How to duplicate an event as a template
Copy an event's basics (title, date, venue, description) as a starting point — the tiers and the image you set up again. For events that repeat on fixed days, use a series.
Duplicating a previous event saves time when you are putting on a new edition of something that already happened: the title, the description, the category, the date, and the venue come ready-made, and you only adjust what changed. The tiers and the cover image you redo in the new draft.
A class or event that repeats every week, month, or quarter? Don't duplicate it: when creating the event, tick This event repeats. Baila creates the dates automatically, with the same tiers and the same seat map, and you manage everything in one place. See How to create recurring events. Duplicating is still the way to go for a one-off edition with no fixed day.
Step by step
In the dashboard, go to Events and open the event you want to use as a template.
On the event page, click the Duplicate event button. It shows up on any event that is not cancelled.
A new draft is created with the title prefixed by Copy of (for example, "Copy of Winter Festival"). It already carries the original's description, category, date, and venue.
Open the draft and adjust the title, the date, and the time. Then rebuild the tiers from scratch — they do not come along in the copy — and upload the cover image again.
Save and publish as usual. You can edit any field before publishing.
What gets copied
- Title (prefixed with Copy of), description, and category
- Date, time, and time zone
- Venue and address (or the link, for an online event)
What does not get copied
You rebuild these in the new draft: the tiers (name, price, quantity, sales window), the cover image, the coupons, the per-CPF limits, and the line-up artist links. And of course no sales, buyers, issued tickets, check-ins, or transfer history come along. The new event starts from zero — it is only a skeleton for you to fill in.
Tip: keep a "template" event
Plenty of organizers create an event as a permanent draft with the description, category, and venue already polished, and use it purely to duplicate from. That way you always have a starting point ready without ever publishing it — bearing in mind you still build the tiers and the cover on every copy. If what you want is the same event on fixed days, a series does that with no copying at all: tiers, cover, seat map, and coupons go to every date.
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How to create recurring events (classes and series)
Make an event repeat every week, month, or quarter. Each date becomes its own event with the same tiers and seat map; you manage everything from the series page.