Wishlist for Version 11

[Zorak]

We don't normally send out announcements about new Knowledge Base articles... There is one for custom checks up there, too.

[ebeck]

In the reports menu I would like the ability to select MULTIPLE funds/activities/etc. rather than RANGES. example: Pulling a report on funds #1, #5, & #17 together, rather than the range of 1-17 so I can exclude certain funds within the range. This would also be a helpful feature when pulling contribution reports as well.

[Eden Whitehead]

In the reports menu I would like the ability to select MULTIPLE funds/activities/etc. rather than RANGES. example: Pulling a report on funds #1, #5, & #17 together, rather than the range of 1-17 so I can exclude certain funds within the range.

I second this request.

Thanks as always for all you do!

A most blessed celebration of the Resurrection of our Savior to all,
Eden

[Justine Loker]

I would like to see the City name added on the bottom screen of Maintain List of Attenders. It only lists the street address at this time. For example, we may have 3 John Smiths from 3 different cities and may not know which John to add to a certain event. We may be able to rule some out by their city since we have two locations. It would be great also to see if the person is an adult or a child without having to pull another window up. Thanks.

[SusanG]

I am thrilled that Version 10 includes a calendar and love that I can reserve resources. I am also grateful that I can copy to Word and print - the layout looks great and is just what I need for the bulletin board.

I'd like to be able to export this to Google Calendar and would also like to be able to import FROM Google Calendar. My Pastors use Google Calendar and being able to synchronize the two would greatly increase my efficiency and ensure that I don't miss anything.

Another feature that I would like is the ability to export the calendar as plain Text or as a CSV. I publish some calendar information in each Sunday's bulletin. Being able to export a week's worth (or other user-determined time frame) of dates to drop into a Word document for formatting as a list would be fantastic.

[SusanG]

We recently upgraded to PowerChurch 10 and it is awesome! The new features are great!

Here is something I'd love to see in Version 11: I would love to be able to search by phone number. The other day, one of our members was trying to call and kept getting disconnected. I knew what phone number he was calling from but that was it. Fortunately, I was able to do a reverse look-up on the internet and as able to get in touch with him. It would be handy to be able to do this in PowerChurch. (I love that we can search by e-mail address and by envelope number!)

I would also like the ability to use both household and personal profile information in custom reports.

A Household e-mail field would also be handy.

Thanks for the awesome program!

Susan G.

[Zorak]

I would also like the ability to use both household and personal profile information in custom reports.

A Household e-mail field would also be handy.

If you create a Custom Report from Personal Profiles, you will have access to both Family Mailing List and Personal Profiles in the same report.

In regards to Family E-mail, that will be in version 11.

[SusanG]

Thanks for letting me know that - that is awesome!!!

[lizzie]

Under recordkeeping, I would like to see a place to put notes such as "in good condition", or "donated by ______". Also, the ability to put the value as per item. It's a bit confusing when you have 5 tables and then to try to remember if I entered the value of each table or all 5 tables.

I would also like to see a place to enter information for vendors that is different each month, such as the invoice number. I know there is a memo line for each vendor, but I often forget to go in and change that before printing a check.

Thanks!

[NeilZ]

Under recordkeeping, I would like to see a place to put notes such as "in good condition", or "donated by ______". Also, the ability to put the value as per item. It's a bit confusing when you have 5 tables and then to try to remember if I entered the value of each table or all 5 tables.

I would also like to see a place to enter information for vendors that is different each month, such as the invoice number. I know there is a memo line for each vendor, but I often forget to go in and change that before printing a check.

Thanks!

I don't believe they're doing much with the recordkeeping in the new version, but for Accounts Payable this is what they have listed so far:

Accounts Payable

* Add vendor on the fly in invoices and manual checks
* Mark vendors inactive
* Additional vendor phone number fields
* Additional vendor notes field

[SusanG]

PowerChurch is an amazing program! I went to training this summer and it pretty much does it all...

....Yet, lately I've been thinking it would be great to have the ability to access PowerChurch info online. It would be very handy if members could update their own contact information, upload photos, log into events calendars, etc., and have conversations online through password protected accounts. In this fantasy version of PowerChurch, I would want PowerChurch on my PC to grab the updated info and update my records. I still have 8 people in our congregation who don't and won't have PCs and some just aren't online types, so being able to update the info from either the web or my PC would be great. By having data stored on-line sync with data in the office, we could still track activities, giving, etc.,

It would also be great for the pastor on-the-go who needs a phone number - they could just log into their PowerChurch account!

Do you for see this as a possibility?

Thank you for the awesome program and for all of your good work!

[Zaphod]

Well, ok Susan, since you asked so nicely.

For version 11, we're going to provide an interface to Onebody, an online directory/social networking/contact website that we're going to host. PowerChurch will be able to push information directly to the website so your members can log in and view their information, make changes, see a directory of all members with contact information, and lots of other things. You'll be able to push information about groups as well, so you can have a Sunday School teacher contact all their class at once, for example. Members would also be able to update their information. As it exists right now, you'd be able to receive any changes, but you'd have to update PowerChurch manually, then on the next push, your data will be updated online. We're working on automating that process a little better. There would still be an approval process (ie, "John Smith changed his phone number from 1234567890 to 0987654321 - do you accept this change?" or something like that), but the updates you choose would then happen automatically, like you're wanting. I'm not sure how long it will be before that functionality is in place.

The one thing it wouldn't be is a way to work in PowerChurch from a website. It's not a replacement for PowerChurch at all - it's something very different. It just uses the same data. It's meant for members to be able to log on and use - not for staff to work from home or anything.

There will be more information about this as we get closer to release. For now, if you'd like, you can take a look at the Onebody website (http://www.beonebody.org) and read more about it. It's open source software, so we're making a few PowerChurch-specific changes. You won't be able to use some of the "church management system" features, because that would break things that PowerChurch is doing, and cause all sorts of problems. For now, it'll just be a one-way data flow from PowerChurch into Onebody.

Hopefully, that answers some of your questions. This is actually now available in the beta, so if you're interested in checking it out, sign up for that and let us know you want to be set up to try Onebody. It's beta, of course, so there may be problems, but that's kind of the point. If you run into issues, please let us know. Head over here (http://www.powerchurch.com/forum/viewto ... f=1&t=4055) for more info.

[BobDaniel]

Powerchurch is one of the few programs that does not provide the ability to highlight, copy, and paste. This would be beneficial to me in some instances, and since most programs have it, appears it shouldn't be too difficult or expensive to implement.

[NeilZ]

Powerchurch is one of the few programs that does not provide the ability to highlight, copy, and paste. This would be beneficial to me in some instances, and since most programs have it, appears it shouldn't be too difficult or expensive to implement.

Bob, exactly what are you referring to as far as copying and pasting ?? I can copy and paste from any data entry block in the program.

That said, Version 11 is now available for order, so the wishlist is effectively closed