What is SIG mode and when should you use it?
SIG mode (Semi-Independent Group), called mode GIR in French, lets you manage several traveller groups within the same project and the same programme, groups that leave on shared dates but have different needs (services, rooms, activities, and so on).
Each group can have its own products, its own budget and its own invoices, while benefiting from shared logistics (a single coach, negotiated hotel rates, etc.), which improves your margin.
💡 When should you activate SIG mode? When a single departure brings together several sub-groups (families, couples, subsets of an association, and so on) that need to be tracked and invoiced separately, while sharing the same programme.
⚠️ When not to activate it? If you work B2B and invoice the whole trip to a single entity (a reselling agency, a company), it is usually simpler to keep a classic constituted group without activating SIG mode: you generate your documents and invoice the project client, then import the traveller list once your partner sends it to you.
1. Prepare your traveller list (prerequisite)
SIG mode relies on your project's traveller list, so fill it in first.
As a reminder, you can populate this list in three ways:
manual entry, by clicking directly in the table cells;
copying travellers from another project (handy for recurring constituted groups);
importing a CSV file, mapping its columns to the Ezus properties.
You can also customise the columns shown and create your own fields (text, number or file: room number, passport number, and so on), which can be reused in your documents.
For the details of traveller management, see our article ✍️ Manage your clients and travellers.
💡 Good to know: the Travellers panel can open in full screen (icon to the left of the close cross), which is ideal when you use many custom fields. Press Esc to close full screen without closing the panel.
2. Activate SIG mode and create your first group
Once your travellers are filled in, click the group mode activation button.
To activate SIG mode, you need to create at least one traveller (fill in at least a surname or a first name). Then click the button, as shown in the screenshot below:
A modal window then opens, asking you to create at least one group and to assign the traveller(s) you created to it. We recommend giving your group a clear title (for example Smith Family) so you can find it easily.
💡 You do not have to assign all your travellers when you activate: you can leave some unassigned and complete the split later.
3. Split your travellers across the groups
Once the module is active, a Group column appears in the traveller list. You have several ways to split your travellers:
One by one: change a traveller's group directly from their row.
In bulk: tick several travellers (or use the "select all" box at the top), then choose the group from the "Assign to [group]" action bar.
You can add new groups at any time from the Groups section, then reassign travellers to them (including in bulk). A group filter lets you display only the travellers of a given group.
💡 Good to know: a traveller can belong to only one group at a time within a project.
4. Assign products to groups
The principle of SIG mode: each traveller group has a set of products, documents and invoices assigned to it.
Default behaviour
If you create your groups after building your programme, the existing budget is assigned by default to the group.
If you add products after creating your groups, those new products are not assigned automatically: you have to indicate which group(s) they belong to.
A group with no traveller (0 pax) assigned is given a quantity and an amount of 0.
💡 We recommend building your programme first, then creating your groups: assignment then happens automatically.
The way a product is split across groups is proportional to the number of packs (travellers) in each group. You can also unassign a product from a group that does not benefit from it.
The new Formula / Pax / Quantity display
In a SIG-mode project, the single Quantity column is replaced by three columns:
Formula (editable): the formula that calculates the quantity;
Pax: the number of travellers concerned;
Quantity: the resulting value.
An arrow next to each product lets you unfold the line group by group and see exactly how the total quantity is reached, along with the number of packs per group.
The T variable for your formulas
SIG mode introduces a new quantity variable: T, which corresponds to the number of travellers in the group assigned to the line (as opposed to the number of people in the project or the step). It is especially useful for making your quantities dynamic according to each group's size.
Find the details of variables and formulas in our article ✍️ Automate your product quantities.
💡 Partial assignment (workaround) It is not yet possible to assign a product to only part of a group (assignment happens at group level). If, for example, only 3 travellers out of a group of 4 take part in an activity, adjust the quantity via the formula manually to reflect the real number of participants.
5. Assign supplements
Supplements (agency fees, discounts, and so on) follow a logic that differs from products. You can:
express them as an amount or a percentage of the trip;
split their amount per traveller (an equal split across all travellers) or per group.
💡 The most common split is per traveller, but some agencies prefer a per-group split. Choose according to your invoicing logic.
The primary traveller
Each group can have a primary traveller:
it is selected automatically when the group has a single traveller;
for now it serves as a marker within the group.
This marker paves the way for an upcoming change: being able to link each group to its own paying client. As of today, invoicing remains attached to the project client.
For invoicing and financial tracking by group, see our article ✍️ Invoice and track your finances by group (SIG mode).