Record Fields

Household ID

Unique database identifier for this Household. Used as the Family Call Number by many churches for Check-In.

Household Name

The last name of one of the Heads of Household.

Address

The physical address where this Household resides. Commas separate the different fields that make up the full address.

Home Phone

The home phone number of the residence. If needed, this can be the mobile phone of one of the Heads of Household.

Congregation

The primary Congregation/Parish where this Household attends worship. See Update a Household Congregation/Parish for strategies to keep this information up-to-date, and see Contact Tracking for why that matters.

Care Person

The individual in your church assigned the responsibility to contact and care for this Household.

Household Source

How this Household heard about the church. Sometimes churches repurpose this list to add the data entry tool or event that added this Household to the database.

Family Call Number

Some churches use this for Check-In, but most do not.

Home Phone Unlisted

Set this value to Yes to remove the Home Phone from the online church directory. An individual can also mark this field as Unlisted using the Online Directory.

Home Address Unlisted

Set this value to Yes to remove the Home Address from the online church directory. An individual can also mark this field as Unlisted uisng the Online Directory.

Bulk Mail Opt-Out

Set this value to Yes to remove this address from general mailings.

Note: This field does not automatically remove this Household from mailings. Each time, you must actively exclude Bulk Email Opt Out addresses using the Advanced Search Tool to create Views that honor this preference, or use the Trim Selection Tool to remove people with this preference from the selection.

First Donation

The first date any member of the Household/Family made or scheduled a donation. A nightly routine updates this value.

Last Donation

The last date any member of the Household/Family made or scheduled a donation. A nightly routine updates this value.

Last Activity

The last date any member of this Household gave, pledged, responded to an Opportunity, attended an Event, or joined a Group. For some Groups, just being in them counts as recent activity. A nightly routine updates this value.

Alternate Mailing Address

The alternate physical address where this Household resides for a portion of the year (for example, college, summer home, snowbird, and so on.).

Note: Many, but not all, reports honor this field.

Season Start and Season End

The dates when specific reports begin using and stop using the alternate mailing address. If there is an alternate address and these fields are blank, reports always use the alternate address. If there is only the start date but no end date, reports use the alternate address after the Season Start.

Repeats Annually

If set to Yes, the system will use the Season Start and End dates (month and day) each year.