. Prices are set per event, not on the chart.

**5. Mark gaps and held seats**

Use **Remove seat** for pillars or gaps. Numbering skips removed seats. Use **Not for sale** to keep seats, such as house seats, off sale by default.

**6. Save**

Click **Save chart**.

Drag empty space to pan, and pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom. Click **Fit to screen** to see the whole chart. Press Cmd/Ctrl + Z to undo, and Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z or Ctrl + Y to redo. Click **Preview** to see the chart as buyers will, and hover a seat to see the name printed on its ticket. Seat charts are edited on a larger screen. On a phone, you see a preview.

From the **Seat charts** list, you can **Duplicate** a chart to make a variation, or archive charts you no longer use.

## Use a chart for an event

**1. Switch to reserved seats**

In the event editor, under **Seating**, choose **Reserved seats**.

**2. Pick the chart**

Choose a **Seat chart**. Click **Preview** to see the map.

**3. Set prices**

Under **Prices**, enter a price for each category. Leave 0 for free seats.

The event gets its own copy of the chart, so editing the chart later won't change it. The chart locks after the first sale. A category's price locks once one of its seats is sold. **Max seats per order** limits how many seats one buyer can pick.

## Manage an event's seats

The event's **Seats** tab shows every seat as a **Chart** or a **List**, with each seat's status: **Available**, **In checkout**, **Sold**, or **Blocked**. Sold seats show the guest and order. Search by seat, guest, or order, or filter by section, category, and status.

To change seats in bulk, drag a box, click a row letter, or click seats to select them. Then:

* **Change category** — move unsold seats to another price category
* **Block** — take seats off sale
* **Unblock** — put blocked seats back on sale

The seat shows on each guest's ticket and order page, at check-in, and in the guest list export.


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