We're constantly updating and enhancing ChurchApp, often building directly upon customer feedback to guide our development. The following lists some changes that were made to ChurchApp between 30th April - 7th June 2016.
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07-Jun-2016 New 'Deleted' reportsAlongside the existing 'Deleted Contacts' and 'Deleted Children' reports you can now see a log of deleted Events, Rotas, Ministries, Small Groups, Givers and Bookings.
http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/155-view-the-logs-of-deleted-data
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06-Jun-2016 Leave Setup deletion - extra warningsWhen deleting a User's Leave Setup in the Calendar module, you must now type "I CONFIRM", preventing you from accidentally deleting a User's Leave Setup and all associated leave bookings. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/101-leave-out-of-office-and-sickness
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06-Jun-2016 Change logs - Leave SetupYou can now see a change log of all of the changes made to the Leave Setup of your users in the Calendar module. Change logs show which user made the changes and when. You can even undo changes! http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/101-leave-out-of-office-and-sickness#change
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06-Jun-2016 Change logs - UsersYou can now see a change log of all changes made to your User's profiles by Administrators - like module permission or Site changes. A log is also added in the Administrator's profile when they add or delete a user, providing a helpful audit trail of Administrator activity on your account. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/126-creating-new-users-in-churchapp#change
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06-Jun-2016 Change logs - Events and CategoriesFrom today, you can now view a "change log" of all of the changes made against an event or an event category in your Calendar module. The change log can be found in the Recent Activity section at the bottom of an event page; just select "Changes". http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/98-adding-events-to-your-church-calendar
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06-Jun-2016 View Gift Aid declarations for online donationsYou can now view a full Gift Aid declaration for donations received online through ChurchApp Donate where the giver selects to allow Gift Aid to be reclaimed. Declarations are date/time stamped and include all the HMRC required information gathered at the time the donation was made. You can even print off the Gift Aid declaration if you wish! http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/118-managing-your-gift-aid-declarations-using-churchapp#donate
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03-Jun-2016 Check-In Visitor CommunicationWithin the Children module, you can now filter and communicate directly with Visitors who have checked in their children. Begin by filtering the list by visitors who have been checked in recently or who have been checked in a certain number of times, and then move on to communicate directly with the parent by email or SMS. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/280-viewing-visitor-information-from-child-check-in
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02-Jun-2016 Change logs - RotasNow that you can delegate out the oversight of a rota we've added a 'Changes' section to the "Recent Activity" section of the rota view page within ChurchApp, so you can keep up to date on changes to core information, and even undo changes! http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/323-working-with-rotas-in-churchapp-once-theyre-created
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02-Jun-2016 Multi-date event sign-up to sequenceIf you create a sequence of events which have sign-up you can now allow people to sign up once for all dates in the event sequence in one go. Great for your multi-date Alpha course where you just need people to sign-up once for all dates in the course sequence. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/337-adding-tickets-to-your-events
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01-Jun-2016 Calendar view periodThe Calendar page within ChurchApp can now be extended to show a longer time period up to 12 months ahead. Easier navigation and great for forward planning! http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/364-viewing-your-churchapp-calendar
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31-May-2016 Event-Booking LinkWhen deleting an event with linked bookings, and vice versa, you now have the option to delete those linked bookings/events - enabling you to keep your data a little tidier. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/104-linking-bookings-and-events#delbooking
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27-May-2016 Rotas - Change start time for a date on a rotaYou can now change the start time for individual dates on a rota using the "Edit date" menu option on the date. Notes have also been moved here. Rota reminders and clash detection respect the new start time. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/323-working-with-rotas-in-churchapp-once-theyre-created
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27-May-2016 Rotas - Change rota timesYou can now edit the start and end times of a rota and this change will update all dates within the rotation that had the pre-update times. Added dates, and dates with times that have been manually changed, remain unaffected. Rota reminders and clash detection respects the new times. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/323-working-with-rotas-in-churchapp-once-theyre-created
