Hey Chris,
We have a standars across all our performances, which links back to our GL codes so everything is linked from Artifax to Tessitura to our Finance system.
We use the first two digits of the year, followed by two letters of the Promoter then two letters of the show (for our event codes in Artifax and the GL codes) and then add an incremented number to the end of this for each show.
e.g. A run of 3 Eric Clapton show promoted by 3A would be 173AEC01, 173AEC02, 173AEC03
It works well for us as it's standard across all shows regardless of which space in the building they are in.
For ancilliary procudcts we also have a standardised set up, car park is 17CAUG01 and restaurants/bars are 17ERAUG01 with the two letters being the restaurant or bars we're selling in.
Caryl
You will indeed see me at TLCC - with my Open Space Space Planning Committee hat on, this could be a really interesting Open Space Discussion to convene ...