# Event creation - Participants

This step allows you to define how many accounts (leases) you want to have as part of your event.

For instance, for a hackathon with 5 participants, you would define 5 accounts:

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/O3Himage.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/O3Himage.png)

1. **Set the number of accounts** you want to create

<p class="callout info">Note: You can reserve accounts for your event by adding an account and not assigning it to any user</p>

2. For big events, you can **import a CSV** file with the list of events
3. **Assign users** to the event you will create

##### How to assign user to an account

Click on the "Assign user" button and select the user you want to assign to an account. Once assigned, the status becomes "<span style="color: rgb(45, 194, 107);">**Assigned**</span>"

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/qy7image.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/qy7image.png)

<p class="callout info">If you let the account "Unassigned", a lease will be created but not assigned to any user. This is a way to "reserve" an account and prepare it before later assigning it to users.</p>

##### How to import a CSV

Click on the Import button:

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/UPUimage.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/UPUimage.png)

You can then Drag and Drop your CSV file:

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/tN9image.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/tN9image.png)

Format of the CSV file is as follows:

```
email1@example.com
email2@example.com
email3@example.com
```

<p class="callout info">Only valid e-mail addresses will be processed. So if you add a header to CSV file, it will be ignored.</p>

Sandbox Studio will then check the CSV file:

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/Cbdimage.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/Cbdimage.png)

After a few seconds (depending on how many users are in the CSV file):

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/Vtdimage.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/Vtdimage.png)

Only the found users will be added to the event:

[![image.png](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/scaled-1680-/ob4image.png)](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/ob4image.png)

Once account numbers are set and users assign, click Next to [Event creation - Managers](https://docs.sandboxstudiosoftware.com/books/manager-guide/page/event-creation-managers "Event creation - Managers")