Category Restrictions

Use Category Restrictions to keep people who are ineligible for a category from accidentally entering it.

Example: A male who falls into the 40-49 age group attempting to register for the 30-39 age group.

Restrictions trigger a warning when participants select a category but don't match the criteria. You can choose to receive an email if someone ignores the warning and registers anyway. 

Enable Restrictions

1. Log into your event director account, and click the name of the event for which you want to enable category restrictions.
2. On the left hand menu click Event Setup and then click Category Setup.
3. On the Category Setup page, either add a new category or click Edit next to the existing category for which you want to enable restrictions.
4. Scroll to the Additional Details section.
5. Toggle restrictions button to the On position and, to expand the restriction details fields, click the corresponding + sign.

6. Manually select the restrictions you want enabled and whether you want to receive email updates when a participant does not meet the criteria.

• Age – Enter the age range necessary to register for the category. Default is 9 to 99 years old.
  • As of – Select when the age range must be met by the registrant. For example, a participant may need to be a certain age by the date of your event or by the year of your event.
• Gender – Uncheck boxes of genders you want to exclude from the category. Default is all genders (male, female, non-binary, prefer not to answer) are allowed.
• Notification – If you do not want to receive an email when an ineligible person registers for a category, uncheck this box. Default is to receive an email each time. 

7. Click Save, and repeat for other categories.