{"id":41525,"date":"2024-07-19T12:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/roles-and-role-categories\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:43:11","password":"","slug":"roles-and-role-categories","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-events\/roles-and-role-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Roles and Role categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roles and Role categories &#8211; sound very similar, but fulfill completely different tasks in event planning. Both are created in the master data of the <em>Events<\/em> module. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Role categories<\/strong> are used to summarize individual Roles of a task area in order to gain a better overview. They are displayed in <strong>columns<\/strong> in the <em>duty roster<\/em>.<br>An example: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcome Team  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories.png\" alt=\"Events -&gt; Rota -&gt; Rota categories\" class=\"wp-image-41534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories.png 1742w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rorta_Rota-categories-360x156.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1742px) 100vw, 1742px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You have the option of assigning Role categories to a <em>campus<\/em> and <em>hiding them in the roster by default<\/em>. This creates an overview. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roles<\/strong> are tasks that are filled by people involved in the event. They are displayed <strong>one below the other in the column of the assigned Role categories<\/strong> and can be used in any number of events.<br>In our example: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preaching and leadership in the Role categorie Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sound, light and projector in the Role categorie Technics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worship Leader, Vocal 1, Vocal 2 and A-Guitar in the Role categories Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stewards Team Leader, Steward 1 and Steward 2 in the Welcome Team Role categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1762\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries.png\" alt=\"Events -&gt; Rota -&gt; Rota categories -&gt; Ministries\" class=\"wp-image-41537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries.png 1762w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries-768x207.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries-1536x413.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Events_Rota_Rota-categories_Ministries-360x97.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1762px) 100vw, 1762px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Ideally, you should assign Roles to one or more groups of the Service type from the <em>Groups<\/em> module to enable semi-automatic rostering.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Article to read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-modules\/verwalten-events\/40-wie-lege-ich-eine-dienstkategorie-an\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7137\">How do I create a Role categories?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-events\/how-to-create-a-service\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7139\">How do I create a Roles?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-modules\/events-planen\/40-wie-passe-ich-dienste-fur-mein-event-an\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7142\">How do I customize Roles for my event?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roles and Role categories &#8211; sound very similar, but fulfill completely different tasks in event planning. Both are created in the master data of the Events module. Role categories are used to summarize individual Roles of a task area in order to gain a better overview. 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