Add people and roles

Service Hours starts with two things: the people who contribute time, and the roles that describe the work they do. You add both under Resources, before anyone logs an hour.

Open Resources

From the module nav, open Resources. It holds two lists — People and Roles — each with its own count so you can see what's set up at a glance.

Add a person

1. Open People and press New person.

2. Enter a Display name and pick a Kind — Staff, Volunteer, Board, Intern, Contractor, Helper, Partner rep, or Other.

   The kind shapes how a person's hours group in reports, and which compensation default applies.

3. Set a Default role and Default compensation if you'd like those pre-filled later, then press Create person.

Add a role

1. Open Roles and press New service role.

2. Give it a Name and a Color. Add a Default duration (min), Default location, or Report category if it helps.

3. Set the role's behavior with the four toggles, then press Create role.

   These are the switches that shape how the role behaves everywhere else.

Requires approval

Hours logged under this role wait for staff approval before they count in totals.

Allow check-in / check-out

Lets staff start and stop a live timer for this role. Only roles with this on appear in the Start serving list.

Counts as volunteer time

Includes the hours in the volunteer summary and the estimated volunteer value.

Counts as staff time

Includes the hours in the staff summary.