This is the structure of the menus within Volunteer Impact.
Main
Home Display the Welcome page
Switch Accounts Connect to another organization in your enterprise (Applicable for Volunteer Impact Enterprise Edition or managing multiple Volunteer Impact accounts only)
Logout Log out of Volunteer Impact
People
Search Search for a person. From a list of search results, you can view, edit, and change the status of profiles, assign volunteers, log hours, and send emails and text messages
Add a Volunteer Add a new volunteer profile to your organization Add an Admin Add a new administrative profile to your organization
Manage Applicant Volunteers Manage a list of volunteers with a status of “Applicant”. You can view/edit profiles and change the status of the volunteers.
Manage In Process Volunteers Manage a list of volunteers with a status of “In Process”. You can view/edit profiles and change the status of the volunteers.
Approve Custom Fields Approve data entered by volunteers for custom fields that have been set up as requiring administrative approval.
Approve Qualifications Approve data entered by volunteers for qualifications that have been set up as requiring administrative approval.
Bulk Changes - Custom Fields Change a value for a custom field for multiple volunteers Bulk Changes - Qualifications Change a value for a qualification for multiple volunteers
Approve Logged Hours Approve hours logged by volunteers that have been set up as requiring administrative approval.
Manage Running TimeClocks View and manage volunteers logged on to the TimeClock
Acknowledge 1st Contact Send an email to a volunteer acknowledging first contact (Community Hub only)
Log Hours Log hours for a volunteer
Edit Logged Hours Edit hours that have been logged by volunteers and/or administrators Remove Volunteers Remove (delete) profiles from your organization
Communications
Send Email Send an email message to one or more people Send Text Send a text message to one or more people Create Mailing Labels Produce mailing labels in .PDF or .DOC format
Create Phone List Produce a phone list (PDF, DOC, XLS, MHTML formats)
Export For Mail Merge Produce an export of profile information in .CSV, .TXT, .XLS or .XLSX format
Email Templates Create and modify email templates View Email History View a history of sent emails
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Activities
Manage Activities Create and modify activities
Manage Interests Create and modify general volunteer interests Manage Activity Shift
Templates
Create and modify activity shift templates used by scheduled activities
Assign
From the Scheduled Activity List
Assign volunteers to scheduled activities From the Unscheduled Activity
List
Assign volunteers to unscheduled activities
From a Volunteer’s Profile Assign a volunteer to an activity from within their profile
From Visual Schedule View the status of activities in a two month period and assign volunteers
Reports
Report Descriptions Description of all reports available in this menu
12 Month Trend Report Illustrates the change in activity levels over the course of a year (Table, Charts)
Hours by Category Displays the number of logged hours and the number of volunteers contributing hours for each Activity Category and graphs the five most active Categories (Table, Charts)
Hours by Category - Filtered Displays the number of logged hours and the number of volunteers contributing hours for each Activity Category and graphs the five most active Categories, filtered on volunteer profile data (Table, Charts) Hours by Activity Report Group Displays the number of logged hours and the number of volunteers
contributing hours for each Activity Report Group and graphs the five most active Report Group (Table) [only available for organizations within a Volunteer Impact Enterprise Edition account]
Hours by Volunteer Displays the hours logged and number of entries logged by each volunteer (Table)
Hours by Volunteer - Filtered Displays the hours logged and number of entries logged, filtered by volunteer profile data (Table)
Category Hours by Activity Displays the number of logged hours and the number of volunteers contributing hours for each Activity within a specific Activity Category and graphs the five most active Activities (Table, Charts)
Activity Hours by Volunteer Displays the number of hours logged and number of entries logged by each volunteer (Table)
Outputs by Volunteers Displays the total for a specific Output for each volunteer and graphs the seven volunteers with the highest outputs (Table, Chart)
Output Totals Displays the total Output for each Output (Table)
Logged Hours Excel Report Individual hours logged by date, category, activity and volunteer exported to Excel for further data analysis (Export)
Outputs Excel Report Individual outputs logged by date, category, activity and volunteer exported to Excel for further data analysis (Export)
Volunteer Profile Excel Reports
Volunteer profile information exported to Excel for further data analysis (Export)
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Schedules
Schedule Descriptions Description of all schedule reports available in this menu All Categories by Date Schedule of volunteers assigned to all activities in all categories
between specified dates, grouped by date (Table)
Single Category by Date Schedule of volunteers assigned to all activities in a specific category between specified dates, grouped by date (Table)
Single Activity by Date Schedule of volunteers assigned to a specific activity between specified dates, grouped by date (Table)
All Categories by Category Schedule of volunteers assigned to all activities in all categories between specified dates, grouped by category (Table)
Single Category by Activity Schedule of volunteers assigned to all activities in a specific category between specified dates, grouped by activity (Table)
All Activities by Volunteer Schedule of volunteers assigned to all activities in all categories between specified dates, grouped by volunteer (Table)
Schedule Export to Excel Activity assignment schedule details exported to Excel for additional filtering or manipulation (Export)
Schedule Summary Export to Excel
Summary of activity/shift details (minimum/maximum needed, number signed up, number assigned, number confirmed) exported to Excel for additional filtering or manipulation (Export)
Configuration
Custom Fields Create and modify custom fields Qualifications Create and modify qualifications
Outputs Create and modify outputs to be used by activities
Committees Create and modify committees
Email Templates Create and modify email templates
Organization Settings Create and modify operational settings for your organization and the signup process
Links for your Website Generate links to add to your website for new people to sign up as volunteers
Edit My Profile Edit your own administrative profile (i.e. the profile you have logged in as)
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