Association Types

Tools > Code Setup > Demographics > Associations > Associations

 

Association A group to which the account, or person on the account, belongs. Ex: Staff, Parent, Alumni. Types define the categories of groups to which accounts may belong.

 

Accounts are assigned associations through the Association page in the Demographic module.

 

 

 

Field	Description
Association	Name of the association (up to 50 characters).
Description	Association description.
Default Sort Order	The order in which it will display and print on reports, in ascending order.
Current Parent Code	Select if the association is used to designate the current parent association. See Create Parent Association for usage.
When becoming former switch code to	If the association is the group used to designate parents (as above), select the association name of the former parent group. When the account flags are refreshed for the next school year, the parents that are no longer parents, will receive the former parent association. See Update Parent Associations to Former for usage.
Print on Report	Select this option if the association should display on reports that show associations. Associations that are internal and should not display on reports should not be checked off..
Allow Duplicates	Select this option if the association may be added more than once to the same account.
Groups ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ	Associations may be assigned a letter to categorize and group associations for easier data entry. The association must belong to at least one letter group in order to display. If the association should be viewed by all users, it may belong to all groups, or to the default A.