You administrate group types under Admin Tools > Settings > General > Group Types. When adding or modifying a group type there are many areas of configuration, as pictured below: Let's look at the different Group Types settings you can configure in the Group Type Detail block. Show/Hide Group Type Settings The following Group Type settings, located in the General section of the Group Type Detail block, control which panels and options should be shown or hidden in that block. SettingDescription Allow Specific Group Member AttributesDetermines if individual groups of this type are allowed to have their own group member attributes. If selected, the Member Attributes section will be shown when editing the group. Enable Specific Group RequirementsDetermines if the Group Requirements section will be shown on the Group Details block. Allow Group SyncDetermines if groups of this type are allowed to have Group Syncs. This will show/hide the Group Sync Settings section. If a group of this type already has group syncs, they will be kept. Unchecking this box will not prevent them from running. Allow Specific Group Member WorkflowsDetermines if groups of this type should be allowed to have Group Member Workflows. If selected, the Group Member Workflows section will be shown. Common Group Type Settings SettingDescriptionExample Group TermThis is what Rock will use to describe the group on the various screens.Group, Family, Event, Team Group Member TermThis is what Rock will use to describe the people in the groups on the various screens.Member, Individual, Participant RolesRoles describe the relationship of the individual to the group. Are they a leader? Or just a member?Leader, Member, Prospect Default Group RoleThe default role to use when someone is added to the group.Selection of one of the roles defined for the group, like Member. Allowed Child Group TypesAs we discussed above, child group types help determine the hierarchy of the group tree. This tells Rock what kind of groups can be added as children of the current group.Serving Teams may allow Child Serving Teams Location TypesThe types of locations that can be assigned to the group.Meeting Location Location Selection ModesDetermines how locations should be selected in Location Picker.The following options are available:Named - Allows you to pick from named locations that have been defined under Admin Tools > Settings > General > Named Locations.Address - Allows the input of a new street address for the location.Point - Displays a map that allows for the selection of a specific latitude/longitude point.Geo-fence - Also displays a map that allows for drawing a polygon shape to use as a geo-fence.Group Member Address - Lists all of the addresses associated with the members of the group. Note that if the address of the group member changes the meeting location will not be automatically updated to this new address. Multiple LocationsDetermines if the group can have multiple locations.True/False Group AttributesThe custom attributes that each group will have. When adding new Group attributes, the explicit authorizations from the Group Type are copied over to the Group attribute.Meeting Day, Meeting Time, Topic of Study Member AttributesThe custom attributes that each group member will have.Hours Per Week Serving, Assigned Bus Group Capacity RuleRock allows you to set individual capacities for groups. This configuration setting determines how the capacity should be enforced. If Hard or Soft is chosen, you'll get the option to make capacities required for all groups of this type.The following options are available:None - This disables the group capacity features.Hard - This places a hard limit on the capacity. Once the capacity is reached no additional group members can be added.Soft - The soft option will warn you when adding a member that is over the group's capacity, but still allows you to add them. This warning only appears in the Group Toolbox, not when adding members from the internal administration pages (e.g., Group Viewer). Groups Require a CampusThis setting will require that all groups of this type have a campus when adding and editing.True/False Show AdministratorThis setting determines if groups of this type support assigning an administrator for each group. Group administrators don't have the security privileges of Leaders, and they aren't members of the group. Generally, the group administrator is only used for internal purposes to identify who is responsible for the group from an organizational perspective. This is super useful in reporting because you can easily identify all the groups associated with an individual without having to add that individual to any of those groups.True/False Administrator TermThis setting allows you to customize the term used for the administrator of the group.Administrator, Coordinator, Director Enable Group TagThis determines if tags are allowed for groups of this type.True/False Group RSVP EnabledThis setting enables Group RSVP features for groups of this type.True/False Enable Inactive ReasonIf enabled, an Inactive Reason may be provided when inactivating a group.True/False Require Inactive ReasonDetermines whether an Inactive Reason must be provided when inactivating a group.True/False Attendance and Check-in Settings