Participants and registration

Import or paste your participant list

The fastest way to register people is to use the list you already have. QRtimer reads Excel workbooks, CSV files and rows pasted straight from a spreadsheet.

  • 3 minutes
  • Owner, administrator or programme manager

  1. Open the participant import

    Open the event, go to the Participants tab and choose Import or paste.

  2. Paste from a spreadsheet

    In Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers, select the rows (with the header row if you have one) and copy them. In QRtimer keep Paste from a spreadsheet selected, paste into the box and choose Add participants.

  3. Or upload a file

    Choose Upload a file and pick an Excel (.xlsx) or CSV file. The first worksheet is used. Old .xls files need saving as .xlsx first.

  4. Check the columns

    Recognised column names: name (or first name and last name), email, phone, code, affiliation and group, plus common variations such as "full name", "mobile" or "cohort". Without a header row, names, emails and phone numbers are detected from the values, so a plain list of names works.

  5. Read the result

    The message tells you how many people were added, which columns were used and why any rows were skipped (for example a duplicate email). If codes are emailed automatically, they go out in the background.

Related guides

GuideSend participants their check-in codesGuideInvite people to register with personal linksGuideAdd, edit or deactivate a participant

All guides

Run your next session with an attendance list you can trust.

Set up an event, import your list and open attendance in about ten minutes. Free for your first event.

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