Export to Elan

Élan is a Conference & Event Management software package supplied by Media Services Group. Élan has some basic floorplan amendment capabilities so, this export function was created to allow the easy transfer of your EFD plan to Élan. It is not yet possible to import the Élan plan back into EFD but may be available in a future update.

Exporting to MSG Élan

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Before exporting your floorplan you need to create a new Plan Type called 'MSG Stands' and 2 Stand Types within that plan type called 'Sellable' and 'Non-sellable' or, you can just import these from this EFD file but, remember to rename the plan type from MSG Stands - Imported to just MSG Stands (remove - Imported).

IMPORTANT: If you decide to create the plan type and stand types manually, please make sure they are spelt exactly as above (or as shown in the below picture).

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You now need to change the stands on your floorplan to either Sellable or Non-sellable for the MSG Stands plan type. If you do not do this then all stands will be set as Sellable. In the picture below, I have selected the stand that is Non-sellable, and then pressed F4 on my keyboard to bring up the mini menu which allows you to change the stand type quickly.

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Once the stands have been set to how you want, click on FILE > Hover over Export > MSG - Élan

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The Save dialog will now appear asking you where to save the file. Select the location and change the name of the file if necessary and click Save.

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The export is complete.