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April 29, 2026

Form templates

Form templates allow you to define standardised registration forms once and reuse them across as many events as you need. This saves time, ensures consistent field names, and makes it significantly easier to analyse and export your data later on.

Modal window for adding a new form field. Title: “Add New Form Field.” Prompt asking whether to create a new field or use an existing template. Two options: “Use Template” (selected) and “Create New.” Below, a dropdown with “Standard Registration Form.” At the bottom, a button labeled “Add.”

What are form templates?

A form template is a pre-configured registration form saved at workspace level that can be applied directly when setting up new events. Instead of recreating the same fields for every event, you simply select the relevant template and customise it as needed.

💡 When are form templates particularly valuable?
If you regularly organise similar events (e.g. customer events, internal training sessions, annual conferences) and always need the same guest information, the one-off effort of creating a template is well worth it. Consistent field names (identifiers) make subsequent analysis and CRM exports significantly easier.

Creating a form template

Formularvorlagen werden auf Workspace-Ebene verwaltet. Du benötigst dafür Workspace-Admin-Rechte oder eine höhere Rolle.

  1. Open settings(top right in the admin area).
  2. Select the relevant workspace.
  3. Navigate to form templates.
  4. Click create new template

Configuring the template

Start by giving the template a clear, descriptive name so you can identify it quickly during event setup (e.g. "Standard Customer Event" or "Internal Training"). Then add the fields you need. The structure follows the standard registration form.

You can also create form templates for specific sections – for example "Billing address", "Contact form", "Dietary requirements", or "CRM data". These can then be combined within a single event registration form (e.g. "Contact form" first, followed by "Billing address"). You can also specify where a template may be used: as a registration form, as a form for accompanying persons, or as an additional query.

💡 Tip: Use selection fields instead of free text
Wherever possible, use selection fields rather than free-text inputs. This ensures all responses are captured consistently and can be filtered and analysed without any manual clean-up.

⚠️ Choose field identifiers carefully
The identifier for each field determines how data is recognised during exports and CRM matching. Use consistent, meaningful identifiers (e.g. menu_choice rather than field_1). Once an identifier has been set and used in events, it should not be changed.

Using a form template in an event

When setting up or editing an event, you can load an existing form template as follows:

  1. Open the event in the admin area and select edit event.
  2. Navigate to the relevant authorisation group.
  3. Open the registration formsection.
  4. Under add new form field, select the form template you wish to use.
  5. The template fields are imported into the form. You can then customise or extend them for this specific event.
ℹ️ Templates and events are independent once a template has been loaded
Any changes made to a form template after it has been loaded into an event willnotbe applied retroactively to that event. Each event manages its own registration form independently.

Editing or deleting a form template

You can edit existing templates at any time via Settings → Workspace → Form templates. Open the template and adjust fields, their order, or required field settings as needed. Deleting a form template has no effect on events that have already loaded it – their forms remain unchanged. The template will simply no longer be available for selection in future events.

Frequently asked questions

  • Can I use a form template across multiple workspaces?
    No. Form templates are assigned to a specific workspace and can only be used for events within that workspace. If you need the same template in a second workspace, you will need to recreate it there.
  • What happens if I add or remove fields after loading a template?
    You can freely adjust the form after loading a template. These changes only affect the current event – the original template and any other events remain unchanged.
  • Can I set a template as the default for all new events?
    Yes. In the workspace settings, a form template can be saved as the default form. It will then be applied automatically to any new event for which no form has been explicitly defined.
  • Who can create form templates?
    Form templates can be created and edited by workspace admins and tenant admins. Event Admins can load a template into their event and customise it, but cannot create new templates.
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