To extract meaningful and consistent artform data for use in Audience Finder Original and Audience Finder Answers, Ticketsolve and The Audience Agency (TAA) have collaborated and put together this guide to set up standardised Audience Finder artforms in Ticketsolve.
This allows organisations who use Audience Finder Data Tools to categorise shows according to artform in Ticketsolve, using the tagging function. This then gets automatically transferred into Audience Finder.
Categorising your shows with tags
In order to automatically send the show categorisation over to Audience Finder, you will need to attach the relevant tag to each show (not Ticketsolve's Event Categories feature). An up-to-date list of the Audience Finder artforms can be found below.
When adding the tag to each show you must ensure that each tag starts with 'aa:'. This is essential as we have coded the system to pick up any tags that start with 'aa:' to be automatically mapped to TAA categorisation model in Audience Finder.
An example of how you would go about adding these tags can be seen below:
Audience Finder Category: Contemporary Dance
Ticketsolve Tag: aa:contemporary_dance
To add your tag, go to Manage > Shows , find your show and add your tag in the Tags box as shown below. Make sure you click update show in the bottom right hand corner to save your action.
Audience Finder Tags
Please find below a list of all Audience Finder categories along with the Ticketsolve short code tags that need to be added to your shows in Ticketsolve.
AA Sub Genre |
Ticketsolve Short_Code
|
C&F Branded | aa:cf_branded |
C&F Community/Amateur |
aa:cf_community_amateur
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C&F Concert | aa:cf_concert |
C&F Dance | aa:cf_dance |
C&F Literature | aa:cf_literature |
C&F New Writing |
aa:cf_new_writing
|
C&F Outdoor Arts Events |
aa:cf_outdoor_arts_events
|
C&F Plays/Drama |
aa:cf_plays_drama
|
C&F Other | aa:cf_other |
Pantomime | aa:pantomime |
Other Christmas Show |
aa:other_christmas_show
|
CVA Craft & Design |
aa:cva_craft_design
|
CVA Film & Video |
aa:cva_film_video
|
CVA Fine Arts/Painting/Drawing | aa:cva_fine_arts |
CVA Photography |
aa:cva_photography
|
CVA Sculpture |
aa:cva_sculpture
|
CVA Other | aa:cva_other |
Ballroom | aa:ballroom |
Circus Arts | aa:circus_arts |
Community/Amateur Dance |
aa:community_amateur_dance
|
Contemporary Ballet |
aa:contemporary_ballet
|
Contemporary Dance |
aa:contemporary_dance
|
Dance Rehearsal |
aa:dance_rehearsal
|
Dance Talks | aa:dance_talks |
Dance Theatre |
aa:dance_theatre
|
Jazz/Tap Dance |
aa:jazz_tap_dance
|
Latin Dance | aa:latin_dance |
Show/freestyle Dance |
aa:show_freestyle_dance
|
Street Dance/Hip Hop |
aa:street_dance_hip_hop
|
Traditional Ballet |
aa:traditional_ballet
|
UK & Ireland Traditional Dance |
aa:uk_ireland_taditional_dance
|
World Dance | aa:world_dance |
Youth Dance | aa:youth_dance |
Other Dance | aa:other_dance |
Art-house/Specialist Cinema |
aa:art_house_specialist_cinema
|
Documentary | aa:documentary |
Film in Other Language |
aa:film_other_language
|
Film Production |
aa:film_production
|
Film Talks | aa:film_talks |
Mainstream Film |
aa:mainstream_film
|
Streamed Performing Arts |
aa:streamed_performing_arts
|
Other Film | aa:other_film |
Comedy & Comedians |
aa:comedy_comedians
|
Ice Shows | aa:ice_shows |
Magician/Hypnotism/Supernatural |
aa:magician_hypnotism_supernatural
|
Personality/Reminiscence/Talk |
aa:personality_reminiscence_talk
|
Sing-a-long | aa:sing_a_long |
Variety/Cabaret Entertainment |
aa:variety_cabaret_entertainment
|
Other General Entertainment |
aa:other_general_entertainment
|
Author Readings |
aa:author_readings
|
Library Events/Reading Groups |
aa:library_events_reading_groups
|
Literary Talks | aa:literary_talks |
Poetry/Spoken Word |
aa:poetry_spoken_word
|
Storytelling | aa:storytelling |
Other Literature |
aa:other_literature
|
Archaeology/History |
aa:archaeology_history
|
Ethnography/Anthropology |
aa:ethnography_anthropology
|
Natural History/Nature |
