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Confirm Email "COST" Short Code in multiple Event Purchase and Database Related

Posted: July 11, 2013 at 1:20 pm


evan hatch

July 11, 2013 at 1:20 pm

We are offering events where a person can purchase multiple tickets to one event or to multiple events. Information is input for each individual and confirmation emails (custom made) are sent to each individual (or email provided i should say) for each ticket purchased. My issue is two fold:

1) Each confirmation email that i put the short code for COST into displays the total cost for the entire purchase in each email so it appears that each person has paid the full amount. Is there a way to assign the value of the ticket associated with that person instead of the total amount paid for all tickets? Example, John purchases two $50 tickets, one for Jane and one for him. John and Jane each receive a confirmation email that states they both paid $100 if I use the COST short code.

2) The other issue is the database. The database records each person as a separate row of data which is awesome…but…it assigns the total amount paid for all tickets to the person who made the purchase so that the column called “amount paid” shows John as paying $100 and Jane as paying $0. Further, under payment details in the add-on, for Jane is says she paid $100 and it says that John paid $100.

This is relevant for me because we take the database data and import it to our custom system after we close pre-reg sales. As of right now I will have to go in an manually modify every transaction like this…meaning export data, search for multi purchases, and assign the portion paid of the total to each attendee involved. In my example change John from $100 to $50 and Jane from $0 to $50.

There is a “Price” column too but that is the assigned price of the ticket, not necessarily what they actually paid.


Josh

  • Support Staff

July 11, 2013 at 3:26 pm

Hi there,

You might try using the [attendee_event_list] shortcode to handle confirmation emails that go out for Multi Event Registration.

The cost shortcode is designed to display the total cost of the registration. It’s not designed to display an amount paid for each person.

I’m sorry to hear that the way the current version handles multi-ticket price entries doesn’t quite fit with your accounting system. This is one of the reasons why the current system will be phased out when 4.x is ready.


evan hatch

July 11, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Can you expand on your shortcode email solution, how does one implement and what would the change be?

When you say phased out in 4.x what does that mean, what will replace it?


Josh

  • Support Staff

July 11, 2013 at 3:45 pm

You’d place the [attendee_event_list] in the body of the email template.

A brand new registration and admin system is being built (4.x) to replace what’s currently in use (3.x).

Event Espresso 4 replaces Event Espresso 3.

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