Skip to main content
Two separate lists shape how events are labelled. Event types say what kind of event it is (Workshop, Camp, General Assembly). Event statuses say where the event is in your own workflow (Planned, Confirmed, Finalized). Types are always available; statuses are an opt-in feature. Built for organizations running more than one kind of event and wanting to filter and report on them.

​
Event types

Settings → Modules → Events → Event Types. Creating, renaming, and deleting types requires the Orgo administrator flag on your account, not only an admin permission. Every member can see and choose types. Event types settings page listing the types in order, each with a drag handle, a color dot, an editable name, a gear icon for the event form and a trash icon, with an Add event type row at the bottom The page lists your types in the order members see them. To add one, type a name in the Add event type, then press Enter row at the bottom. To rename a type, edit its name in the row; the coloured dot beside it sets the type’s Color. Drag the handle at the left of a row to reorder the types. The gear icon (Event form) opens the type’s settings, and the trash icon deletes it. The order here is the order used in the Event type dropdown on the event form and in the events list’s Type filter, and the colour shows on event cards and in that filter. Once created, the type appears in the Event type dropdown on the event form and in the Type filter on the events list. Its coloured name shows on event cards.

​
What a type controls

The gear icon opens a panel with two sections. Both only shape events created from now on: existing events are not changed. Event form lists the fields of the event form in groups (Details, Access and audience, Registration, Features, Other). Each row has a switch to show or hide that field for events of this type. Where a field has a starting value, a Default value appears beside it, for example Access (Free or Paid), Audience (Members only, Public or Private (link only)), Max capacity, or Send reminder 1 hour before event starts. When you hide a field, every event of that type gets its default value and the organizer never sees the field. Default duration (hours) prefills the end time from the start time; when the end time is hidden, events end after this duration (leave it empty for no end time). Event menu has a switch for each sidebar entry an event of this type can show: Event app, Program, Votes, Analytics, Messages, and Report (when event reports are on). Switch one off and that entry disappears from the sidebar of every event of this type. A type you leave untouched keeps showing every field and entry, with the usual defaults.
Deleting a type does not delete its events. Those events simply lose their type and become uncategorized, which also removes them from type-filtered views. Reassign them first if the history matters.

​
The two special types

Two settings under Settings → Modules → Events → Configuration point at a type and change what the event form shows when it is selected: Nothing else about an event changes with its type. Ticketing, capacity, visibility, and permissions are all set on the event itself.

​
Custom event statuses

Statuses are off by default. Turn on Enable Custom Statuses in Settings → Modules → Events → Configuration and an Event Statuses entry appears in the module menu. Click Create Event status to add one; each row can be edited or deleted. Event statuses settings listing named statuses with their colors and a final-status marker Each status has: Creating, editing, and deleting statuses requires the Orgo administrator flag on your account, not only an admin permission.

​
Using statuses

On the event form, a Custom Status dropdown appears (unless the event’s type hides it) with your statuses plus a None option. Admins get a Manage event statuses shortcut next to it. On the events list, a Custom status filter appears in the filter bar next to Type.
Custom statuses are a label you control. They are independent of the built-in draft and published states, which decide who can actually see an event. Moving an event to a status named “Cancelled” does not hide it or stop registrations; use Close registrations in the event’s Actions menu for that.

​
Choosing your types

Most organizations settle on five to eight types. Fewer and the filter is not worth using; more and organizers start picking at random. Some working sets: Statuses work best as a short pipeline, for example Planned, Confirmed, Running, Finalized, with only the last one marked final.

​
Common questions

Not directly. Open the events on the type you want to retire, switch each to the type you are keeping, then delete the empty type.
Yes. The type name appears on event cards and members can filter the events list by it, so name them for members rather than for admins.
No. One type per event. Use SDG tags if you need a second, multi-value dimension for reporting.
The setting keeps pointing at a type that no longer exists, so the training and general meeting fields stop appearing. Pick a new type in Settings → Modules → Events → Configuration.