Duplicate Services
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Jean-Marie Schweizer
The ability to duplicate services would be greatly appreciate so that one can build of a previous service and make changes rather than having to go off a service type blue print.
Sabrina Sherman
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Hey everyone! Duplicating Services is now something you can do as of today!!
Check out our Changelog post for more info :) https://tithely.canny.io/changelog/elvanto-new-duplicate-services-button
Sabrina Sherman
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Hey everyone! Duplicating Services is now something you can do as of today!!
Check out our Changelog post for more info :) https://tithely.canny.io/changelog/elvanto-new-duplicate-services-button
Sabrina Sherman
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Johannes Dück
I wrote a request suggesting to merge events and services, which would include this request. Feel free to vote here: https://tithely.canny.io/chms-feature-requests/p/merge-events-and-services
Stewart Polley
Merged in a post:
Duplicate Service
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Isaac Reefman
Sometimes I've filled out a service with all its items, songs and/or volunteers, and there is another service to plan with many of the same settings - in this case it would be much easier to simply duplicate the Service and edit from there.
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Jean-Marie Schweizer
Hi Isaac, I already put in the same request a while ago. Rather than splitting the efforts, maybe everyone can vote up the already existing request and then more attention from the Elvanto team. Just a suggestion.
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Myke Harbuck
Jean-Marie Schweizer: similar requests usually get merged. I assume that the votes are then added together.
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Jean-Marie Schweizer
Myke Harbuck: That is my hope also.
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Jean-Marie Schweizer
Sure, when I first our current service types, I structured it very simply by setting up sections and items without scripting, etc. Over the weeks and months, we started using the service planning tool quite heavily, which has come to a great service doing everything online right now. Consequently, the current service plan looks quite different to when we started, and I keep having to drag and drop all over the place to set it up for what we need now.
Rather than having to go what is pretty much obsolete, or build the entire structure from scratch again, I would be easier to say, "I like this service, let's make it a service type, and then tweak it from there."
Even something as simple as using a previous special service, such as a Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, or Good Friday, which all are set up entirely different to normal Sunday services, would benefit from a copying tool that would allow to either create another service or a service type to build upon.
Just having the copying ability at the service level by selecting a service and copy it onto a new date would be a tremendous improvement. The copy to service type would be the icing on the cake.
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Cheryl Firestone
Jean-Marie Schweizer: Yes it would be easier to be able to save a service as a template. Especially after everyone that is involved makes their additions/changes to a service instead of having to recreate it as a new service type.
Stewart Polley
Hi there.
Can you please go into detail as to why/how this would actually be more beneficial than the service types?
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Paul Llewellyn
Yes please