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Organizer Guide

The whole event lifecycle in one place: create the event, open registration, manage guests, set up onsite, message guests, and read the insights.

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Overview

From draft to insights.

This guide covers the whole event lifecycle on Gotika. Every screenshot here is the phone view, and every feature also works on a laptop at event.gotika.app.

  1. 1

    Create & publish

    Event, tickets, form, schedule

  2. 2

    Manage guests

    Approve, import, export

  3. 3

    Set up onsite

    Team, gates, booths, stamps, raffles

  4. 4

    Event day

    Live dashboard & raffle

  5. 5

    After the event

    Insights & blasts

After opening an event from Work → Manage event, its bottom menu has these five sections.

Menu Contents
Overview Publish status, event link, when & where, guest numbers, visibility, Team
Guests Registrants, approvals, CSV import/export
Onsite Check-in & gates · Booths · Stamps · Raffles
Insights Registrations, attendance, booths, raffles; Excel download
More Registration (tickets & form), Blasts, Schedule, public link, add to your website

Event team roles

Role Access
Co-host Manages every part of the event
Check-in staff Staff mode only: gate scanner, manual search, walk-in, live dashboard. See the Check-in Staff Guide.
Booth admin Invited per booth from Onsite → Booths. Manages the booth profile and staff. See the Exhibitor Guide.

One app: One app for every role: event.gotika.app. The menus follow the account’s access. Sign-in is always email + a 6-digit code, no password.

Home and Work

Home (Events) shows the events you attend or manage. While an event is running, the Today card has an Onsite button that jumps to the onsite panel.

Work lists every event you manage (Manage event, Open check-in) and the booths you run. The Create event button is here too.

Home screen with cards for the events you attend or manage

Work screen listing the events you manage and the Create event button

Create an event

From Work → Create event:

  1. Cover and name: pick a cover and title font, then type the event name.
  2. Time: set Starts and Ends (date, time, time zone).
  3. Location: Add a location (search Google Maps or type it in) or an online link.
  4. Description and options: Add a description, then set Event options: approval and capacity.
  5. Save: choose Public or Private, then Create event. The event is created as a draft.

Empty create event form

Create event form filled in with name, time, and location

Overview and publishing

Overview is the event’s hub.

  • Shortcuts: Share event, Staff & kiosk, Live dashboard, Send a blast
  • Event card with the public link and a COPY button
  • When and where
  • Publish status: Publish for drafts; published events have Back to draft and Cancel event
  • Guests numbers: total, approved, pending, waitlisted, invited
  • Visibility: Public (listed in Explore and on the host’s page) or Private
  • Team (see the Event team section)

Event overview with shortcuts, public link, and guest numbers

Edit the event

From More or the edit link on Overview:

  • Title and Description in two languages (Indonesia / English), with Write / Preview modes (Markdown supported)
  • Page address (the gotika.app/... slug)
  • Time, Time zone, registration open/close schedule
  • Location, directions, and who can see the address
  • Appearance: cover image, accent color, title font

Edit event screen with title and description in two languages

Guests and approvals

The Guests menu holds every registrant.

  • Status filter: All · Pending · Approved · Waitlisted · Declined · Invited
  • Search by name, email, or organization; filter by ticket type
  • Tick several guests for bulk actions, for example Approve them all at once
  • Import CSV (to invite a guest list) and Export CSV

List of all guests with status filters

Guest list with the Pending filter on

Guest details

Tap a guest’s name to open their details: contact, ticket, registration source, check-in status, and form answers. Choose Approve, Waitlist, or Decline. The guest gets an email matching the decision.

Guest details with contact, ticket, and Approve or Decline buttons

Import CSV

Upload a file with email, name, phone number, and organization columns. Imported guests come in as Invited.

Import CSV screen for inviting a guest list

Registration: tickets and form

More → Registration shows Registration status (Open/Closed), Capacity, Approval, the list of Ticket types with spots taken, and the Email rule (for example, only certain domains may register).

Registration settings with ticket types and spots taken

Add ticket type

  • Name, Description, and Capacity
  • Turn on Requires approval if registrants must be approved first
  • Turn on Hidden for special invite-only tickets

New ticket type form with capacity and approval options

Registration form

  • Set personal details: Phone number, Company/organization, Job title. Each can be required, optional, or hidden.
  • Custom questions: single choice, checkboxes, short answer, and more.
  • A question can be shown only when an earlier answer matches.

Tip: Double-check the form and email rule before registration opens. Form answers show up in guest details and in the Excel report.

Registration form settings with personal details and custom questions

Schedule

More → Schedule lists sessions by day. The schedule appears on the event page and in the attendee app.

Add session

  • Title and type: Keynote, Session, Workshop, Break, Other
  • Start and end time
  • Audience: everyone or certain ticket types
  • Room, description, and speakers

Event schedule with sessions by day

New session form with type, time, audience, and speakers

Event team

  1. Open Overview → Team: it’s at the bottom of Overview.
  2. Enter email and role: enter an Email and pick a Role: Co-host or Check-in staff.
  3. Tap Add: invitees sign in with that email.

Tip: Invite check-in staff by D-3 at the latest so they have time to sign in and run the Device check on the gate tablets.

Team invite form with email and role

Onsite: check-in & gates

Onsite → Check-in & gates:

  • Open staff mode: gate scanner, manual search, walk-in, and the self-registration kiosk on this device.
  • Check-in gates: the list of gates with their method (QR scan, Identify (1:N), similarity threshold) and which tickets may pass. Add gate for a new entrance.
  • Check-in staff: number of staff; invite them from the Team section.
  • Kiosk PIN: tablets in kiosk mode ask for this PIN before exiting (4–8 digits).
  • Face check-in: turn on face check-in, send a face enrollment invitation to approved attendees, or schedule it to go out automatically.

