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Image Collection

An overview of the image collection insight feature that collects and displays images from sub-page views, enhancing visual representation on records.

The image collection record insight pulls a collection of images based on a sub-page view and puts it front and center on the record. It's perfect for showing off group leaders (on the Group record) and family members (on the Contact record). But the sky's the limit, so get creative and share your ideas in the MinistryPlatform Community!

  • The Platform comes pre-loaded with image collection insights so you can see all those smiling faces on day one!
    • Contacts Page: Primary Household members
    • Households Page: Current Household members
    • Groups Page: Current Group Leaders
  • The image collection is based on a sub-page view, so think strategically about where the images you want to to display are located (for example, the Participants tab) and build your view before configuring your insight.
  • The image collection expands to display the number of images available based on the sub-page view.
    Note: The maximum size is 4x4, with a maximum of 16 images.
  • Hover over the image to display the selected record expression.
  • Click an image to open a View Record dialog box and provide an overview. The View Record button takes you to the relevant record.
CAUTION: Record insights should be a quick insight to the record. Perfect for showing group leaders, but not ideal to display all group members.

Add Image Collection Record Insights

MinistryPlatform has a bunch of useful record insights by default. But if you want to add your own, you can do that if you have access to the System Setup section.

Note: Enjoying image mapping? Good news! The image collection honors the Image Reference Field, so it will display the images you see on your sub-page's list layout.
  1. Build your view on the tab of the page that will display the record insight.
  2. In the navigation menu, click System Setup > Insights.
  3. Click New to create a new record insight. Or find one you like, and click Copy.
  4. Add or edit the necessary information:
    1. Title: A clear, concise title for your record insight.
      Note: The title will not display on the image collection record insight.
    2. Page: The page where the record insight will display.
    3. Sub Page View: The view that the images will be sourced from. In our example, the Leaders view on the Participants tab.
    4. Template: The template for this insight.
    5. View Order: The order this insight will display in, from left to right.
    6. Active: Whether the insight will display on the page. If the insight is no longer relevant, set this to No.
  5. Click Save.

Image Collection Template

Copy the template below. Be sure to switch the Template field into source mode before pasting. To do this, click the </> button.

{ImageCollection}