Your ticket would just be an empty piece of paper with the correct data.

Your ticket is nothing without the correct data. Use these elements and placeholders.

After reading this article, you know all about the different placeholders you can use. You also know which element type you should use for which goal.

Let's get you started

Element types

In the ticket layout designer, you have the following elements to style and populate your ticket layout.

	This placeholder to add a barcode to your layout. By default this uses the standard iXpole barcode.
	This placeholder will add a QR code to your layout. By default this uses the standard iXpole barcode
	This element can be used to add an image to your layout. When selecting the image on the canvas, you will have several options in the styling page to modify your image.
	This element can be used to add a color area. A color area can be a solid color but also a gradient. These settings are to be adjusted in the styling pane.
	Use this element to add any free text to the layout. When dragging this element to the layout, you will get a popup window, where you can specify the text you can to display.

Which placeholders you can use

Name	Placeholder	Type	Description
Account Type	{{Customer.AccountType}}	Text	Account type description
Account Type Color	{{Customer.AccountTypeColor}}	Color	Account type color hex code
Address	{{Customer.Address}}	Text	The address linked to the sales
Event Date	{{Event.Date}}	Date	The date of the event
Buyer Type	{{Ticket.BuyerType}}	Text	Buyer type description
Buyer Type Color	{{Ticket.BuyerTypeColor}}	Color	Buyer type colr hex code
Catering	{{Ticket.Catering}}	Text	The selected catering menu for this ticket
Catering Color	{{Ticket.CateringColor}}	Color	Formula color hex code
Catering Description	{{Ticket.CateringDescription}}	Text	the selected catering formula
Catering ShortDescription	{{Ticket.CateringShortDescription}}	Text	The title from the catering menu
Catering Menu	{{Ticket.CateringMenu}}	Text	The menu description from the catering menu
Catering Image	{{Ticket.CateringImage}}	URL	The link to the catering menu image
Catering Location	{{Ticket.CateringLocation}}	Text	The catering menu location description
Catering Type	{{Ticket.CateringType}}	Text	Catering type description
Catering Type Color	{{Ticket.CateringTypeColor}}	Color	Catering type colr hex code
Contact Name	{{Customer.ContactName}}	Text	Contact person linked to the sales
Customer Code	{{Customer.Code}}	Text	Code of the account
Customer Name	{{Customer.Name}}	Text	Name of the account
Entrance	{{Ticket.Entrance}}	Text	Entrance description
Entrance Color	{{Ticket.EntranceColor}}	Color	Entrance color hex code
Event Date	{{Event.Date}}	Date	The date of the event
Event End Date	{{Event.EndDate}}	Date	The end date of the event
Event End Time	{{Event.EndTime}}	Text	The end time of the event
Event Time	{{Event.Time}}	Time	The staring time of the event
Event Subscription/Serie	{{Event.Subscription}}	Text	The subscription (or series) of your event
Event Thumbnail	{{Event.Thumbnail}}	Image	Image url of the thumbnail of the event
Event Description	{{Event.Description}}	Text	The name of the event
Event ExtraInfo	{{Event.ExtraInfo}}	Text	The extra info field on event level
Season	{{Event.Season}}	Text	The description of the season in which the event occurs
Opponent	{{Event.Opponent}}	Text	The name of the opponent
Opponent Logo	{{Ticket.LogoAway}}	Image	The link to the logo of the opponent. Can be used in an image element
Guest Name	{{Ticket.GuestName}}	Text	The name of the invited guest
Guest Email	{{Ticket.GuestEmail}}	Text	The email address of the invited guest
Guest Company	{{Ticket.GuestCompany}}	Text	The company name of the invited guest
Guest FirstName	{{Ticket.GuestFirstName}}	Text	The firstname of the invited guest
Guest LastName	{{Ticket.GuestLastName}}	Text	The last name of the invited guest
Stage	{{Ticket.Stage}}	Text	Stage level of the seat or parking
Section	{{Ticket.Section}}	Text	Section level of the seat or parking
Row	{{Ticket.Row}}	Text	Row level of the seat or parking
Number	{{Ticket.Number}}	Text	Seat or parking number
Planinginfo	{{Ticket.PlanningInfo}}	HTML	The configured planning info based on the selected catering, formula of section
Ticket External Id	{{Ticket.TicketExternalId}}	Text	Ticket External id.
Ticket External Barcode	{{Ticket.TicketExternalBarcode}}	Text	Ticket external barcode. Can also be used in the barcode fields
Ticket External Contact	{{Ticket.TicketExternalContact}}	Text	External contact for the external ticket
Ticket External Description	{{Ticket.TicketExternalDescription}}	Text	External ticket description (eg seat or parking string)
Ticket External Id	{{Ticket.TicketExternalId}}	Text	External ticket id
Ticket Internal Id	{{Ticket.Id}}	Text	Internal ticket id
Ticket Internal Uuid	{{Ticket.Uuid}}	Text	Internal ticket uuid
Ticket Price Excl.	{{Ticket.PriceExclTax}}	Decimal	Ticket price excl tax
Ticket Price Incl.	{{Ticket.PriceInclTax}}	Decimal	Ticket price incl. tax
Ticket Sequence	{{Ticket.TicketSequence}}	Text	The seuqence of the ticket in the order
Preemption Type	{{Ticket.PreemptionType}}	Text	Preemption type description
Preemption Type Color	{{Ticket.PreemptionTypeColor}}	Color	Preemption type colr hex code
Seat Type	{{Ticket.SeatType}}	Text	Seat type description
Seat Type Color	{{Ticket.SeatTypeColor}}	Color	Seat type colr hex code
Venue Section	{{Venue.VenueSection}}	Text	Section description as on the venue details
Venue Description	{{Venue.VenueDescription}}	Text	Name of the venue
Venue Street	{{Venue.VenueStreet}}	Text	Street of the venue
Venue ZipCode	{{Venue.VenueZipCode}}	Text	Zipcode of the venue
Venue City	{{Venue.VenueCity}}	Text	City of the venue
Venue Country	{{Venue.VenueCountry}}	Text	Country of the venue

Add a new element (to the canvas)

Drag the desired placeholder to the canvas.

For images, you'll see an area in the styling pane where you can upload an image (max. 400kb).

Move an element (on the canvas)

Drag the element to the desired place. - OR select the element and use the arrow keys of your keyboard (press ctrl+arrows to move the element faster).

Remove an element from the canvas:

Move your cursor over the element and press the trash icon.

Align elements on the canvas:

Use the guidelines to help you when dragging an element over the canvas.

- OR select two or more elements on the canvasand press the 'object alignment' buttons

in the styling pane.

How to place one element on top of another

- Make sure that the 2 elements overlap each other partially.

- Make sure that the 2 elements are selected (they both must have a blue dashed line).-

- Click on the 'bring to front' button

. You'll see that their overlap changes.

Styling your elements

In the styling section, you will have options to style your selected element(s). The styling option can vary from the type of element you have selected.

Knowledge Base

Populating your ticket with data

After reading this article, you know all about the different placeholders you can use. You also know which element type you should use for which goal.

Let's get you started