This help doc will cover how to import external barcodes to an event. This feature would be used if a promoter sold tickets through another ticketing system, and wanted to scan those barcodes alongside the tickets sold through the VBO system.
How to import or add barcodes to the event
Navigate to Events > Manage Events, then click the Select Action menu on the desired event. From the menu, click Barcodes.
Add individual codes:
Click the desired date for the event where you want to add barcodes from the date selection menu. Once the date is selected, click Add Barcodes. In the editing window that opens, you can assign a group name for the barcodes or create a new group.
In the barcodes field, you can either enter the codes separated by a , and add information to each code. This can be a name or a description of the ticket.
To do this, first write the barcode, then a comma, and then the desired information, followed by a line break and then the next code.
Once you have entered all the values, click the Import Barcodes button to finish adding the codes. After the barcodes have been added, they will appear in an overview under the corresponding group.
In this screen, you can also see how many of these codes have already been scanned.
Import codes:
If you have a lot of codes that you want to add to this event, use the import function. To do this, click on the Add Barcodes button. In the editing window you can select a group or enter a new group. Then click on the Import Barcodes List From File button.
You can now select a .csv or .txt file. Once you've selected your file, click Load Barcodes.
The codes and the information about the ticket are now inserted into the barcode field. If everything is correct so far, click on the Import barcodes button .
If you still have a header line in your file, you can now delete it here. If everything is correct so far, click on the Import barcodes button .
You are now returned to the overview and when you select the event and the day of the event you can see the number of imported codes and how many of them have already been scanned.