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Add Check-Ins to a past session

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If you need to add attendance after an event is over, you can add people from the Check-Ins tab of an event.

Add a check-in to an existing event

  1. Select the Events page from the top navigation in Check-Ins.

  2. Choose an event from the list.

  3. Select the Check-Ins tab from the left sidebar.

  4. Use the arrows in the top left of the event page to go to the date you need to edit, or select the current date and choose a new one from the calendar.

  5. Select Add check-ins in the top right.

  6. In the popup, choose the location, time, and kind of attendee you'd like to add.

  7. Search for a person and select their name to add them to the list.

    If you search for someone not in your database, you can either check them in as a visitor or add them to your database before checking them in.

    Important

    Any warning messages you might have seen on a station will show underneath each person, but you can override these warnings.

  8. Select Check In [number] person/people in the bottom right to add check-ins for everyone on the list.

Expand the sections below to learn how you can add past check-ins if the event or session date doesn't exist yet.

If you are moving from a different database or the event you want to add attendance for does not yet exist, create an event in Check-Ins to track that past attendance.

When creating your event, you will need to create one future event time, even if the event is only for past dates. Choose the date of the nearest upcoming day of the week that your event occurred. The current date will be shown in red on the date picker.

If your event happened weekly on Sundays, choose the date of the next upcoming Sunday and include the times of that event.

If you need to add check-ins for a past date hasn't been added to the event, you can add a past session from the event's settings page.

  1. Select the Events page from the top navigation in Check-Ins.

  2. Choose an event from the list.

  3. Select the Settings tab from the left sidebar.

  4. Select Add past sessions from the bottom of the Event Settings section.

  5. In the popup, choose the past date for which you'd like to add session data.

  6. (Optional) If you want to add multiple sessions that repeat weekly, check the Multiple sessions box to add all the weeks up to the current session.

  7. Choose an event time, Show at, and Hide at time for your past session. Select Add Time to create additional times in the session.

    Warning

    Times do not default to your event time, so make sure they're correct before saving your changes.

  8. Select Save to create the past session(s).