Image Mapping
Engaging and casual-user focused, MinistryPlatform is filled with images so you can visualize the Contact, Participant, Event, Event Participant, Group, Group Participant, and more at a glance.
- You can still see images in an open record. They're also visible in the list layout. That's right! The list view displays Record Facts and an image. Perfect for the causal user to see what they need to know at a glance.
- Images attach to a record as a file. If an image is attached as a file, it displays on both Pages and Sub-pages based on that table.
- Images are sourced from other Records and no longer require direct attachment to a Record. That means that a Participant Record or even a Group Participant Record could display the image attached to a Contact Record.
- If an image is attached to a record, it displays in that page's Files Panel. But if it is mapped to the record, it does not display in the Files Panel.
- Images are mapped to both Pages and Subpages.
Image Configuration
Images, images everywhere! But how do they get there? We put them there for you at deployment. But we also know you love doing your church your way, so here are some custom mapping tips and tricks.
Custom Mapping
Images are mapped from a Page or Sub-Page's Image Reference Field on .
Note: Sub-pages do not inherit from their Target Page, but each sub-page has its own Image Reference field. Edit rights to and edit rights to to customize your Image Mapping on sub-pages.
Important: Enter the actual, proper field name here. So, if you want to manage the Group Name field, enter "Group_Name." See Table Lookup Convention for additional information.
Default Mapping
At deployment, here are some examples of how images will be mapped.
| Page | Image | Image Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Background Checks | Contact Image | Contact_ID |
| Care Cases | Contact Image | Contact_ID |
| Event Metrics | Event Image | Event_ID |
| Group Participants | Contact Image | Participant_ID_Table.Contact_ID |
| Invoices | Contact Image | Purchaser_Contact_ID |
| Messages | To Contact | To_Contact |
| Needs | Requester Image | Requester_Contact |
| Templates | From Image | From_Contact |
| User Tasks | Contact Image | Assigned_User_ID_Table.Contact_ID |