{"id":92125,"date":"2024-05-02T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-use-the-worship-service-statistics\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:44:42","password":"","slug":"how-to-use-the-worship-service-statistics","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/framework-agreement-partner\/evangelical-regional-church-in-wuerttemberg\/how-to-use-the-worship-service-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the worship service statistics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make it easier for you to search for and keep track of your church services, we can provide you with reports created specifically for the regional churches in your ChurchTools account. Please contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/contact.church.tools\/help\">support team<\/a> for assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the reports have been entered, you can use them on your own.<br>This guide will show you the best way to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Create facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To use the reports, you must enter the required <em>information<\/em> in the <em>master data<\/em> of <em>the Events module<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find our guide on how to create new <em>facts<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-events\/how-to-create-facts\/\" id=\"7140\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the reports, you\u2019ll need various facts based on which you\u2019d like to categorize your church services.<br>Feel free to use our <strong>five example criteria<\/strong> as a guide for categorizing your church services.<br>Of course, you can name these example criteria yourself according to a scheme that makes sense to you and populate the available <em>dropdown menus<\/em> as needed.<\/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-1ccdadb1 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Any events that you do not <em>categorize<\/em> using the &#8220;Facts&#8221; option will later appear in the report under <em>&#8220;ZZ&#8221; (Uncategorized)<\/em>. This allows you to check whether you have categorized all your church services correctly. If a few are still missing, you can categorize them later so that they are correctly included in the Report.  <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worship service category<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible options: Church services without children&#8217;s programs, children&#8217;s programs, online church services, other events<\/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-1ccdadb1 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">We have intentionally listed the available options for you without spaces. This way, you can easily copy them and paste them into your data records, where you need to list them without spaces. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Facts Changes in Dataset\" class=\"wp-image-94751\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2680968553090382;width:429px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset.png 946w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-i-Dataset-360x284.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-person church services (excluding children&#8217;s services)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible options: Standard, Family Service, Youth Service, Invokavit, Good Friday, Harvest Festival, First Sunday of Advent, Christmas Eve, End-of-Year Service <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Facts Changes in Dataset\" class=\"wp-image-94754\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2700428147215357;width:421px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2.png 950w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-2-360x283.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Children&#8217;s church services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible options: Children&#8217;s worship service (general), Sunday children&#8217;s worship service, Invokavit, Children&#8217;s worship service for elementary school students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Facts Changes in Dataset\" class=\"wp-image-94758\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2700428147215357;width:427px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3.png 950w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-3-360x283.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital church services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible options: Digital worship services in general; exclusively for the Internet, radio, and television<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Facts Changes in Dataset\" class=\"wp-image-94761\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2700428147215357;width:431px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4.png 950w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-4-360x283.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Communion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Possible options: Yes, No<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Facts Changes in Dataset\" class=\"wp-image-94763\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2639894261236118;width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5.png 948w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Facts_Changes-in-Dataset-5-360x285.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Create an event template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, it makes sense to create event templates for your various church services and set them up so that the facts you just created are always added to the event by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find our guide to creating event templates <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/administration-events\/how-to-create-an-event-template\/\" id=\"7138\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for each type of worship service that you want to include in your statistics, you need a separate template in which you have filled in the appropriate categorization based on the data you&#8217;ve collected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an event template for a <em>family worship service<\/em>, the selection of facts might look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Template_Facts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Template_Facts.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Events Template Facts\" class=\"wp-image-94767\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1460809712064353;width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Template_Facts.png 706w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Template_Facts-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Events_Template_Facts-360x314.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Create appointments with associated events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to create new worship services in ChurchTools, it&#8217;s best to create a new <em>appointment<\/em> with <em>an<\/em> associated <em>event<\/em> directly in <em>the Calendar module<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find out how to do that <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-to-create-an-appointment-with-an-event\/\" id=\"7540\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s important that you use one of the templates you just created\u2014the one where you&#8217;ve entered the new information\u2014as your event template.<\/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-1ccdadb1 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">After you&#8217;ve entered all the appointment details and selected the event template, you can save an <em>appointment template<\/em> before <em>saving<\/em> your appointment, which will make it easier to create future appointments using that event template.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"88\" class=\"wp-image-94771\" style=\"width: 450px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Calendar Appointment Event Save appointment as template\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template.png 846w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-360x37.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use different <em>calendars<\/em> for your various <em>church services<\/em>, you can also assign the appropriate <em>event template<\/em> to each calendar, which will then always be used whenever you create <em>an event<\/em> in that calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out how it works <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/create-administer-calendars\/13-how-to-save-an-event-template-for-a-specific-calendar\/\" id=\"7545\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Retrieve report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you created your worship services using the event templates or entered the relevant information manually, you can view the worship service statistics in the <em>Reports module<\/em> (1).<br>To do this, select the <em>Ad Hoc Report<\/em> (2) <em>\u201cService Statistics\u201d<\/em> (3) and specify which <em>report<\/em> (4) you\u2019d like to view (<em>number of events<\/em>, <em>number of attendees<\/em>, or <em>frequency of Communion<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you click &#8221; <em>Run Query<\/em> &#8221; (5), the desired statistics will be displayed, and you can further filter the results by <em>year<\/em> (6) and <em>month<\/em> (7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Calendar Appointment Event Save appointment as template\" class=\"wp-image-94771\" style=\"aspect-ratio:9.613458783621173;width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template.png 846w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-768x80.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Calendar_Appointment_Event_Save-appointment-as-template-360x37.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find our detailed instructions for retrieving <em>ad hoc reports<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adhoc-reports-en\/how-do-i-use-an-ad-hoc-report\/\" id=\"7607\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make it easier for you to search for and keep track of your church services, we can provide you with reports created specifically for the regional churches in your ChurchTools account. 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