Six steps when done in order will clean up your member, family and group data
1. Merge members (people). Go to Members > Member > Merge, then run each of the 3 Possible Duplicate Member Reports starting at the top. You'll see that each one gives you the criteria the report is using to locate duplicates. It is a good idea to have an admin or pastor with social knowledge of the church present to evaluate these. Not every suggestion is an actual duplicate.

2. Merge families. On the same page (the Merge Options page, from Step 1) in the right column use the same process to run the Possible Duplicate Family Reports. Start at the top and work your way down.

3. Archive/Delete people. To do that, take a look at our detailed article HERE.


6. Realign groups to the cleaned up profile. Go to the Browse Groups page and use the filters to see all the groups currently listed under a Ministry Type marked (x) for deletion. Go through the list of groups and select the ones that are going to be moved to a different Ministry Type by checking the box by the name of the group. This will turn the Action button green. When you've selected all the groups to be moved to a different Profile Response, click the Action button and then "Update Profile Questions". This will take you to the page to mass update the profile questions for the groups selected. When the groups in the Ministry type to be removed are all moved, go back under Settings and delete that Ministry Type. Once done, we recommend you go back through each Ministry Type to see if there are any groups that really need to be in another Ministry Type. You can use the Action button to help with that as well. This will clean up the Ministry Type filters so that you can effectively use them as filters for reports.
7. Clean Up Saved Reports. Once all your ministry types are properly aligned, you'll be able to create and Save reports using Ministry Types as filters. You may want to remove some of the current saved reports (choose the report then click the red "x"). To reorganize them using a naming convention, select the report then click Add To Saved Reports where you can edit the name.
Assuming you have switched to our individual passwords access level, each staff person can add the Saved Reports they most frequently use to their Me Card on the dashboard. Chart reports that are Saved are available for quick view in the Metrics card.