SettingDescriptionExample Takes AttendanceDetermines if the group takes attendance. This will help to enable check-in and metrics features.True/False Weekend ServiceDetermines if attendance for this group should be counted towards attending a weekend service. For example, the attendance badge on the Person Profile will only consider attendance in groups with this value enabled.True/False Group Schedule OptionsThis setting is used when you want to configure a schedule for the groups of this type. The schedule is used for features like group attendance and group member scheduling. The options you select here help determine the types of schedules that can be configured for the groups.Schedule type options include:Weekly: This option allows a simple weekly schedule to be selected. When setting up a group of this type, all you'll need to do is select the day of the week the group meets and the start time. We highly recommend that you use this setting as it is the only schedule option that is usable as a filter in the Group Finder.Custom: With this option enabled each group can select its own repeating schedule. This option allows for the most power and flexibility, but the schedule that's created can't be used as a filter in the Group Finder.Named: The named option allows you to pick the group's schedule from a list of preconfigured schedules. These schedules are configured under Admin Tools > Settings > General > Schedules. Like the Custom option this setting can't be used as a filter in the Group Finder. Schedule ExclusionsThis setting allows you to define a set of date ranges when all of the groups of this type will not meet regardless of the specific group schedules. This allows you to easily configure breaks and holidays without having to edit each group's schedule individually.Set of date ranges when groups of this type will not meet. Check-in RuleDetermines how check-in will work if the person is not already in the group.Add on Check-in (adds the person to the group if they are not already in the group), Already Belongs (the individual must already belong to the group) Group Attendance Requires LocationThis option will require that all attendance occurrences have a location.True/False Group Attendance Requires ScheduleThis option will require that all attendance occurrences have a schedule.True/False Advanced Group Type Settings These settings will be rarely used, but it's helpful to know they exist as you define your group types. SettingDescriptionExample PurposeThe purpose helps categorize different group types together. This allows you the flexibility of creating multiple group types but at the same time providing a way of 'linking' these various types together with a single 'purpose'. To add a new purpose simply add a new Defined Value under Admin Tools > Settings > General > Defined Values > Group Type Purpose.While we recommend that you start with a single group type to manage your various serving teams you could over time add new ones. You would then create a purpose to describe them all as serving opportunities. Group Type AttributesCustom attributes that will be shared by every group of this type. In other words, every group of this type will have the same value of these attributes.Group Type Attributes are used by the check-in system. Most group types won't have a need for them. Print UsingWhen printing check-in labels, should the device's printer or the location's printer be used? The options are:Device Printer - Always print using the device's printer.Location Printer - Always print at the printer configured for the location.This setting will have limited value outside of configuring check-ins. Inherited Group TypeThis allows you to create a group type that inherits its attributes from another group type. This is helpful when you have two group types that are very similar, but one needs a few more attributes.Say you have a Serving Team group type that covers most of your serving groups. Your worship teams, however, would like to add a special attribute for Instruments Played. You want this new group type to have all of the same attributes of the current Serving Team. To solve this, add the Serving Team group type as the Inherited Group Type of the new Worship Serving Team group type. Show Connection StatusThis allows you to show a person's connection status in a column on group member lists.This comes in handy for trying to understand a person's connection to your organization at a glance. Show Marital StatusThis allows you to show a person's marital status in a column on group member lists.This comes in handy for quickly viewing a person's marital status. Group Member Roles People often have special roles in groups. Some are leaders; others have unique duties. To help differentiate the members of a group, you can give each a Group Member Role. The list of possible roles is defined on the group type. For more information on the roles available, you can check out the chapter on Group Members. TipFamily RolesAs noted above, roles are defined on the group type. While we encourage you to add roles as needed in general, we recommend against adding new roles to Family group types. Using values other than “Adult” or “Child” may cause issues with certain system processes, such as determining Age Classification.