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Jan 18, 2016

Headcounts

On every event in Check-Ins you'll see a new "Headcounts" tab on the left. In it you'll find the Standard Headcounts at the top; Regulars, Guests, and Volunteers. These Standard Headcounts aren't editable, as they are the physical Check-ins you add in Station mode. Below that, you'll see where you can create your own Custom Headcounts that can be anything you'd like. In the below example you'll see I want to track my regular Worship Attendance, and how many Ushers are at each Service.

Scott Myers

Product Manager

1 min read

Dec 09, 2015

Print an extra label for Options

We've released another highly requested feature (keep those requests coming!). Now you can set up an option to print a specific label. A common use case for this feature is to have an option for people to choose "diaper bag", and this would print an extra label for you to physically put on that diaper bag. How to set it up When editing a location on the admin side, click on the edit button underneath the options. You'll see here that you can select "print" to have that specific option pri

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Nov 23, 2015

Introducing Mobile Pass

Checking in needs to be quick. On any given weekend your entire children’s ministry and their families need to check in, print labels, and arrive safely in their classroom in a matter of a few minutes. We’re doing all that we can to make that process as fast as possible. And now we’ve given your congregation a tool to quickly check in using their own phone with a mobile pass. With the power of Apple Wallet, each family’s personal barcode pass will automatically show up within a half-mile of

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Nov 13, 2015

Age filters, ordering locations, and more!

Age filter on or before a certain date If you’re the type of church who wants to keep a certain age group of kids together, despite when their actual birthday is, then you might want to use the new on or before age filter option. For a great example, check out this video! More filters for the Check-ins tab By popular request, we’ve also added a few new filter options on the Check-ins tab. Including the ability to sort by first name, search only Regulars, Guests, Volunteers, or a comb

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Sep 15, 2015

New additions join the Check-Ins Family

Today is a big day in the Check-Ins world. We’ve just released an iOS update that supports the Brother QL710W wifi label. On top of that, we’re also releasing a Check-Ins Station Android application that will support both mobile printers, Citizen and the new Brother printers. Android Application As you can expect, the Android app works almost identical to the iOS app. You can now access the device’s camera for scanning and saving barcodes, as well as adding profile pictures. The other a

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Jul 30, 2015

Events Page Redesign & New Updates

July 1st marked the one-year anniversary of releasing Check-Ins to the public. It’s been an amazing year that’s checked in people over 3 million times! We’re honored and excited for the love and support we’ve received over the year, and even more excited about the upcoming improvements and features coming in the next year. As we’re looking to add and improve features, we saw a great need to redesign the Events page. So, as you may have seen, we’ve done just that! There are two main reasons

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Jun 08, 2015

Lock a Station

We’re excited to announce a new feature that may change the way you set up your Stations. Starting today you can now lock your stations to an event, folder, or location. This will be useful in situations where you have multiple campuses. For example, you might have a North and South campus and you don’t want your North locations showing up on your South Stations. In the same way, you can lock a Station to a specific group of classrooms or one Station for a specific location. When you’re addi

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

May 28, 2015

Checking Out, Barcode Input, & Improved Households

May has been an exciting and productive month for the Check-Ins team! We fixed a few bugs and released some highly requested features. We’ve also been working on some larger features that we’re excited to share with you at a later date :). Check out what’s new below! Check Out By When you’re checking out people by name, you’ll now see a new “Check out by” option. Whoever you select as the “Check out by” person will appear in the admin side in the check-in details, as well as an option you

Scott Myers

Product Manager

4 min read

Apr 07, 2015

Easter, Post Check-Ins, iOS Update, and MORE!

Easter Wrap-up! Check-ins was used for the first time during Easter, and we had over 100,000 check-ins during the Easter week! The majority of check-ins happened before 10:00am on Sunday morning. This was surprising to my church because we assumed people with families would come to later services. However, it looks like the majority of kids checking in came to earlier services on Easter. Next year my church might decide to add earlier services rather than later ones. Post Check-Ins

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Mar 11, 2015

One-Time Guests & Keyboard Shortcuts

We’re working to continue improving Check-Ins! Check out some of the newer features we’ve just released. Guest Check-In One of the biggest days for guests to visit is coming just around the corner… Easter! In preparation for the big weekend, we’ve added a new One-Time Guest option. When added, these people will not be saved in your main people database, but they will get a simple label with their name, medical notes, and the same security code of the household. Check out our article on Ch

Scott Myers

Product Manager

2 min read

Feb 25, 2015

Check-Outs, Time-Outs and Labels

We’ve been working on some exciting new updates and features with Check-Ins this month. You may need to refresh your stations for these to take effect. Among several minor bug fixes and speed improvements, here’s a few of the highlights. Check out by name In the days of yore (last week), you could only check people out by using the security code printed on the labels. Now, you can check people out by name as well! If you pull up a name or household where someone has already checked in, yo

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Jan 18, 2015

Check-Ins Reports and More

Reports We’re excited to show off our brand new reports engine! Now, it's even faster and easier to generate reports with all the information you need. Starting today you can get information on birthdays, see which weeks people have missed, and view who checked each person in. Also, you can find the primary contact information for households such as email addresses, phone numbers, and their street address. If you find yourself printing the same things over and over again, you can now save

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Nov 19, 2014

Check Out the Check-Ins Changes

It's been awhile since we lifted our heads up from our computers and we are excited to share some of our recent improvements! Here are some of the highlights. Auto-filled Locations We introduced a new way we handle auto-filling locations. It used to be that if only one location would match your profile, it would auto-fill your location and prepare your check in. However, since many parents don't need to be checked in, that didn't work very well. We changed this so that if you've ne

Scott Myers

Product Manager

3 min read

Jun 25, 2014

Planning Center Check-Ins Released!

Bye Bye Beta After a month and a half of refining the application and listening to our wonderful testers, we are happy to take Check-Ins out of beta! We'll officially start charging for PCO Check-Ins in July. If you're not sure when your exact billing date is or you need to cancel your Check-Ins subscription, head to the account center. Also, as with all of our products, if you're in the middle of your first 30 day trial you won't see a charge until your next billing cycle. Okay, now onto

Jeremy Ricketts

Product Manager

3 min read

Apr 08, 2014

Announcing Planning Center Check-Ins

UPDATE: This is an old article announcing Check-Ins! You can find up to date info here. Current subscribers can find up-to-date documentation and help articles here. Eight years ago we created Planning Center Services- the best worship-planning software on the market. Last year we launched Planning Center Resources- the best way to manage your church facilities. Today we are very excited to release our new child and volunteer check-in system, Planning Center Check-Ins! Simple Design

Jeff Berg

Owner / Developer

3 min read