Church Software Roll Call FAQ What are the custom fields and how can I use them?
What are the custom fields and how can I use them?
The custom fields in our church software are available for pieces of information that your church needs to track, but that Roll Call does not offer as a standard field.
There are three types of fields in the database.
1) Text fields - Allow you to enter up to 80 characters. These types of fields are useful for entering names, short descriptions or a list of values.
2) Date fields - Allow you to enter a valid date for example 01/01/1997. Date fields can be used to record baptism dates, dates that someone joined your church or the date someone became a member.
3) Checkbox fields - Allow you to enter yes/no, true/false type of answers. Good examples of checkbox fields would be "can we send emails", "do they want the newsletter?", "are they baptized?"
To use these fields, you'll first need to set up the labels to use for each of the fields.
1) Select Admin>Preferences from the main Roll Call menu
2) Click on the Custom tab
3) Use the drop down field to pick the type of field (field, date, checkbox)
4) Enter the label you'd like to use. This is the label that will show up on the Roll Call people screen.
5) Click OK to save this information