Our Schedules and Plans keep getting better, with bug fixes, UX improvements, and new features based on your feedback. As we continue to make improvements, we want to keep you in the loop about what's coming down the pike, so you can make an informed decision about when it's the right time to get your team using this tool.
On August 27 we released an exciting update to our Scheduling tool. We're calling this release, Schedules: Reimagined. (Are you starting to see a theme here?) This blog is your one-stop shop for all resources to help you learn this new feature. In your sites, this feature is called, "Beta Schedules", not because you are all now beta testers, but because this feature is still under construction, as we seek to make a top-of-the-line Volunteer Scheduling system that meets your church's biggest needs!
Once you have signed up to have your Old Schedule data migrated into Beta Schedules, your site's Master Administrator will receive an email from us to choose the date they want their Old Schedules feature turned off.
If you have been using the old Schedules feature in the Church Community Builder software, our team would love to help you convert your HISTORICAL/PAST serving data into our New Schedules feature.
This migration is NOT intended for CURRENT/ACTIVE schedules. PLEASE make sure that everyone at your church is NOT using Old Schedules and is entirely using New Schedules as their active Old Schedules will not be brought over.
Think of it this way. You are moving into a new house and have boxes of old family photos that are not coming out of the box unless you need them at the moment. However, you want to keep them with you, so you don't lose them. You aren't planning to bring all those photos up to the living room area because you have new photos that you have taken that are in the living room area. Similarly, we are bringing the boxes of old scheduling data to store in the attic or basement so that if the need arises, you have access to them, but you have new schedules up and running in the living room.
This data will be populated into the archived section of New Schedules which is accessible to your church's Master Administrator and Schedule Admins. This can be done in 3 easy steps: