Practical guide

Export check-in evidence with its scope and meaning intact

Last materially reviewed 2026-09-28

Quick answerA downloaded file needs definitions, a date and access controls before it becomes a useful handover record.
What to know

Choose the reporting purpose

Decide whether the export supports an attendance review, an unresolved-case investigation or another legitimate organizational task. The purpose determines which fields are necessary. Do not export every available personal detail by default. Identify the event occurrence, filters and reporting time. A file named simply “final” can become ambiguous when several versions exist or when data is later reconciled.

What to know

Verify the actual columns

Ticket Tailor’s reporting guide describes an option to include check-in data in a line-item export. Confirm the fields in the downloaded result rather than assuming the button name guarantees their presence. Keep an explanation of the units and statuses alongside the file. If an export omits information needed for the intended decision, record that gap instead of filling it with an unsupported inference.

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Make the handover usable

Give the authorized recipient the source, scope, date and known limitations. Store the file through the organization’s approved private route, not a public sharing link. Do not include credentials in the same handover. Follow the organization’s actual retention and deletion policy; this guide does not determine legal retention periods. Our publication does not receive or process the export and needs no attendee data to explain the workflow. Check that the recipient understands whether each row represents a ticket, an order or another reporting unit.

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A fictional review package

The lead supplies a dated attendance export for Saturday only, an explanation of current versus ever-attended counts and a short list of unresolved categories without unnecessary identifiers. A colleague can understand what the numbers establish without reconstructing the entire event. If the report is refreshed after device reconciliation, both versions retain their dates and the reason for the change. The new version does not erase evidence of the earlier uncertainty.

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Sources used for this page

These records support the facts and comparisons above. Merchant-controlled records are labelled so you can separate product claims from independent evidence.

  1. Ticket Tailor: check-in reporting and its limitations — Merchant documentation · help.tickettailor.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-28
  2. Ticket Tailor: printing a doorlist — Merchant documentation · help.tickettailor.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-28