Pulse Mode on Event Day
The shared live screen for the day of an event — what is on it, and how it tells you something changed.
Pulse Mode is the live view for the day of an event, and it is deliberately open to everyone working it. The coordinator, the bartender and the person on the door are all meant to be looking at the same screen.
Getting to it
On the day of an event, a Pulse button appears at the bottom right of every screen. Tap it from wherever you are — you do not need to navigate anywhere first.
It only exists on the day. Before then there is nothing live to show.
What is on it
| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Timeline | The run of the day, split into Done, Now, Next and Later |
| Contacts | Who to call, with tap-to-dial numbers |
| Vendors | Arrival checklist — tick people off as they land |
| Issues | Anything that has gone wrong, and whether it is resolved |
| Notes | Running notes from whoever is on |
| Plans | Backup plans, if any have been activated |
For an EventSync event the sections are the same, with Staff in place of Plans.
The Timeline reads in four parts
Done is what has already finished. It is dimmed and sits at the bottom, and it is the first thing to look at if you have just arrived — it tells you what you missed.
Now is in progress. Next is within the hour. Later is the rest of the day.
Use the filter chips to narrow to one of them. The counts beside each tell you how much is in there.
Knowing when something changed
The Pulse button carries a number when something has moved since you last looked. That is the whole point of it: on event day the ceremony pushing back twenty minutes has to reach everyone, not just whoever happened to refresh.
Open it and the screen jumps to whatever changed most recently. Changed rows carry an amber ring and an Updated tag, so you can see at a glance which line moved rather than re-reading the whole thing.
The count clears when you close Pulse Mode — not when you open it, so the highlights stay put while you are reading.
What counts as a change: anything added or edited in Timeline, Contacts, Vendors, Issues, Notes or Plans since your last visit. An edit counts, not just a new row, which is the case that matters most — a time moving leaves nothing new behind.
What it does not do
It is a read-and-react screen, not an editing surface. Vendors can be ticked off as arrived and issues can be resolved, but the timeline itself is built beforehand.
It also will not tell you about changes on an event you have never opened. The first visit sets your baseline; the badge counts from there.
Frequently asked questions
I am staff — should I be able to see all this? Yes. Pulse Mode is shared by design. Day-of Command, which is a different screen, is for managers only.
The badge says 2 but I only see one thing highlighted. The changes may be in different sections. The jump takes you to the most recent one; check the other tabs for the rest.
Nothing is highlighted at all. If you have never opened Pulse Mode for this event there is no baseline to compare against, so nothing is marked on the first visit.
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