Cvent Essentials Learning Center

Cvent Essentials
Learning Center

Fueling growth with scalable field marketing events.

Effortlessly manage high-volume field marketing events with Cvent Essentials. Ensure brand consistency and compliance while driving revenue growth.


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Getting started

Welcome to Cvent Essentials! We’re excited to get started and help launch your event.

Cvent Essentials Overview
How Cvent Solutions Work Together to Support Your Total Event Program
Your Cvent Essentials Onboarding Journey
Setting Up Your Cvent Essentials Account
Getting Started with Essentials

Recommended Training

Use this guide to set up your team for success in Cvent Essentials. You'll find everything you need to give your team access, create templates with ease, and guide your team in using this tool for their self-managed, repeatable, in-person events. The How-to videos offer quick, step-by-step guidance to help users efficiently manage and promote small events.

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Setup

Creating an Essentials Event
Copying an Essentials Event
Using Essentials Templates
Designing Your Essentials Site

Attendees & emails

Managing Essentials Attendees
Importing Essentials Invitees
Managing Essentials Event Emails
Customizing Essentials Event Emails

Engagement & feedback

Configuring Engagement Features
Understanding the Feedback Survey
Setting Up the Feedback Survey
Creating a Premium Survey

Admin

Managing Team Members in Events
Customizing Your Event's Registration
Customizing Your Essentials Reports
Can I change my Essentials site's domain?
Making Your Essentials Event Compliant

Advanced

Using UTM Parameters in Your Event
Activating Existing Cvent Integrations
Adding Code Snippets to Your Event
Add Your Own Privacy Policy to Event

Additional support

How do I create an Essentials event agenda?
Adding Your Event to an Event Calendar
Where can I find the link to my event?
Send Direct Login Link for My Attendees
Essentials Graphics Cheat Sheet

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Cvent Essentials discussions

  • Date formats

    Posted by: Karen McLean, 04-08-2026 01:24
    Discussion

    I am based in New Zealand. I set my conference to Australia as there is no New Zealand able to be picked - I can live with that. What is frustrating is that in the speakers' portal the speaking times ...

  • Date formats

    Posted by: Karen McLean, 04-08-2026 01:24
    Discussion Thread

  • Registrant Checklists not sending

    Posted by: Declan Randall, 04-07-2026 05:02
    Discussion Thread

  • Registrant Checklists not sending

    Posted by: Declan Randall, 04-07-2026 05:01
    Discussion

    Hi there I hope everyone is keeping well. Something strange seems to have happened and my poor old brain can't seem to find the problem. Ever since the clocks changed to move into BST (British Summer ...

  • Discussion

    Hi Leah, Here is a Knowledge Base article that I think you will find helpful: Creating a Webinar or Essentials Event from a Meeting Request. Please let me know if you have any further questions. ...

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