aa:natural_history_nature
|
Science/Technology |
aa:science_technology
|
Other Museums/Heritage |
aa:other_museums_heritage
|
Baroque | aa:baroque |
Brass & Silver Bands |
aa:brass_silver_bands
|
Chamber & Recitals |
aa:chamber_recitals
|
Classical Choral |
aa:classical_choral
|
Club Night | aa:club_night |
Community/Amateur Music |
aa:community_amateur_music
|
Contemporary Classical |
aa:contemporary_classical
|
Country & Western |
aa:country_western
|
Early Music | aa:early_music |
Electronic Music |
aa:electronic_music
|
Gospel | aa:gospel |
Jazz & Blues | aa:jazz_blues |
Male/Female Voice Choir |
aa:male_female_voice_choir
|
Modern Classical Music |
aa:modern_classical_music
|
Music Talks | aa:music_talks |
Music Rehearsal |
aa:music_rehearsal
|
Opera | aa:opera |
Orchestral | aa:orchestral |
Orchestral Non-Classical |
aa:orchestral_non_classical
|
Other Choral | aa:other_choral |
Popular Classical |
aa:popular_classical
|
Rock & Pop/Hip hop |
aa:rock_pop_hip_hop
|
Swing/Big Bands |
aa:swing_big_bands
|
UK & Ireland Folk Music |
aa:uk_ireland_folk_music
|
World Music | aa:world_music |
Youth Music | aa:youth_music |
Other Music | aa:other_music |
Community/Amateur Musical Theatre |
aa:community_amateur_musical_theatre
|
Mainstream Musicals |
aa:mainstream_musicals
|
Other Musical Theatre |
aa:other_musical_theatre
|
OA Aerial | aa:oa_aerial |
OA Carnival | aa:oa_carnival |
OA Circus Arts |
aa:oa_circus_arts
|
OA Community/Amateur Arts |
aa:oa_community_amateur_arts
|
OA Festivals | aa:oa_festivals |
OA Light Art | aa:oa_light_art |
OA Magic | aa:oa_magic |
OA Participatory |
aa:oa_participatory
|
OA Street Arts |
aa:oa_street_arts
|
OA Theatre | aa:oa_theatre |
Other Outdoor Arts |
aa:other_outdoor_arts
|
Classical Play |
aa:classical_play
|
Community/Amateur Theatre |
aa:community_amateur_theatre
|
Contemporary Play |
aa:contemporary_play
|
Drama New Writing |
aa:drama_new_writing
|
Experimental Theatre |
aa:experimental_theatre
|
Mime/Puppetry |
aa:mime_puppetry
|
Other Language |
aa:other_language
|
Physical Theatre |
aa:physical_theatre
|
Plays/Drama Talks |
aa:plays_drama_talks
|
Scratch Night/Rehearsal |
aa:scratch_night_rehearsal
|
Theatre in Education |
aa:theatre_education
|
Youth Theatre/Drama |
aa:youth_theatre_drama
|
Other Plays/Drama |
aa:other_plays_drama
|
TVA Craft & Design |
aa:tva_craft_design
|
TVA Fine Arts/Painting/Drawing | aa:tva_fine_arts |
TVA Sculpture | aa:tva_sculpture |
TVA Other | aa:tva_other |
Adult Workshops - Performance Skills |
aa:adult_workshops_performance_skills
|
Adult Workshops - Creative |
aa:adult_workshops_creative
|
Adult Workshops - Formal Learning |
aa:adult_workshops_formal_learning
|
Child Workshops - Performance Skills |
aa:child_workshops_performance_skills
|
Child Workshops - Creative |
aa:child_workshops_creative
|
Child Workshops - Formal Learning |
aa:child_workshops_formal_learning
|
Family Workshops - Performance Skills |
aa:family_workshops_performance_skills
|
Family Workshops - Creative |
aa:family_workshops_creative
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Family Workshops - Formal Learning |
aa:family_workshops_formal_learning
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Other Workshops |
aa:other_workshops
|
Any Other Artforms |
aa:any_other_artforms
|
Other Talks | aa:other_talks |
Tours/Walks | aa:tours_walks |
Comments
Quick question: does the Event Category have to match the Audience Agency/Finder Sub Genre? Asking as I changed all of them over to the AA Sub Genres a little while back, but wondered if it would mess up the system if I changed them back to something more general.
Hi James, i've just created a ticket there for you that will have a more detailed response. But as a summary, you only need to use the second tier artform categorisation. This is done using the list of tags above. If you have used event categories, we can run a quick script for you that will automatically convert them to tags.
Cheers
Nick
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