Friday, November 26, 2010

Reporting Upgrades

Customized Excel Reports
 
Create reports with just the information you need. Choose from any of the following to add to your custom report:
  • volunteer contact information fields
  • general custom fields
  • custom qualification fields
  • status
  • date joined
In creating your custom report, you can filter your volunteers to include only the applicable ones. Filtering elements include:
  • address fields
  • general interests  (new fields!)
  • general availability (new fields!)
  • activity category placements
  • activity placement
  • shifts
  • custom fields
  • qualifications
  • committees
  • outcomes (new customizable fields!)
  • hours logged
New comparative reports

Compare the number of volunteers and number of hours between two date periods. For example, a report could show the number of volunteers and hours for the period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 and on the same report show the corresponding information for January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. You can specify any dates in customizing the reporting periods.

New Graphic Representations

Horizontal bar graphs have replaced pie charts for easier interpretation.

Outcomes Reports

Volunteers can see the totals of their own Outcomes in MyVolunteerPage.com.
Outcomes can be reported across all accounts in a Volunteer Umbrella

Filters

Filtering on a customizable group of volunteers is available on additional
hours-and-number-of-volunteers reports and on outcomes reports.

Others

There are other report enhancements in the works but we have yet to determine whether or not they will be released in the next upgrade. We will keep you posted though!

More new features will be posted next week.