Streak type Detail

After saving your new streak type, you’ll be brought to the streak type detail page. You can also access this page by clicking on a streak type from the list (see Streak Types).

We’ll look closely at the detail block before moving down the page to check out the list block at the bottom.

  1. Streak Type Information - Along the left side of the block, you can see most of the settings for the streak type. These are shown for reference. You can edit or delete the streak type using the corresponding buttons at the bottom of the block.
  2. Achievements - Clicking here takes you to a page where you can view or edit Achievements for the streak type. See the Achievements chapter below for instructions on setting up achievements.
  3. Map Editor - This button will take you to an edit page that allows you to modify the occurrence map. We’ll explore the map editor in the Occurrence Map Editor section below.
  4. Exclusions - This button will navigate you to a page that allows you to add location exclusions. We’ll cover the details in the Location Exclusions section.
  5. Rebuild - Clicking this button deletes streak data and rebuilds it from attendance or interaction records. Because rebuilding deletes data, be sure that's really what you want to do. However, you might want to Rebuild (i.e., build) as part of your initial setup. The impacts of rebuilding a streak type are described in the Streak Type Rebuild section.

You may notice that the Start Date changes from what you originally entered when creating the streak type. The date may be rounded up to the next Sunday. This happens if the streak type is weekly because weeks end on Sunday by default. To put it another way, if you’re tracking streaks on a weekly basis then it doesn’t really matter which specific day of the week someone engaged.

Occurrence Map Editor

Click on the Map Editor button to edit the occurrence map for the streak type.

When you add a new streak type the occurrence map will initially be blank as pictured below. The map can be populated manually through the editor, or it can be built from attendance or interaction data using the streak type Rebuild button (see Streak Type Rebuild).

  1. Date Range Selection - Adjust the date range and click the Update button to change the dates you see in the bottom portion of the block.
  2. Occurrence Map - This is where you’ll edit the occurrence map by picking which weeks (or days) should be included in the map. The Start Date for the streak type is 8/1/2021, so any dates prior to that can’t be chosen. You also can’t select dates that are in the future.

When you update the occurrence map, you’re changing the list of possible meetings. The most common reason to do that would probably be to remove dates where a regularly scheduled meeting isn’t taking place due to things like weather events. Removing dates from the occurrence map ensures nobody’s streak is broken for missing something that never actually took place. It's important to know that changes to the occurrence map will not be reflected in everyone's streak data in the blocks until the nightly cleanup job runs.

In our small group example, we’ll manually select all of the weeks that are available as pictured above. Any absences in any of those weeks will count against a person’s streak.

You might find it odd that the current week (or day) is not shown in the streak graph. Not to worry, we did this intentionally to avoid scaring anyone into thinking their streak had been broken, when in reality they simply haven't had a chance to engage yet. By default, streak calculations and graphs exclude the current day or week.

Location Exclusions

Click the Exclusions button from the Streak Type page to access the list of excluded locations. Excluding a location means a person’s streak won’t be broken if they missed an event or meeting at that location for the date(s) specified. You could use this for snow days, or other similar events that might close a campus or location.

Streak Type Enrollment

Below the streak type detail block is the enrollment list block. Here you can see all the participants in the streak type and their streaks.

When you first create a new streak type the enrollment list will be empty. The list pictured below has individuals on it for example purposes only. We’ll review the block first, and then show you how to get individuals added.

  1. Name - Individuals who are enrolled in the streak type have their names and photos listed here.
  2. Recent Engagement - This graph shows the recent history of engagement for the individual. Our example is weekly, so each bar represents one week.
  3. Current Streak - This column shows a person’s current streak, relative to today.
  4. Longest Streak - This column shows the longest streak the individual has ever had.
  5. Engagements - You can see the total number of engagements for the individual.
  6. Enrollment Date - This is the date when the person entered the streak type. Absences and engagements prior to this date are ignored when calculating the person's streak.

There are two ways to enroll individuals into a streak type. We mentioned earlier that you can click the Rebuild button to add individuals from attendance records. We’ll look closely at that method in the Streak Type Rebuild chapter. The other method is to manually add a single person to the list.

  1. Person - Find the person you want to enroll into the streak type.
  2. Location - Select the person’s ‘home’ location to use for exclusions. If you have multiple campuses, you might want to track a person’s streak at one campus separately from the others.
  3. Enrollment Date - Enter the date when streaks should start for this person. Absences and engagements before the enrollment date are ignored. You can think of this as being like the streak type Start Date, but for an individual person. You can't manually change the enrollment date after you save, so it's important to pick the correct date for the individual.

As soon as you save, you’ll be brought to the Enrollment Detail page.