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How do I bulk-add people to a group?

Describes adding people to a group in mass.

You will need the Reporting and People Mass Change permissions, plus Limited Write Groups for the group, to perform this action. The change reaches only the people your query returns, and if you have campus overrides, only people at campuses where People Mass Change holds.

Churches often need a way to add several people to a particular group, and One Church Software provides an easy and efficient way to do so.

Go to Reporting in the left-hand navigation menu, and click on Query Builder; make sure you are using the People data source.

Once there, you can choose a variety of Filters, on the left of the page, to extrapolate data and then adjust the Query, located in the middle, accordingly. Columns, located on the right, can also be added, deleted, and replaced, but this won't impact the people who are added to a group.

A People query with filters, query and columns

Once you are satisfied with the filters, query, and columns, scroll down the page, click Run Query, and then select the Bulk Actions button. From there, you will see in the list an option to Mass change.

Mass change in the Bulk Actions menu

Preparing to Do a Mass Change

Starting a mass change to add people to a group

As shown in the pop up, click on Perform an action.

The Perform an action option

On the sidebar, select Add To Group.

Add To Group in the mass change sidebar

Type and then select the appropriate group you wish to add people to.

Choosing the group to add people to

A pop up displays that lets you choose the member type, whether they should be admins, and the date the people should be added to the group. Once you are satisfied, click Done.

Member type, admin and date options

A series of pop ups will display, asking you to approve the mass change; click on Update X Records on the first pop up, and then enter the number of records being changed as shown in the box of the second pop up and click Continue.

The Update X Records confirmation
Entering the number of records to confirm

You have now done a mass change to add people to a specific group. There is no campus rule on group membership, so people are added whatever campus they attend.

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