Add animal attendance

If you add an animal to an event, you indicate that the animal will be at that event. This is very helpful to the website visitor who wants to know if they can meet a specific animal (or several) at the weekly adoption event, for instance. You can add animal attendance at events in several ways:

Add pets from the Animals tab for all current events

You can add pets attending events by going to Animals > Event Attendance. Use this method to add animals to all of your current events.

1. Click the Add Animal Attendance button. Your active animal list opens as well as the list of current events. You can change the default view to include past events if desired. Click the checkbox next to the names of the animals attending an event.
   
   

   
   
   

2. Then use the drop-down Actions menu to select an option: Attending, Not Attending, Unknown for those you've checked. The list displays the status of attendance once you've changed that status for the animals in the list. Those animals you are bringing to the event will be listed as attending.

When you go to your events list from the Features > Events menu, clicking an event shows you the number of animals who will be attending.

Add pets from the Events tab for one event

You can add pets attending one current event by going to Features > Events.  Use this method to add animals to only one of your current events. 

1. From the Events list, select the event. Once you click the event, you see the same view as above, with the number of animals you have currently added as attending this event.

2. Click the Animal Attendance button. Remember that if you previously added all animals to your current events, that number of animals will show here.

3. You have two choices, as in the illustration below. See the explanations for these choices below.
   

   
   
   

Add one animal to one event

Click Add an Animal Attendance Entry to add the attendance of one additional animal to this one event:

1. Select the animal from the drop-down list of animals.

2. Select the event to which you are adding the animal if it is not displayed in the Event field.

3. Tick the radio button for Attending.

4. Click Save Attendance.

Update all the animals for one event

Click the Update all Attendance for this Event button (see above).

The list of all your animals opens. Tick the Attending radio button for those animals attending the event, then click Save Attendance at the bottom of the page.

Update the attendance for one animal at an event

You can update one animal's attendance at one given event. 

1. Select an animal from your animal list (Animals > Animals list) or search for the animal.

2. From the menu at the top of the animal's page, click Attendance.
   

   
   
   

3. Click Add an Animal Attendance Entry for this Animal.
   

   
   
   

4. The Add Event Attendance form opens (See above). The animal's name should be in the name field. Simply select the event from the drop-down list, tick the Attending radio button, then click Save Attendance.

If you use the Events feature of either the Data Management Service or the Website Service, you can choose to let your visitors know which animals will be attending the events you create. This is a time-saving option if not all of your organization's animals attend a given event. For instance, you may have a fundraiser at which a select few animals will attend, or you may rotate your adoptable animals through your weekly pet store adoption events. You can easily let your visitors know if an animal will or will not be attending any of your events.

Where do I find it?

You can find the Events feature by clicking Features > Events.