Happy Tuesday, Cvent Community, and welcome to our LAST weekly release note post of 2020! We're excited to pick these back up in the new year on a
Thursday cadence (instead of Tuesday) with our first being
Thursday, January 7. This allows us to better align with our Product Management's release schedule so we can share updates with you all in a more timely fashion.
With that being said, we're excited to share releases today across
#Event(Flex),
#VirtualAttendeeHub, Virtual integrations, and
#Admin/Reporting.
Have a great holiday season and looking forward to sharing more Cvent product innovations in the new year!
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Event Registration
Virtual Session Updates:
- We moved the virtual session question ("Will this session be virtual?") to the Session Details page so you can mark your session as virtual while you create it.
- We added new settings to define your session as live or pre-recorded and specify the tools and platforms used for your session.
Auto Assign Registration Type: If an invitee is restricted to selecting a single registration type, which is required, then the registration type will be pre-selected and read-only, so that the invitee does not have to make an additional click in order to select the only registration type in the list.
Virtual Attendee Hub
Marking Event Participation: Event participation is now being marked for events using VAH! A script will run every 30 minutes to mark event participation for attendees. Participation will be marked for those who are session participants and will utilize the session participation timestamp as the event participation timestamp. (NOTE: This is only applicable to sessions that are virtual sessions and if the attendee was already marked as an event participant, we will not overwrite this information.)
Enhanced Virtual Session tab settings: The virtual session tab settings have been enhanced to give you more options while configuring your videos and session content. You can now define whether your session is live or pre-recorded, decide if the session will be recorded and if attendees will have access to this session recording as an on-demand video after the session ends, and specify what video conferencing tools, streaming tools, and video players you're using.
Start Session Before Scheduled Start Time: Pre-recorded, simulated live sessions can be started before the scheduled start time. This allows you to engage your attendees before the main session starts.
Cvent Video Conferencing Virtual Links: For Cvent Video Conferencing and streaming tool, virtual links are available as soon as the virtual session is saved.
Collaborative Meeting Recordings Update: These now available up to 90 days, instead of 30 days.
Remove Zoom Watermark: Cvent Video Player live stream meetings using the Cvent streaming tool no longer contain the Zoom watermark.
Integrations/APIs
REST API: Webcast API is enhanced to include new virtual session fields.
Integrations Updates: For Flex events only, external virtual integrations with Zoom, GlobalMeet, and GoToWebinar can now write meeting links to virtual session fields that are accessible across the Cvent platform.
Reports
Event-Level Report Updates:
- Session List: Updated with session virtual flag
- Virtual Session Details: A new report created for virtual session details including player information
- Registrants (child report for Virtual Session Details): Updated with personalized join link and PW for the attendees registered for the session. (Links will be available only if personalized links are created. These can be created only via APIs)
- Invitee and Registrant Details: Updated with personalized join link and PW for the attendees registered in the event. (Links will be available only if the personalized links are created for virtual event)
Cross Event Report Updates:
- Event Details: Updated with event virtual flag
- Virtual Event Details: A new report created for virtual event data
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