I need to see extra information from my volunteers in my database. Where can I put this information?

We have added the ability for you to add Custom Database Fields for your volunteers’ database entries. Your Database Fields are now managed in the Organization Menu > Settings tab in the Database sub-tab. Here you can see all database fields, their types, and you can now manage where they show up in your Organization. The button…

I have someone in the database with two different email addresses. Is there a way to combine the entries so that they are only using one email?

Although you currently can’t merge two Participant records, you can transfer slots from one Participant another. Under the Database > Participants tab, find the Participant with the email address that you want to merge with another one. Click the More… button to the left of the Participant. Click Transfer X’s Slots Someone Else. Select the…

How can I set it up so that someone is added to a group when they sign up?

There are two custom prompt types that will assign a volunteer to a group: DATABASE_GROUP and DATABASE_GROUP_DEFINED.  Simply add one of these prompts to your event and the volunteer will be assigned.  The DATABASE_GROUP prompt allows volunteers to choose which group they should be in, and the DATABASE_GROUP_DEFINED prompt will automatically assign them to a…

How do I populate my Database?

The easiest / best way is to let your volunteers do it.  Whenever someone signs up for an event they are automatically added to your database.  You can also manually add volunteers to the Database one at a time. You can also bulk add volunteers to the Database.  To do this go into the Database menu | Participants tab…