In what order do sessions appear? In what order do presentations (subsessions) appear in the session detail view?

Modified on Tue, 8 Aug, 2023 at 10:27 AM

1st: Chronological

In list views, your sessions and subsessions will first be ordered chronologically. For example, the one that begins 7 AM will always display before the one that begins at 7:05 AM.


2nd: Session Type

In list views, when sessions start at the same time, they are listed based on your order of session types

Reorder your session types in the App Builder > Agenda > Session Types via drag and drop.

The most important session types should be listed on the top.


Example

Based on the screenshot below, if a session of type Keynotes and a session of type Posters both began at 7 AM, the Keynotes session would appear first in the list.

 




3rd - EventPilot Pro: Choice between alphabetical or session number 

Subscription projects sort sessions alphabetically. EventPilot Pro users have additional order control: 


In the App Builder > Settings > App Settings, you can switch between alphabetical order by title or by session number.

You can choose a different option for your sessions than for your subsessions, if desired. 


For example, could have your parent sessions appear in alphabetical order based on their title. Each presentation (sub-session) within the parent session would be listed based on the session number. Note that session numbers are alphanumeric fields. That means if you have double digit number of sub-sessions, start with 01, 02 ... 

If you have 9 or fewer sub-sessions, you can use 1, 2, ...