Event session categories are, as the name implies, pre-defined categories that the event sessions of an event registration form are organized into. Unlike event sessions, which are created at the period level and are unique to each period of the lifecycle, event session categories are created at the form level, and all periods of a form will share the same event session categories.

In addition, all of a period's event sessions must be associated with an event session category. A new event registration form must have at least one event session category before its periods can be populated with event sessions. More information on creating event sessions can be found at ATLAS FormBuilder - Adding and Editing Event Sessions.

To create a new event session category or edit an existing one...

Step 1 - Navigate to the dashboard of your event registration form and click Event Session Categories under the "Data Collection and Form Lifecycle" header.

Step 2 - To create a new event session category, click the +Add New Event Session Category button. To edit an existing event session category, click the Edit button next to the name of your desired category.

Step 3 - A window will open containing the event session category's editable proprieties, which include the category's Title, and a checkbox that determines whether one or multiple of the event sessions created for the category (at the Period level) can be selected by a form responder.

Once you are finished making changes, click Save at the bottom of the window. Your modifications or newly-created category should be available immediately!

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