# Run a dharma event

> Tiered sponsorship from setting up the offering to printing the tablets.

Source: https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/tablets/run-a-dharma-event/

**Who can do this:** Owner, Admin

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Set up a dharma event campaign, take registrations from donors as they sponsor a tablet, and generate the print-ready pages once the names are in.

## Before you start

- Dharma event mode is a setting DonorCARE turns on per organization. If you don't see it when creating a campaign, ask DonorCARE to enable it for you.
- Decide your sponsorship packages and prices before you start — each one becomes an **offering** with one or more price **tiers**.
- Have at least one tablet template ready, or plan to design one — see [Design a tablet template](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/tablets/design-a-tablet-template/).

## Steps

1. **Create the campaign in dharma event mode.** When creating a new campaign, choose the dharma event option at the mode step instead of a regular campaign.

2. **Add an offering for each sponsorship package.** Give it a name (for example, "Ancestral Tablet" or "Blessing Lamp"). Turn on **Bundle** if one purchase gives several tablets (for example, a package with both a memorial and a blessing tablet). Then select **Add Tier** to add one or more price levels. For each tier, set:
   - **Price Type** — Fixed Amount or Flexible (donor names their own amount)
   - **Output Type** — Memorial (for the deceased), Blessing (for the living), Listing (a name list with no tablet), Manual (nothing printed), or — on a Bundle only — Hybrid (both memorial and blessing tablets in one tier)
   - **Names per Entry** — Single, Couple, or Family, which caps how many names one tablet can carry
   - **Tablet Template** — the design used when you generate this tier's tablets
   - On a Bundle, **Included Items** and **Extra Options** instead of Names per Entry and Tablet Template

   Every setting is explained in [Set up offerings for a dharma event](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/campaigns/set-up-offerings/), and beside each one in the editor.

3. **Publish the campaign.** See [Publish a campaign](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/campaigns/publish-a-campaign/) — donors can only register once it's live.

4. **Let donors register, or key in registrations yourself.** A donor picks a tier during checkout and fills in the names, dedications and relationships the tier asks for. For a walk-in donor or a paper form, open **Record an offline donation**, select the offering and tier, and add each name as its own entry — the same screen shows **Entries Total** and **Adjustment**, which must add up to the **Amount** on the receipt.

5. **Check what's still incomplete.** Before you print, review [Unfilled offerings](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/donations/unfilled-offerings/) for any registration that's missing a name.

6. **Generate and print the tablets.** Once registrations are in, go to [Generate tablets](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/tablets/generate-memorial-tablets/) to produce the pages.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt total doesn't match the names printed on it | Amount is entries total plus Adjustment — removing a name row after typing an amount can silently turn that money into an Adjustment instead of lowering the total | Select **Apply to Summary** after adding or removing rows, and check the Adjustment field reads what you expect before saving |
| A blank or unnamed row disappears on save but the total doesn't change | An empty row on a Bundle tier can be priced and then dropped when you save, leaving an Adjustment with no name behind it | Fill in every row you mean to keep, and delete any row you don't want, rather than leaving it blank |
| Two registrations both show "Entry 1" | Entry numbers restart at 1 inside every offering — the number alone does not identify a specific name | When checking a name against a receipt or a donor query, note the offering it belongs to as well as the entry number |

## Related

- [Choose a campaign type](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/campaigns/choose-a-campaign-type/)
- [Set up offerings for a dharma event](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/campaigns/set-up-offerings/)
- [Generate tablets](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/tablets/generate-memorial-tablets/)
- [Unfilled offerings](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/donations/unfilled-offerings/)
- [Design a tablet template](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/tablets/design-a-tablet-template/)
- [Open next year's edition of a dharma event](https://donorcare.my/help/organizations/campaigns/open-next-years-edition/)