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Visitor Types
We know that not all offices have the same requirements or policies when it comes to visitor management, so Visitors is fully flexible… The visitor types feature allows you to create multiple, custom sign-in flows based on Visitor types… How visitor types work
Tips for using Visitors at events
Whether or not you use Envoy Visitors at your front desk, it can be a great addition to events like meetups, small conferences & gatherings… When displaying multiple visitor types, it’s best to be very specific with your visitor type names (like… It helps speed up sign-in since visitor details appear automatically after the visitor types their name
Visitor Sign Out Reminder
An integration that automatically sends an email and/or SMS to remind visitors to sign out… You may select any/all Visitor Types that are configured at the location where the integration is installed… Using the dropdown, select which Visitor type(s) to receive the notifications, and the duration of time
About visitor photos
With Envoy Visitors, you can automatically capture a photo of every visitor… If you have multiple visitor types, you can configure photo settings based on Visitor type… When the visitor completes sign in, their photo becomes part of their visitor entry
Everbridge
Select Visitor types within Envoy to match with corresponding Record types within Everbridge… will be set for unmapped visitor types… Optional: Select Visitor types within Envoy to match with corresponding Groups within Everbridge
Visual Compliance Application
Visual Compliance screening is enabled by visitor type and is off for all visitor types by default… You can opt to screen all visitors or only certain visitor types and configure what information is included… Repeat for any other visitor types where you would like to enable screening with Visual Compliance
About visitor emails
Learn more about managing the emails you send to visitors… Types of visitor emails… Available on all paid plans You can choose to send all or specific visitor types a welcome email
Plus one sign-in
Envoy’s plus one sign-in feature allows one visitor to sign in with additional unspecified visitors… If you have multiple visitor types, you can enable plus one sign-in based on the Visitor type… Tip: If you have multiple visitor types you'll configure this setting per visitor type
SMS Visitor Registration Reminder
Remind your visitors to register in advance before coming on-site… Select visitor type… When an invite is created in Envoy an SMS notification is sent to the visitor containing a registration
Anonymous Security List
Generate a list of anonymous invited visitors, accessible via an external and resettable authenticated URL… Visitor Types: Select the visitor types you would like to qualify for listing in the Security List (note… only invites with corresponding visitor types are listed in the Security List). 3