Field name

Description

Name

Group's full name.

Abbreviated name

This name is normally used on scoreboards in GMS, but can also be displayed in many custom reports.

Primary language

The primary language spoken by the people in this group.

Other languages spoken

Any other languages commonly spoken by people in this group.

Group kind

The type of group this represents.

Parent group

Allows the nesting of one group within another for selection via checklist or drop-down editor and in reports.

Group to get credit for hours

When volunteers are given credit for their hours, their primary group normally also gets credit for them. If this group is a subsidiary of some other group, or you want another group to get credit for the people in this group, select it here. Note that this only applies to newly-credited hours, not ones done in the past.

Applicability

Determines whether this group is shown in VSys One only, GMS only, or in both systems. Making a group inapplicable to either system does not remove it or make it inaccessible, it just suppresses it from some lists.

Relationships

People who are related to this group using their Relationships panel.

Addresses

The address of the group itself. This can be used in mailings.