Involvement - Defined and Dissected
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.. glossary::
Involvement
An Involvement is one of the most heavy-duty, versatile components of TouchPoint.
It is more than just a class, a roster, a group, event or a list. An Involvement is *not* the people. It is the container, so to
speak.
An Involvement *can* contain people. Those people connected to an Involvement can be any of the following:
| - Members
| - Guests
| - Previous Members
| - Inactive Members
| - Pending Members
| - Prospects
This is a 2 1/2 minute overview of Involvements.
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Involvements are used to help you minister to people. Lay leaders can have the `OrgLeadersOnly` user role and access people connected to
the Involvement / class they lead.
.. seealso::
| :doc:`Prospects`
| :doc:`../Administration/LayLeaders`
An Involvement without members contains attendance for meetings (a Headcount) and guests for meetings (Worship Service, Special Event).
In this case, the Involvement is tracking unknown people (using a headcount) as well as known people (guests, using individual
attendance for them).
An Involvement can also be a means of identifying people:
- Those who have met certain qualifications (Crown Certified, Approved Counselors),
- A mailing list (random people who want to receive communications...like fellow-pastors),
- A means of grouping together those with certain common attributes (all those who are home-bound, all who use Facebook).
Involvement Details
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At the top of the Involvement page is the section for the details relating to that Involvement. That includes the Name, Involvement
Type, Campus, Leader Member Type, Schedule, Involvement Status, and Main Fellowship flag.
You can click the appropriate pencil icon to make any changes to these.
.. note::
Each Involvement has a unique ID that is automatically assigned by TouchPoint. This ID can be found at the end of the URL when you are viewing the Involvement.
Example: https://church.tpsdb.com/Org/**123**
Programs & Divisions
You can edit the Involvement's Program & Division on the Involvement itself by clicking the existing Program & Division on the
Information Icon (i) in the header.
.. seealso::
:doc:`AssignDivision`
People Tabs
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Under the main People tab are the following tabs:
- **Members** - Those currently enrolled in the Involvement. We display the person's Last Attended Date (with the number of days since
he attended), the Join Date (with the number of days since he joined), and the person's attendance percentage in that Involvement
(this looks back 52 meetings, or since the person was enrolled).
.. seealso::
:doc:`AttendanceString` for more about attendance within an Involvement
- **Previous** - Members who have been dropped from the Involvement. The person's Last Attended Date (with the number of days since he
attended) and the Drop Date (with the number of days since he was dropped) will display by his name.
- **Inactive** - Members who, for whatever reason, are not considered active. We created this for deacons who serve a 2 or 3-year term
and then go inactive for year before returning as active.
- **Pending** - This is used during Annual Promotion to place members in a class in a pending state prior to the actual promotion date.
- **Prospects** - People who have been associated with the Involvement, even though they may not have attended yet.
- **Guests** - People who have attended a meeting, but are not current members. Guests may or may not be on the Prospects tab. The
person's Last Attended Date (with the number of days since he attended) will also display by the name.
- **Options** - Select options to view multiple tabs, show the street addresses, show ministry info, and show hidden records.
Options
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The Options tab has the following action options that relate to how the people are displayed and what information is display.
- Select Multiple
- Show Hidden
- Ministry Info
- Show Address
.. note::
The Options tab label will change to display whatever option(s) you have selected).
Select Multiple
Select this option and then select any of the other tabs whose list of people
you want to view in one list.
You will see each list incorporated under the Members Tab and can run reports
or send emails or texts with the group of people you are viewing.
Example: Click Options > Select Multiple > then Members and Guests tabs.
You will see a list of all the Members and all the Guests (that are not hidden)
in one list.
Show Hidden
Select this option to view any Prospects and/or Guests that have
been hidden from view. :ref:`See below for more information `.
Ministry Info
If you select Ministry Info, in the Dates column you will see the following,
all of which are links to take you to either the Task or the Contact:
- if the person has received a Contact (Contactee) and the date
- if he has made a Contact (Minister) and the date
- if he has a Task assigned that has not been completed (Has Tasks) and the date assigned
- if there is a Task about that person assigned to someone else (Needs Ministry Touch)
.. figure:: https://i.tpsdb.com/2017-02-23_10-17-20.png
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Show Address
By default, in order to save space on the page, we do not display
a person's address.
If you select Show Address, the complete street address will display
below the person's name.
.. _HideRecords:
Hide Records or Show Hidden Records
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On both the Guest and Prospects tabs you have the option to Hide a record.
You would hide someone if you do not want to see that person in the list anymore.
You can always change it back at any time.
If a guest visits again and you have hidden him in the list,
he will display again automatically.
This is useful for someone that visited a long time ago and you know
does not plan to return.
.. note::
The options to Hide, Join Involvement, and Add as Prospect are
links in the Member Type column on the Guests and Prospects tabs.
The Previous Members tab has the option to Re-Join that is also
in that same column.
Hide a Record
Look in the Member Type column on the Guest or Prospect tab.
Click the `Hide` link and answer `Yes, continue` to the prompt.
That person will no longer display under the Guest tab unless
he visits again.
If the record is on the Prospects tab, it will remain hidden unless
you show it again.
Show Hidden Records
Select `Show Hidden` from the `Options tab`
and this will display any Prospects or Guests that have been hidden.
The link in the Member Type column changes to Show.
Click `Show` if you want to stopping hiding that record.
Join Involvement
On both the Prospects tab and the Guests tab you have
the option to select `Join Involvement` in the Member Type column
This will make that person a Member of the Involvement.
Add as Prospect
On the Guests tab you have the option to also add that person
as a Prospect by clicking the `Add as Prospect` link
in the Member Type column.
He will remain as a Guest as well as a Prospect.
