Glossary · Operations

What is “QR entry pass”?

A QR entry pass is a participant's personal QR code, shown in the app, that organisers scan at the venue to admit them under the occasion's access rules.

Also called: digital entry pass, e-pass, M-badge

QR entry pass in detail

The entry pass is the digital replacement for the paper invitation and, in many Indian events, the lanyard. Each member's app holds a personal QR tied to their identity. At the gate, staff scan it with the organiser app; the system checks the relevant attendance rules, such as ticket type, group eligibility and time window, and records the result. Sociana's design choice is that one identity powers several QR contexts: entry pass, exhibitor scan, reward redemption, activity QR and contact-card exchange. They are distinct purposes on a single person, so a visitor does not juggle codes. The entry pass can be linked to tickets, with the code appearing only after purchase, and to time windows for specific days. Sociana does not print badges on site or supply kiosk hardware. If a printed lanyard is required, organisers use a partner or their own process, with the QR pass remaining the access method.

How Sociana uses it

The entry pass is generated per member and scanned through attendance activities. It works with ticket-linked access and shares an identity with personal QR contact cards.

Example

A wedding-industry exhibition issued entry passes to ticket buyers and scanned them at the door.

Questions

What is a QR entry pass?

A personal QR code in the participant's app that staff scan at the venue to admit them according to the occasion's access rules. The entry pass can be linked to tickets, with the code appearing only after purchase, and to time windows for specific days.

Is it the same as the contact-card QR?

They share one identity but are distinct scanning contexts, alongside exhibitor scan, reward redemption and activity QR. It works with ticket-linked access and shares an identity with personal QR contact cards. Each member's app holds a personal QR tied to their identity.

Does Sociana print badges?

Not as a claimed capability. The QR pass, organiser scan and self check-in are the supported access path, with printing handled separately if needed. A QR entry pass is a participant's personal QR code, shown in the app, that organisers scan at the venue to admit them under the occasion's access rules.

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Our team sets it up before the event and sits on the ops desk with you on the days.