Group multiple Event tickets

Use a grouping ID

By default, adding multiple passes to a single Add to Google Wallet link will not group those passes in the user's Google Wallet app. However, passes can be grouped together by making sure they all have the same grouping ID. Grouped passes will appear together in the Google Wallet app. When a group of passes is selected, each pass will be shown on a carousel.

Passes can be grouped together:

  • During initial provisioning
  • By using the update or patch methods

To add a pass to a group, the groupingInfo.groupingId property of the pass object must be set. All pass objects with the same groupingId value will be automatically grouped together, even if they were added separately.

The following example shows a loyalty card and offer being grouped together to entice the user to make use of both in their next purchase. 

loyaltyObject = {
  "classId": "ISSUER_ID.GIFT_CARD_CLASS_SUFFIX",
  "id": "ISSUER_ID.GIFT_CARD_OBJECT_SUFFIX",
  "state": "ACTIVE",
  "groupingInfo": {
    # Note the same groupingId value
    "groupingId": "combinedGiftCardAndOfferId",
    "sortIndex": 1
  },
  "barcode": {
    "type": "QR_CODE",
    "value": "QR code"
  },
  "accountId": "Account id",
  "accountName": "Account name",
  "loyaltyPoints": {
  "label": "Points",
    "balance": {
      "int": 800
    }
  }
}

offerObject = {
  "classId": "ISSUER_ID.OFFER_CLASS_SUFFIX",
  "id": "ISSUER_ID.OFFER_OBJECT_SUFFIX",
  "state": "ACTIVE",
  "groupingInfo": {
    # Note the same groupingId value
    "groupingId": "combinedGiftCardAndOfferId",
    "sortIndex": 2
  },
  "barcode": {
      "type": "QR_CODE",
      "value": "QR code",
  },
}

Event ticket automatic grouping

Sometimes event tickets are used in a group rather than individually. A common scenario for this is grouping of tickets for multiple family members.

Event tickets have additional logic that enables automatic grouping based on the following properties:

  • EventClass.eventId
  • EventClass.eventName
  • EventClass.dateTime.start
  • The Issuer ID portion of EventObject.id

Grouping with EventClass.eventId

Event ticket objects are automatically grouped when they have the same values for the following properties:

  • EventClass.eventId
  • The Issuer ID portion of EventObject.id

When event ticket objects meet this criteria, they will be grouped even when EventClass.eventName and EventClass.dateTime.start are different.

Grouping without EventClass.eventId

If EventClass.eventId isn't set, they will be automatically grouped if the following properties are the same.

  • EventClass.eventName
  • EventClass.dateTime.start
  • The Issuer ID portion of EventObject.id