Glossary 
========

.. glossary::

    Events
        Show or attraction in a specific venue.
        ex. *Lion King at the O2 Arena*

    Performance
        Specific show on a specific date and time.
        ex. *Lion King at the O2 Arena on Saturday 24th of September at 7:30pm*

    Backend System
        :term:`Ticketing System` or system TicketSwitch connects to to get, reserve and purchase tickets.

    Venue
        Ex. National Theatre, XYZ Arena, Globe Theatre, etc.

    Area
        It's a just collection of venues. It could be an area within a city, a city, a country, etc.

    Ticket Type
        ex. Dress Circle, Front Stalls.

    Price Band
        Price group within Ticket Types.
        *Ex. £34 + surcharge. Price band Id is called Band_Token*

    user_id
        Client API's username provided by TicketSwitch. It's unique per Client and has its own setup and :term:`products` that are allow to see and buy.

    user_passwd
        Client API's password provided by TicketSwitch. see  :term:`user_id`

    Products
        Any of the events that are available through the TicketSwitch platform.

    CryptoBlock
        It's token for authentication and information passing between clients and TicketSwitch.
        CryptoBlock are encrypted and should not be altered in any way.

       **CryptoBlocks are provided by the system as part of a flow. They change on every step of each flow**

    Available Events
        Events that are available for booking. Because of the nature of the industry TicketSwitch could return (on search) events that are not available. i.e. sold out by the venue in the last minute.

    Client
        *(Also API Client)* Any company/individual that uses TicketSwitch systems through our API to search and sell tickets.

    Price Band
        Collection of seats with the same price setup by the Backend System

    Ticket Type
        The Class of ticket one could buy.  Ex. for thearte would be type of seats: i.e. stall. upper circle, Tour with Lunch, Tour without Lunch, etc.

    Event Token
        Event Identifier.

    Band Token
        A token to identify the event, performance, ticket type and price band for the purposes of creating an order.

    Supplier
        Organisations that run enterntainment events and offer tickets to the public and :term:`Ticketing Agent<Ticket Agent>`. Examples: Theatre Groups, Independent Venues, Tour Providers, etc.

    Allocation
        Tickets are assigned exclusively to a :term:`Ticketing Agent<Ticket Agent>` to be sold.

    Live Inventory
        Tickets are available to all :term:`Ticketing Agent<Ticket Agent>` to be sold.

    Ticket Agent
        Organisation responsible for selling and update inventory of tickers.

    Ticketing System
        Software the :term:`Suppliers<Supplier>` use to manage their inventory of tickets usually with other functions they need to run their business: accounting, reporting, etc.





.. s_dates => show events which performance on the specific date. (most of the there are performances on those days except if the event is being updated manually on the systems. There's no availability information)
.. old:
.. - Event Class: Classes are arbitrary, however, and thus this search is only useful in conjunction with other information that cannot be extracted automatically.