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[ TIPS FOR USING THE NEW “REPORTS” FUNCTION | Aaron Stewart ]
Planning Center Services recently released to help you find the patterns in when your team SONGS
a new Service Type page, which includes an members accept, decline, or do not respond. This report is designed to be one of your go-to
exciting new Reports tab. This tab contains Once you know this, you can gain insight into resources as you plan your worship services.
reports for People, Songs, and Service Length. why they make the choices they do. The Songs report shows all of the songs used
The purpose of these reports is to provide In this report you can see who is accepting, insight on patterns in scheduling, song choices, declining, or not responding the most as well as and service times, and to help you identify ways everyone who was scheduled for the first time Like the People report, you can sort by which
you can maximize your planning. The Reports within your date range. If a person is scheduled songs were used for the first time or by the
tab can help you decide what you want to avoid to more than one position, each status will total number of times a song has been used by
and what you want to do more in the future, by stack on top of each other. By looking at your clicking on the New or Total column headers.
looking at your past. team members’ other volunteer commitments,
in your Service Type within the date range you
PEOPLE
select.
you might begin to understand their scheduling This report can be used as a source of
patterns on your team. inspiration for song choice. Maybe as you go
through the report, you’ll find an old favorite that
The People report shows everyone scheduled
in a team over a period of time, and includes Considering the results of this report with when has been missing from the rotation for a while.
each person’s status: Confirmed (green), you sent out requests can also help you figure You might also find you are singing the same
Unconfirmed (yellow), and Declined (red). out if you need to send requests earlier to give song too often, or are introducing too many
people more time, or if you’re maybe giving new songs on a regular basis without giving
them too much time! the congregation the opportunity to learn them!
One of the most useful purposes of this report is
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