
Settings tab in groups
Why Group Settings Matter
The right group configuration ensures:- Staff can efficiently document services
- Members receive appropriate care and support
- Documentation meets compliance requirements
- Service tracking aligns with billing needs
Settings Explained
Here’s a detailed breakdown of all group settings and what they control:Service Record Settings
Enable Service Records
Enable Service Records
- Default Setting: Enabled
- Description: Controls the overall service record functionality for the group. When disabled:
- No new service records can be created
- Existing records remain accessible but locked
- All service record features are deactivated
Enable Attendance
Enable Attendance
- Default Setting: Enabled
- Description: Adds Present/Absent tracking to service records
- Note: Required for time tracking features
- Impact: Enables attendance reporting capabilities
Enable Time Tracking Events
Enable Time Tracking Events
- Default Setting: Enabled
- Description: Allows tracking of service duration and timing
- Requirements: Attendance must be enabled
Automatic Stop Time
Automatic Stop Time
- Default Setting: 11:59 PM
- Description: Sets a daily cutoff time at which all active time tracking sessions will automatically stop.
- Use Case: Useful for programs with fixed end times, ensuring time tracking does not run indefinitely if staff forget to stop it manually.
Show Absent Note
Show Absent Note
- Default Setting: Disabled
- Description: When enabled, a dialog will prompt staff to add an optional reason after marking a member absent.
- Purpose: Helps organizations capture context around absences for reporting and compliance purposes.
Documentation Settings
Required Note for Signing
Required Note for Signing
- Default Setting: Enabled
- Description: Makes note entry mandatory before signing service records
- Purpose: Ensures proper documentation of services
- Impact: Staff cannot sign records without completing notes
Required Documentation Template
Required Documentation Template
- Default Setting: Default Template
- Description: Sets the automatic template for new service records
- Contents: Default template includes:
- Total Time Spent with member
- Progress review
- Additional Notes
- Note: Template completion is required
Allow Multiple Notes
Allow Multiple Notes
- Default Setting: Enabled
- Description: Enables multiple note attachments per service record
- Benefit: Allows multiple staff members to contribute documentation
- Use Case: Ideal for collaborative care settings
Staff Settings
Default Staff Assignment
Default Staff Assignment
- Default Setting: Default to you
- Description: Sets the automatic staff assignment for new service records
- Flexibility: Can be modified per individual record
- Purpose: Streamlines record creation process
Enable Staff Hours
Enable Staff Hours
- Default Setting: Disabled
- Description: When enabled, each staff note will have its own time tracking, separate from member time tracking.
- Use Case: Ideal for programs that need to track staff hours independently from the time spent with individual members.
Notifications
Group-level notifications keep admins and staff informed without requiring them to manually check the platform. There are three configurable notification types:Signing Reminders
Signing Reminders
- Description: Automatically emails staff when they have unsigned service records or even if all notes are signed.
- Purpose: Reduces incomplete documentation and helps organizations stay compliant.
Summary Reports
Summary Reports
- Description: Sends a daily digest of unsigned notes to selected admins.
- Purpose: Gives supervisors a consolidated view of outstanding documentation across the group.
Time Tracking Notifications
Time Tracking Notifications
- Description: Sends a summary of active or ended time tracking sessions to selected admins.
- Purpose: Helps supervisors identify sessions that may have been left running unintentionally.
These settings can be adjusted at any time by group administrators. Changes will affect new service records but won’t impact existing records.
Danger Zone
Import Settings
Import Settings
- Description: Overwrites this group’s settings with the settings from another group.
- Use Case: Useful when setting up multiple groups with identical configurations. Configure one group first, then import those settings to others to save time.
Delete Group
Delete Group

