e-mail addresses and phone numbers MLS and on LDS.org will soon flow back and forth
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e-mail addresses and phone numbers MLS and on LDS.org will soon flow back and forth
We received a message that soon, changes made to e-mail addresses and phone numbers MLS and on LDS.org would flow back and forth automatically.
My question is, when will this automatic update system start?
-Greg Gee
My question is, when will this automatic update system start?
-Greg Gee
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Yes.
I will say, however, that I was under the impression that e-mail addresses from LDS Account were going to be ported into MLS at some point. I don't know when that will take place, but it hasn't yet for my ward.
I just made some more changes to a member's contact information from the online directory, and I will know on Sunday if that carries over.
I will say, however, that I was under the impression that e-mail addresses from LDS Account were going to be ported into MLS at some point. I don't know when that will take place, but it hasn't yet for my ward.
I just made some more changes to a member's contact information from the online directory, and I will know on Sunday if that carries over.
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Message from the MLS Support...
I have been thinking of making an effort to get individuals' email and phone numbers into MLS, but it seems like a waste of time if there is going to be big migration of data from LDS Account into MLS.
I am wondering when the changes will start flowing back and forth.
The message makes it sound like it is imminent.
Here is the message that our unit received from MLS...
Summary: Individual member e-mail information recorded in Church systems (e.g., MLS, LDS Account, Local Unit Web Sites) will now be synchronized.
Description: Individual member e-mail information is currently recorded independently in the following Church systems: MLS, LDS Account and Local Unit Web Sites. Changes are being put into place that will synchronize individual e-mail information across these systems. Individual e-mail changes made in one of these systems will now be recorded in the other systems.
To begin this process, individual e-mail information currently recorded in LDS Account and Local Unit Web Sites will be added to MLS. This information will only be added to MLS if:
- Individual e-mail information is not already recorded in MLS.
- The member has given permission in LDS Account or Local Unit Web Sites for their e-mail information to be displayed on the ward directory
After this one time copying of individual e-mail information into MLS, future changes made to individual e-mail information using one system will be reflected in all systems.
These individual e-mail changes will not:
- Be visible until your next MLS membership refresh.
- Affect any individual e-mail addresses currently recorded in MLS.
- Impact household e-mail information.
Please make any other clerks aware of this change.
Thanks,
Local Unit Support
I am wondering when the changes will start flowing back and forth.
The message makes it sound like it is imminent.
Here is the message that our unit received from MLS...
Summary: Individual member e-mail information recorded in Church systems (e.g., MLS, LDS Account, Local Unit Web Sites) will now be synchronized.
Description: Individual member e-mail information is currently recorded independently in the following Church systems: MLS, LDS Account and Local Unit Web Sites. Changes are being put into place that will synchronize individual e-mail information across these systems. Individual e-mail changes made in one of these systems will now be recorded in the other systems.
To begin this process, individual e-mail information currently recorded in LDS Account and Local Unit Web Sites will be added to MLS. This information will only be added to MLS if:
- Individual e-mail information is not already recorded in MLS.
- The member has given permission in LDS Account or Local Unit Web Sites for their e-mail information to be displayed on the ward directory
After this one time copying of individual e-mail information into MLS, future changes made to individual e-mail information using one system will be reflected in all systems.
These individual e-mail changes will not:
- Be visible until your next MLS membership refresh.
- Affect any individual e-mail addresses currently recorded in MLS.
- Impact household e-mail information.
Please make any other clerks aware of this change.
Thanks,
Local Unit Support
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I requested a refresh on Sunday
but no refresh came through as of last night when I was at the church.
-Greg
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It helps to give links to the Wiki articles:nutterb wrote:I hope this doesn't come across as condescending, but your'e new here and I have no idea how much experience you have with MLS. Did you request a membership refresh? It isn't automatic. You can make a request through File > Request Membership Refresh (or something like that)
https://tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php/Unit_data_refresh