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27-May-2016 Rotas sign-upIn the Rotas module, on a rota-by-rota basis, you can enable 'sign-up', which enables serving team members to sign-up to future dates on a rota in My Rotas. Set a sign-up capacity for all dates on a rota, or on a 'per date' basis. Now you can publish an empty rota and invite your ministry members to sign-up when they're available. Members are assigned the roles they have in the ministry. Clash detection to prevent sign-up if they're already serving on another rota on the same date/time. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/361-managing-my-rotas-in-my-churchapp
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26-May-2016 Rotas - Draft StatusNew Rotas are now created with a Draft status and hidden from My ChurchApp by default until Published. Now you can populate a rota before it goes live. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/323-working-with-rotas-in-churchapp-once-theyre-created
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26-May-2016 Rotas - Edit times for rotas and dates independentlyWithin ChurchApp you can now edit the rota times for your serving team members. You can make a global change to your entire rota or set different times on a 'per date' basis - ideal for special services and one off events. Clash detection continues to respect the changes in serving times. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/323-working-with-rotas-in-churchapp-once-theyre-created
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18-May-2016 Children "Years" report filteringYou can now filter the "Years" report within the Children module by Group as well as Tag, perfect to be able to communicate with children within a specific group who will change to a new group soon. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/362-get-a-list-of-all-children-in-the-same-school-year-or-calendar-year
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17-May-2016 Giving CSV import - Gift Aid overrideWhen importing donations from a CSV file into ChurchApp, you can now include an extra column that represents the "Gift Aid Override" option, forcing Gift Aid not to be claimed on the donation. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/51-adding-or-importing-donations
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16-May-2016 Clash and allowance detection for leaveWhen adding leave there is now a 'clash detection' feature to stop you adding leave on the same day twice in error. You'll also be prevented from exceeding your leave allowance, unless you select the "override allowance" option. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/101-leave-out-of-office-and-sickness
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16-May-2016 Enhanced Giver merge fucntionality for the Giving moduleWhen duplicate Givers are identified in the Giving module (either from a visual 'Information' indicator now displayed on a duplicate Giver's profile page, or in the Duplicate Giver's 'data cleansing' report), you can now merge the duplicate Givers, choosing which information from each Giver you wish to merge and retain. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/360-merging-duplicate-givers
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11-May-2016 Child import full_name columnWhen importing data into the Children module, you can now import using the full_name column when you have both the first name and the last name of a child in a single column. ChurchApp will intelligently break apart this data into separate first and last names for you. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/11-import-your-data-into-churchapp
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09-May-2016 Enhanced Contact merge fucntionality for Address Book and Children modulesWhen duplicate contacts are identified in the Address Book or Children module (either from a visual 'Information' indicator now displayed on a duplicate contact's profile page, or in the Potential Duplicates 'data cleansing' report), you can now merge the duplicate contacts, choosing which information from each contact you wish to merge and retain. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/359-merging-duplicate-contacts
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09-May-2016 Add Calendar to GoogleYou can now add your ChurchApp calendar to your Google calendar with a single click. Google will refresh with the ChurchApp calendar once every 24 hours to keep you up to date. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/100-subscribe-to-your-churchapp-calendar-in-mac-mail-and-google-calendar-using-ical-feeds
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09-May-2016 Date pickers respect Calendar settingsDate Pickers will now respect the 'Week Starts On' day set in your Calendar module settings. If you've not got the Calendar module installed this will default to Monday, or Sunday in the US. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/289-using-the-date-picker
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03-May-2016 International school years supportWe now display school years in the local format for the following locations: Great Britain (with specific support for Scotland and Northern Ireland separately), Australia (all regions), Canada, France, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland and North America. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/259-accounting-for-school-year-offsets
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01-May-2016 'Date' Booking Type & Resource QuestionsYou can now create Booking Type and Resource questions with a 'date' type, meaning bookings can include important information like 'Date of booking approval'. Date formats are also region-specific. http://support.churchapp.co.uk/article/122-adding-booking-types-and-creating-resourcs
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