TOPIC: Copying field record from JEvent

Is there a way to pull data from a field in JEvent and display it on the registration form?

We have programs with multiple sessions on the same day. We want all the programs to have the same title so all the programs with the same name will appear in the Jevent detail screen. The sessions are numbered, 1,2,3,4 etc.

As far as I can tell (just setting up now) the registration will include the event name and date but that's it. No event time, no event session.

If there a way to include that automatically? Even if a field needs to be added so the person entering the program can manually add the information when creating the program.

You can display the event time along with the date in DT Register by enabling the config parameter "Show Date with Event Name".

There is no setup to pull any other data from JEvents other than title, date and time... and we have no plans to change that really. Our next release (days away) actually removes the requirement of JEvents as it includes our own calendar. You'll still be able to use JEvents if you want though.

Any session name or whatever is something you could probably include as part of the event name... like:

Test Event: Session One

I've got the JEvent plugin installed that lists all programs with the same name on the detail page, so changing the title isn't an ideal solution, unless I lose that option.

Is there any way to pass a hidden field/textual field as part of the registration? Something that could easily be updated for each program? I tried the Messages panel and although it displays over the registration, it doesn't pass the data through to the form?

There is no way to pass any data from JEvents into custom fields in DT Register. Something like that would have to be a customization.

I understand nothing comes over from JEvent. My question is whether there is a way to have an event specific custom field in DT Register where the content of the field can be customized for each event. (I think I'm asking that properly).

The other option I can think of would be to create an textual custom field with the content being "Session One," "Session Two," etc. and then just turn the appropriate one on for each program. Do you think that would work?

Yes, you most certainly can create custom fields and assign them to specific events. You can not create a selection field and have a different default selected value based on the event though.