I created four new Custom Fields, "besides" talents and interests, that better represent
ward members abilities, capabilities, training, and availabilities...more can be added...
up to 11 such Custom Fields. I chose my new Custom Fields to be: (1) Sports ability,
(2) Music ability, (3) Special training, (4) Food specialty
To "add" new Custom Fields for each Ward Member, which "represents" action knowledge, ability, capability and availability of such Ward Members...do the following:
a. Go to System Options, and click on Members
b. Next click on "Custom Fields".
c. Next will appear the "Add" Custom Field" screen
d. Fill in the "name", "Date or String", and "Description" for each Custom Field....
..........Note: Use only 1 capital Letter for two word titles...only...only one is allowed....
The following table illustrates how this is done:
.................................date or String....
....Name....................String................Description
Sports ability..............String.......Like Tennis, Basketball, golf, etc
Music ability...............String.......Like Play/Teach piano, organ, violin, cello, sing, etc
Special training...........String.......Like Electronics, Barber, Welder, Nurse, Dr, CPR, etc.
Food Specialty............String.......Home-made ice cream, cookies, Dutch Oven Cooking, etc
Heavy Equipment........String......Back-hoe, tractor, or dump truck owner/operator, trailer,etc
Other.........................String......Cherry Picker, sizzer-lift, fork-lift owner/operator, etc
An example of such new Custom Fields, my ow
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n ward, are shown in jpg form...as well as the above proceedure...(I keep loosing this whole Quick Reply.... so I am putting it here now.)
Each of these new titles,once added... will become available for ANY Ward Custom Report, just as, Preferred Name, etc.
To Add Add additonal talents and interests, as only about 20 are in the standard MLS package as every ward receives. Go to the bottom of where these are, where you will see an "ADD" button...Click on this...and you enlarge this list to accomodate every ward members s talents and interests.
Next Step: Add talents/interests "and: Custom Fields for every member...This is done is done as follows:
a. Click on"membership Records, then clik on "View and "Update", then clike on "more".
b.Click on "Custom Member Field"."
c. Select a Member, then select "Talents and Interests" then
....click on "add".
d. Then select, from the lists shown, each talent or interest,
....separately,(one at a time).
e. Then Select "Custom Fields", then click on "add".
f. Then select each of the Custom Fields (i.e. Sports ability,
.....Music ability, Special training, etc for each Custom Field
.....selected.....by pressing OK.. After filling this box..press..
....."SAVE".
G. Go To Next Individual.
Lastly: Develop a "Custom Report" toprint a suitable report for Ward Priesthood Leaders, Council Members, Bishopric, etc. as follows:
a..Go TO "Reports & Forms" then click on more.
b. Click on "add report" as seen on top of screen.
c. Then under the the Reports/Tools" column select
....."Custom Reports".
d. Under "Criteria" select an age, such as greater than 18
.....years.
e. Under "Format" select select: Preferred Name, Talents
.....or interests. Sports ability, Music ability, Special training,
.....Food Specialty. Six colums of info per page is best...If
.....more kis needed make up an additional Custom Report...
Note: Note the line between each of these "can be" slided
.........left or right...this is done only at the very top of the
.........line....
Enjoy.