Check-in and gates panel with the gate list, kiosk PIN, and face check-in

New gate

  • Gate name
  • QR scan on/off
  • Face check-in: Off, Verify 1:1 after a QR scan, or Identify 1:N without a QR
  • Ticket types allowed through

New gate form with QR scan and face check-in options

Onsite: booths

Onsite → Booths lists exhibitors and partners: tier (Platinum, Gold, Silver, …), booth number, category, and members used out of the quota. Booth team invites the booth admin; Edit changes the details.

Booth list of exhibitors and partners by tier

Add booth

  • Partner name, Tier, Booth number, Category, Website
  • Member quota: max booth staff
  • Display order

Next step: Once the booth exists, invite the booth admin through Booth team. They get an email and manage their own profile and staff (Exhibitor Guide).

New booth form with tier, booth number, and member quota

Onsite: stamps

Onsite → Stamps:

  • Digital stamps: turn on the stamp card for booth visits.
  • Required booths: tick the booths every attendee must visit.
  • Minimum stamps: total stamps (including required booths) for a card to count as complete.

Info: A complete stamp card is the default raffle requirement.

Stamp rules with required booths and minimum stamps

Onsite: raffles (door prizes)

Onsite → Raffles shows every raffle with its requirements and the number of eligible attendees.

Raffle list with requirements and eligible attendee counts

Create raffle

  • Raffle name
  • Requirements: Complete stamp card, Checked in today
  • Prizes and their quantities

New raffle form with requirements and prize list

Running the raffle on stage

  1. Check eligibility: make sure the Eligible count looks right. Tap Refresh if needed.
  2. Open the stage screen: open the Stage screen on a laptop connected to the projector. The link is in the panel.
  3. Spin: Pick a prize, then tap Spin. The server picks the winner at random and records it for audit.
  4. Winner not present? Mark them as a no-show, then spin again.

Raffle control panel with prize picker and Spin button

Raffle control panel showing the drawn winner

Raffle stage screen

Shown on the stage projector or TV (landscape). The wheel spins when you tap Spin in the control panel on your phone.

Raffle stage screen with the spinning wheel in landscape view

Stage prep:

  • Test the stage screen on the projector before the event starts.
  • Make sure the stage laptop has a stable internet connection.
  • Have one person hold the raffle control panel on their phone.

Raffle flow:

  1. Check in: the attendee enters through a gate that day.
  2. Collect stamps: complete stamp card.
  3. Eligible: automatically in the raffle pool.
  4. Spin: the server picks a random winner.
  5. Winner: recorded for audit & insights.

Blasts (email to guests)

More → Blasts, or Send a blast on Overview. For example: arrival info, session reminders, a thank-you note.

  1. Recipients: pick registration status, ticket type, and check-in status (Everyone / Checked in / Not checked in). The recipient count updates live.
  2. Message: fill in the Subject and message body.
  3. When to send: now or scheduled.
  4. Test and send: tap Send me a test to check how it looks, then send the blast.
  5. History: every blast that was sent is kept in History.

Blast form for choosing recipients and writing the message

Blast form filled in with subject, message, and send time

Insights

Insights includes:

  • Registered, Approved, Attended (with percentage)
  • Check-ins by hour, by gate, by method
  • Registrations by status, by source (event page, embed, import, walk-in), by ticket type
  • Booths: visits and leads per booth
  • Raffle winners

Download Excel: Download Excel contains this summary plus the full attendee list. Every download is logged.

Event insights with registration and attendance numbers and check-in charts

More and the live dashboard

More also has:

  • Public link: copy or change the event page address.
  • Add to your website: embed code that puts the Gotika registration form on the host’s own website.

More menu with the public link and embed code

Live dashboard on the event day

Watch attendance on the Live dashboard (shortcut on Overview). It’s the same view check-in staff see.

  • Checked in, not here yet, and attendance rate
  • Check-ins by hour, by gate, by method
  • Status of each gate tablet: watch for Not heard from or Old list

Tap Big screen for the TV in the control room.

Live dashboard with attendance numbers and gate tablet status

Organizer checklist

Go through them one by one. The order follows the countdown to the event day.

D-14 to D-7

  • Event published, ID/EN description complete, cover set
  • Ticket types, capacity, and approval settings are right
  • Form and email rule checked
  • Session schedule and speakers complete
  • Booths created and booth admins invited
  • Stamp rules and raffles (prizes, requirements) ready

D-3 to D-1

  • Gates created (QR / face), kiosk PIN set
  • Check-in staff invited and have tried signing in
  • Face enrollment invitation sent (if using face check-in)
  • Arrival info blast (parking, gates, opening hours) scheduled
  • Every gate tablet passes Device check and has the attendee list downloaded

Event day

  • Live dashboard open in the control room
  • Raffle stage screen tested on the projector
  • Check devices labelled Not heard from / Old list on the live dashboard

After the event

  • Download the Excel report
  • Remind exhibitors to download their leads CSV
  • Send a thank-you blast

See you on the day:

  • Publish the event and check tickets, form, and schedule.
  • Invite the team; set up gates, booths, stamps, and raffles.
  • Watch the live dashboard on the day.
  • Download the Excel report afterwards.

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Screenshots use a fictional demo event, Jakarta Creative Expo 2026. Names, emails, and QR codes in them aren't real. This guide works for any event on Gotika.

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