1. ParishSOFT Data Management
“…the development, execution and supervision of plans, policies, programs and practices that control, protect, deliver and enhance the value of data and information assets.“ definition taken from

2. Items to go over
How to access and use the Connect Now (CN) DDM Reports
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
How to check data for possible issues
Brief intro into duplicates(Duplicate Families)

3. Using the Connect Now (CN) DDM Reports
Go over the “doc on how to run report in connect now.docx”

4. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
Located on ITS’s (Information Services Website)
Registration Status for Family (DSB-1001)
Data Entry Standards when Adding a New Family (DSB-1003)

5. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) Continued
Pastoral Center Input of New Families (DSB-1009)
Invalid Mailing Address (DSB-1008)
Database Performance (DSB-1005)

6. How to Check Data for Possible Issues
Family Directory Main Screen

7. Check Data for Possible Issues Continued
Reports
Family Filtering and Sorting
Member Filtering and Sorting
Custom Queries
Link on ITS’s Website called custom queries

8. Duplicate Checker
A video explaining how to use the Duplicate checker program can be found at:
And click on the link: Finding and Resolving Duplicates
Best Practices Document:

9. Duplicate Checker (Continued)
When working with Duplicate checker there is a chance that the master and duplicate family can be switched please refer to the following document for help on this:

10. Questions
Food for thought: Data while just information can tell us a lot. What information are you wanting to know and is it possible to get that information from your data?