Previously, when you selected Queries => Household (a.k.a Family), and you wanted to pull by billing status, such as Active, Inactive, or Resigned, you were limited to
With this enhancement, you can select as many statuses as you wish, by simply sweeping your mouse pointer over several consecutive items, or using Ctrl-click to select several non-consecutive items.
ShalomCloud Multi-select on Billing Status from Norman Snyder on Vimeo.
Asked for, and now delivered–the ability to send text messages from ShalomCloud.
Apparently text messages reach over 95% of their intended audience, whereas email is doing well to reach 30%. Therefore, for short, time-sensitive announcements (service time changes, reminders about classes and events), this might be your preferred channel for reaching a selection of congregants quickly and effectively.
ShalomCloud Text Messaging from Norman Snyder on Vimeo.
If you’d like to specify custom margins on your hard-copy letter templates, that is now available. The adjustment goes down to 1/72nd of an inch–in other words, to declare a two-inch left margin, you’d put 144 (2 x 72) as the left margin; to specify a one-inch right margin, enter 72, etc.
Some other minor additional capabilities:
Suppose you want to know
There is now a way to pull that data (and export it to spreadsheet).
This three-minute video shows how.
ShalomCloud Query by Date Joined from Norman Snyder on Vimeo.
Suppose you’ve printed several labels, and now have a few more to print, for a selected audience. You’d like to start where you left off, rather than inserting a whole new sheet of labels.
For example, suppose you’ve asked the system for a list of Board members:
Now, you want to print labels for this audience–and the latest sheet of labels used the first row and the first label of the second row–a total of four labels.
Simply change the starting label number to 5:
The result will be a sheet that looks like this:
Next time printing labels, you’d start with 12.
If you wish to gain a finer designation of family members, beyond what can be inferred from age alone, we now offer a field that we’re calling Role within Family. Typical values would be Parent, Minor child, Adult child, and perhaps others such as Elderly parent.
You may then use these fields within the queries and reports–for example, to find all the minor children not enrolled in religious school.
Below is a 3 1/2 minute video illustrating the feature.
Creating your annual directory can be a daunting challenge.
No longer: After you’ve designated your format using the ShalomCloud Letter Templates, you are now able to product a directory in three mouse clicks.
Have a look at this three-minute video to see the end-to-end process.
ShalomCloud_Directory from Norman Snyder on Vimeo.
Some time ago, in response to how crowded with fields was the Member query, we made available check boxes by which the user could select which fields should appear on the reports and spreadsheet downloads.
The same selection ability is now available on the Yahrzeit queries. This makes for a more device-responsive, cleaner appearance.
A common, but non-trivial, question that constantly occurs is simply this: “How many membership units do we have?”
ShalomCloud answers this question two ways, in seconds.
Chart of families by year
