{"id":47247,"date":"2017-10-12T19:28:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/withjoy.com\/blog\/?p=47247"},"modified":"2019-12-12T21:44:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T21:44:48","slug":"updates-online-rsvp-counts-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/withjoy.com\/blog\/updates-online-rsvp-counts-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates to Our Online RSVP Counts Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disclaimer: If you did not receive a message from us, then this article does not apply to you! <\/strong><\/h3>\n

We heard questions from some users wondering why the counts for your online RSVP didn\u2019t always add up to the total guest count. What we realized is, many couples had set the Attending \/ Not Attending question to “Ask once per party.” And when that question only gets asked \u2018Ask once per party,\u2019 we were only counting one answer per household. After some consideration, we’ve decided that “Ask Once Per Party” isn’t especially useful because it throws off your guest counts by not including the additional members of the household. And for an online RSVP tool, that’s no good.<\/p>\n

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Do you see the difference here? The screen shot above shows when you ask the Attending \/ Not Attending question once per household. The screen shot below shows the accurate count, when you ask everyone in the party the Attending \/ Not Attending question.<\/p>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: When the question is \u2018Ask Once Per Party,\u2019 we calculate RSVP totals based off of number of parties (households). For example, instead of saying 6\/10 guests are attending, we are seeing 3\/5 households are attending.<\/p>\n

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How to get an accurate count<\/h2>\n

The good news<\/strong>: We’ve updated our system now so that this option isn’t available. The not-as-good news<\/strong>: Because you opted into the “Ask Once Per Party” before we made this update to our online RSVP, you have to do a little bit of admin work to ensure your counts are accurate. It’s not very complicated, and this article includes step-by-step instructions on how to make things right!<\/p>\n

\u200bStep 1<\/h2>\n

Check if the Attendance Question is labeled as \u201cAsk Once Per Party.\u201d If yes, hit the top toggle and set to \u201cAsk For Individual Guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Step 2<\/h2>\n

Go to your Guest List and look for any Households or Parties (indicated by thin blue lines around groups of guests) where someone in the party has an answer for RSVP but everyone else has a blank. You want to add an answer for the people in the party who don\u2019t have an answer.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: In the example below, we would want to mark Attending for Ryan Reynolds and mark Not Attending for Clyde.<\/p>\n

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That’s it! You should see an accurate count of your Guest List. We’re constantly making improvements and working toward seamless upgrades. Thanks so much for your patience (and the little bit of extra work)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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