Discover the New Enhancements to Yahrzeit Queries

In the realm of yahrzeit management, efficiency and accuracy are key. Today, we’re excited to reveal enhancements to yahrzeit queries that promise just that. Traditionally, many of you have utilized the yahrzeit query to search by the name of the deceased or an observer, and more often for a specific date range. But now, we’ve introduced a significant upgrade that will enhance how you can access and utilize this data.

The cornerstone of this update is the “Yahrzeit Simple List,” which now includes additional features that broaden its functionality. Two major changes have been implemented:

1. Enhanced Data with Tags and Plaque Locations: We’ve enriched the “Yahrzeit Simple List” by incorporating tags or attributes and plaque locations. Now, when you select a date, such as the 23rd of September, and submit your list, it opens in Excel, as before. You’ll notice that the yahrzeit name may appear multiple times, namely once for each observer. But with each entry, you’ll find valuable insights such as plaque locations. Additionally, if you’re utilizing tags to categorize yahrzeits—be it a veteran, buried out of town, and the like—you’ll see a clear indication of which tag applies to each yahrzeit.
2. Streamlined Data Presentation: Going back to the “Yahrzeit Simple List,” there’s a new checkbox option that generates a different spreadsheet format. This version presents each yahrzeit on a single line, excluding observers, for a cleaner view. While the core data remains unchanged, this streamlined presentation focuses purely on plaque locations and tags, eliminating the repetitive observer entries.

These enhancements are designed to make your data handling more intuitive and efficient. Whether you’re managing yahrzeits for historical research, commemoration, or personal records, these updates will significantly enhance your workflow. Embrace these changes, explore the new capabilities, and experience a more powerful way to manage yahrzeit site data.

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ShalomCloud offers quite a few ways to handle Yahrzeits. The point of this post is a new way — a simple, all-in list of Yahrzeits, their observers, and the respective dates of the next occurrence.

Rather than providing that background in this article, we encourage the reader to visit https://blog.shalomcloud.com/?s=Yahrzeit . There, you will see explanations and videos on topics such as

• Adding an indicator when the related party is deceased
• Seeing Yahrzeits on the family maintenance screen
• Basics of entering Yahrzeits

We now have an additional approach. From the Queries menu, you’ll see a selection entitled Yahrzeit Simple List. This sends you to a screen with only one field — the start date for producing a list of every Yahrzeit in the system.

This list, meant to be extremely quick, goes straight to a spreadsheet. It lists all of your Yahrzeits, with a line for each related party (or blanks if there is no related party). Beginning with the start date that you’ve entered, it shows the next occurrence of the Yahrzeit.

Here is a video showing this feature in action.