Creating a Custom Visitor Check-in Button

The ability to customize the visitor management experience for your workspace is one of many things Greetly can offer. Not only can you customize the visuals and template check-in options, you can also create a custom workflow with our easy configuration wizard. 

Creating a Custom Button

Log into the Greetly web-based admin portal.

Click on Check-in options.

Click on Add a Custom Button at the bottom of the screen.

 Add a custom button-1

 The New Check In Option screen then opens.

New Check In Options screen

Use this screen to customize the button. You can preview your button at any time by clicking on View Live.

Customizing the Check-in Button

There are several customization options available, including:

Name

You must enter a name for the custom button.

Name custom button

Icon

Click on Change Icon to display a list of icons that can be used for the button.  

Icon list

Notifications

The available options include:

  • No Notification

  • Browse all employees 

    • Note that here you can enable the option to hide the employee list until the visitor enters multiple characters
  • Notify pre-determined employee

    • Start typing the employee's first name into the box until the name populates

who should be notified

 

Visitor Information

You can select the information collected from the visitor during the check-in process. You can include up to three custom fields, as required. 

enter visitor info

If you want to use only custom fields, you will need to select First Name and Last Name, enter the text into the Custom Field(s), and then click on Publish.

Then, uncheck First Name and Last Name, and click on Publish again. 

 

Visitor Message

You can add a custom message for your visitor.  

Visitor message

 

Employee Notification

You can also customize the notification to your employee.

employee notification

 

Other Options

There are other check-in options that can be toggled on or off, as required. The default setting is off. These options include:

  • Capture a photo of the visitor
  • Print a badge for the visitor
  • Require a signature
  • Enable advanced checkout, which will remind the host or visitor to checkout
  • Enable drivers license scanning

toggle options

After you have completed your customization, click on Publish to create the button.