The following is an example of a Phone Bank Event Type. Events of this type have the following rules:
- Events can have more than one Shift
- A Location isn’t required, but an Event can have more than one Location
- Can have the Host and/or Phone Banker Roles
- Each Role can have fulfillment Goals and minimum requirements but cannot have maximum capacity requirements
- Signups to Events of this type can only have one of the following Statuses: Invited, Scheduled, Declined, Confirmed, Completed, or Walk In
- Events are displayed in purple (
#C6AFDA
) in the VAN UI - When creating Events in the VAN UI, Campaign HQ is offered as the default Location
- When creating Events in the VAN UI, users can create Repeatable Events
{
"eventTypeId": 143856,
"name": "Phone Bank",
"canHaveMultipleShifts": true,
"canHaveMultipleLocations": true,
"canHaveGoals": true,
"canHaveRoleMaximums": false,
"canHaveRoleMinimums": true,
"canBeRepeatable": true,
"roles": [
{
"roleId": 111687,
"name": "Host",
"isEventLead": true
},
{
"roleId": 111689,
"name": "Phone Banker",
"isEventLead": false
}
],
"statuses": [
{
"statusId": 4,
"name": "Invited"
},
{
"statusId": 1,
"name": "Scheduled"
},
{
"statusId": 3,
"name": "Declined"
},
{
"statusId": 11,
"name": "Confirmed"
},
{
"statusId": 2,
"name": "Completed"
},
{
"statusId": 15,
"name": "Walk In"
}
],
"color": "#C6AFDA",
"isAtLeastOneLocationRequired": false,
"defaultLocation": {
"locationId": 272,
"name": "Campaign HQ",
"displayName": "Campaign HQ, 48 Grove St Somerville, MA 02144-2500 ",
"address": {
"addressId": null,
"addressLine1": "48 Grove St",
"addressLine2": null,
"addressLine3": null,
"city": "Somerville",
"stateOrProvince": "MA",
"zipOrPostalCode": "02144",
"geoLocation": {
"lon": -71.120121,
"lat": 42.396363
},
"countryCode": "US",
"preview": "48 Grove St \r\nSomerville, MA 02144-2500 ",
"type": null,
"isPreferred": null
},
"id": 272,
"notes": null,
"codes": null
},
"isSharedWithMasterCommitteeByDefault": false,
"isSharedWithChildCommitteesByDefault": true
}
Event Type
Each Event Type has the following properties:
Property | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
eventTypeId | int | Unique identifier for an Event Type in this context |
name | string | A name for the Event Type, no longer than 20 characters |
canHaveMultipleShifts | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type may have multiple Shifts |
canHaveMultipleLocations | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type may have multiple Locations |
canHaveGoals | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type may have goals for Roles (e.g., how many people would you like to recruit for a role?) |
canHaveRoleMaximums | bool | Indicates that Roles of Events of this Event Type may have a maximum number of attendees (NB: this is a suggested maximum and is not enforced when creating a Signup) |
canHaveRoleMinimums | bool | Indicates that Roles of Events of this Event Type may have a minimum number of attendees |
canBeRepeatable | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type may repeat over multiple days when created in the VAN UI |
roles | array | An array of one or more Role objects; these are the set of possible roles for Events of this Event Type |
statuses | array | An array of one or more Status objects; these are the set of possible Event Statuses for Events of this Event Type |
color | string | Optional; an HTML hexadecimal color code used to distinguish Events of this Event Type in the VAN UI |
isAtLeastOneLocationRequired | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type must have at least one Location |
defaultLocation | object | Optional; if specified, the default Location for Events of this Event Type when created in the VAN UI |
isSharedWithMasterCommitteeByDefault | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type, if created in a child committee, are automatically shared with the parent (master) committee |
isSharedWithChildCommitteesByDefault | bool | Indicates that Events of this Event Type, if created in a parent (master) committee, are automatically shared with all of its child committees |