{"id":2005,"date":"2023-09-08T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:22:33","slug":"v3-101-neues-gruppen-modul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/v3-101-neues-gruppen-modul\/","title":{"rendered":"v3.101: New group module"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Early fall has arrived and I am enjoying the sunflowers that adorned the fields and last Sunday our worship hall \ud83c\udf3b. But besides the beautiful flowers, I&#8217;m also especially excited about the new ChurchTools release. Version 3.101 brings the long-awaited new Groups module to open beta, changes to the public groups page, calendar, finance and \u2026 heck, every module really. Because the update brings a lot with it. Not everything I can go into detail here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Group module: Open Beta starts \ud83c\udf89<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The new group module enters beta. At the beginning of the year, we gave you a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/blog\/jahresrueckblick-und-vorschau-2023\/\">preview of 2023<\/a> (only in German). There we announced that we are working on a new group module. We&#8217;ve done a lot of tinkering, conceptualizing and programming so that the new module will improve your everyday church life. Now the open beta phase starts. That means you can activate the new module (in the System Settings &gt; Modules) and give permissions for individual or all users in the rights management. We are looking forward to your feedback!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3407\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-1024x403.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: 2 images from the new groups module. On the left the overview of the groups and on the right a group view.\" class=\"wp-image-3407\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Public group page: Show street<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For public groups you can now set whether the street of the meeting point should be displayed or not. (By default it is not displayed).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"2009\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.44-297x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the info box on the public group page with the meeting place and the full address\" class=\"wp-image-2009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.44-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.44.png 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" data-id=\"2010\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.49-300x185.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Show street is now an option under &quot;Customize group page&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.49-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.07.49.png 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Calendar: Find &#8220;today&#8221; faster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Past appointments are now displayed in graded colors to increase clarity. This means that all past dates are now displayed in a slightly transparent color. So you can find today&#8217;s date even faster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"370\" data-id=\"2011\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.11.55-1024x370.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of calendar with monthly view and new colors.\" class=\"wp-image-2011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.11.55-1024x370.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.11.55-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.11.55-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.11.55.png 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Adjustment in automatic schedule line for services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the automatic classification, the locations are now also displayed with the groups. This small addition is especially interesting for churches with multiple locations to find the right team faster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.14.07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"2012\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.14.07.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Modal of the automatic division. Highlighted in the screenshot are the groups with a group where a location is additionally displayed.\" class=\"wp-image-2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.14.07.png 621w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.14.07-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Finance: Document number for reversal postings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Reversal postings now automatically have a &#8220;-Storno&#8221; suffix added to the document number to identify them more clearly. The document number of the reversing booking is used for this and extended with the suffix &#8220;-Reversal&#8221;. This makes it immediately clear to you that this is a reversal posting and that these two postings belong together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49-1024x66.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: 2 bookings in the Finance module. One of them is a reversal booking.\" class=\"wp-image-2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49-1024x66.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49-300x19.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49-768x50.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49-1536x100.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.15.49.png 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finance: Waiver of reimbursement of expenses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You can now indicate the waiver of reimbursement of expenses in donation entries. If an entry is marked as such, this information will be printed accordingly in the donation receipt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.17.16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"434\" data-id=\"2014\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.17.16.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Posting screen with a donation where the &quot;Waiver of reimbursement of expenses&quot; toggle is enabled.\" class=\"wp-image-2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.17.16.png 920w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.17.16-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.17.16-768x362.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"feature\">Finance: Automatically increment booking number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Proper accounting requires that postings can be clearly assigned. The document number is an important date for an entry. Many cashiers use sequential booking numbers for this purpose. Since these are, as the name implies, consecutive, the next voucher number is basically already known. With version 3.101 you can now automatically increment transaction numbers. You can activate the incrementing separately for each posting year in the master data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"216\" data-id=\"2015\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.24.png 651w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.24-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"624\" data-id=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.13.png 449w, https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-08-at-12.20.13-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ff68f5e0-bb25-4846-9012-0451a4a0e3da\">If this is not enough for you, you will find all changes of this and earlier versions in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.church.tools\/wiki\/0\/Changelog\">Changelog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-cf4923f6-709f-460a-bb33-54567e9d8154\">We hope you like the new version as much as we do. As always, you may leave praise and criticism in our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.church.tools\/category\/24\/english\">forum.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early fall has arrived and I am enjoying the sunflowers that adorned the fields and last Sunday our worship hall \ud83c\udf3b. But besides the beautiful flowers, I&#8217;m also especially excited about the new ChurchTools release. Version 3.101 brings the long-awaited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,20],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changelog","category-churchtools","tag-v3-101"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.church.tools\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}