.. figure:: https://i.tpsdb.com/2017-02-23_15-51-26-1.png
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.. tip::
We have further definitions and explanations in a separate article
regarding Prospects, Guests and Members,
and how those were designed to be used in TouchPoint.
.. seealso::
:doc:`Prospects`
Other Involvement Tabs
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Meetings
The Meetings tab displays a list of all the meetings for this
Involvement, with links to those Meetings.
This is also where you `Create a New Meeting`,
and can `Show Future Meetings`.
.. seealso::
:doc:`Meeting_Index`
Notes
The Notes tab displays a list of Involvement notes and allows those with the appropriate roles to add new Involvement notes.
.. note::
There are a a few Administrative Settings to pay attention to that will affect the use and visbility of the Notes tab in an Involvement.
All of those settings can be find by navigating to `Adminstration > Settings > Features > Tasks & Notes`.
**Use Involvement Notes** - When set to `True`, the Notes tab will be available in Involvements.
**Involvement Types for Notes** - This will limit the Notes tab to only those Involvement types listed as comma separate values.
**Involvement Notes Roles** - This will limit the Notes tab to only this with the roles listed as comma separated values.
.. important::
There are several rules that govern who can delete an Involvement note:
- You can delete an Involvement note if you are the Owner/Creator and it is within 24 hours of completion/creation.
- You can delete an Involvement note if you have the `Admin` role.
.. seealso::
:doc:`/Administration/Setting_Index`
Settings
Under the Settings tab are the following tabs:
- **General** - These are settings such as Location, Grade, Description,
Entry Point, and Directory settings.
- **Attendance** - This is where you add Schedules.
- **Extra Values** - Extra Values for the Involvement display here.
Use a toggle to change from Standard to Ad Hoc.
You can add EVs here as well.
.. seealso::
| :doc:`GeneralSettings`
| :doc:`AttendanceSettings`
Registration
This contains the settings for online registrations.
If you have the Registration Type set to anything
other than No Online Registration,
you will see the following other tabs that relate
purely to online registrations:
- **Registration** - This is where you set basic information
for your online registration.
- **Fees** - This is where you see the Deposit, Fees, GL Code,
and more items relating to payment for an online registration.
- **Questions** - This tab is where you select all the drop-downs,
check boxes, yes/no questions, and more for your registration form.
- **Messages** - This tab is where you compose the email confirmation,
any instructions, and more relating to your registration.
.. seealso::
:doc:`../OnlineRegistration/index`
Blue Toolbar
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There are a number of options available on the Toolbar, including
Email, Exports, Reports, and Actions.
.. seealso::
:doc:`../BlueToolbar/toolbar`
Drop Down Menu
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The drop down menu options will differ depending on which tab you are viewing.
Members
The drop downs options will differ slightly if you are viewing other People tabs.
- **Add People** - You can search and find individuals to enroll in the Involvement.
- **Add from Tag** - Select one of your Tags to enroll everyone in the
tag as a member of the Involvement
- **Update Members** - You can update member types, drop members, and
much more. Be sure to use the check boxes or sub-group filter to get
the group of members you want to update.
- **Drop Members** - Just like the Update Members option, select those
you want to drop, and then select this option. It will open a dialog box
letting you know how many people will be dropped.
.. seealso::
| :doc:`NewOrgMember`
| :doc:`UpdateOrgMember_UpdateMembers`
.. note::
The Members, Inactive, Pending, and Prospects tabs have similar
options as those under the Members tab.
You must actually click on the tab in order to see the drop down arrow.
Filters
-------
Name Filter
This is a quick way to find an individual
in an Involvement when the list is long.
Enter first and last name, just the first name, just the last name,
or enter just the first few letters of each name.
You can also enter a People ID#.
The name filter works on any of the tabs you are viewing.
Press `Enter` or the `Filter` button after entering the name.
Sub-Group Filter
Select a sub-group from the drop down,
or enter the name.
Use a semi-colon to separate multiple groups.
If you select them from the drop down
the semi-colon is added automatically.
To exclude a sub-group, lead with a minus sign.
If you have several groups that begin with the same
first few letters and you want all of those groups,
enter those letters followed by an asterisk.
To find those with no sub-groups assigned
you can select ``NONE`` from the drop down.
To find people who are in **each** of the groups specified
select ``ALL`` from the drop down.
Press the Filter button after identifying the sub-groups.
.. tip::
In various places on the Involvement page
and throughout TouchPoint,
you will see the icon of a small **i** inside a blue circle.
Click that to view help information about that item.
Clear
Press the clear button when you have finished
with the filtered list.
The Filter button will display ``(filtered)`` in red
when you are viewing a filtered list.
Filter
The button has several options related to the check boxes
beside the names.
After you check some names,
select Filter Checked Individuals or just press Filter.
You can also select ``Check All``
to select everyone on the tab you are viewing.
When you want to remove the check marks
select ``Check None``.
Check Boxes
The names on every tab have a check box beside them.
You can use these on one tab or you can use `Options > Select Multiple`,
click on the tabs you want to view Members and Guests, or Members, Guests, and Prospects,
or whatever combination your want.
You can then check the names of those you want to email, print a report for, add to a Tag,
or whatever you need for that group of people.
Be sure to press the `Filter` button after checking the names.
.. note::
You can actually go to each tab individually,
click the names of people you want,
and then select `Options > Show Multiple`,
select the tabs where you have checked individuals,
and then press Filter.
You will then see one list of everyone
that you checked.
Total Count
Pay attention to how this number changes
based on whatever filter you are using.
This will be the number of people
you will email, or update, or add to a tag,
or whatever you select to do.
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| **Latest Update** | **4/24/2023** |
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Added information about Involvement notes.