A tour of the staff dashboard
On this page
The staff dashboard is where your church’s staff run HoW: people, the website, groups, events, serving, messages, the store and reports. Everyone sees the same layout; what is in the menu depends on your role.
The top bar
- The HoW logo and your church’s name, on the left.
- Search (the magnifying glass, or Ctrl+K, ⌘K on a Mac): type a screen’s name, such as “Events”, and press Enter to go there. “Help center” opens this help center in a new tab.
- Light and dark: the sun or moon switches the dashboard between the two.
- The account menu (your initial): your email and church, Security (two-step verification), Help center (a new tab) and Sign out.
On a phone, the menu on the left folds behind the button with three lines.
The menu on the left
| Screen | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Home | Welcome, your church’s status and time zone, and the address the dashboard is served on. |
| People | Everyone your church knows, their households, tags, who can be contacted, imports and duplicates. |
| Care | Prayer and help requests. |
| Membership | Membership pathways and where each person stands. |
| Communications | Email and text campaigns, audiences, templates, senders and the texting inbox. |
| Website | Pages, menus, images, forms, the theme and your domain. |
| Groups | Small groups, classes and teams, with their seasons and rosters. |
| Events | Events, their dates, registrations and payments. |
| Check-in | The station for a tablet at the door. |
| Services | Volunteer seasons, positions and the schedule. |
| Store | Products and orders. |
| Reports | Attendance, participation, registrations and messaging. |
| Campuses | Your buildings, their addresses and service times. |
| Team | Who can sign in, their roles and campuses, and your church’s own roles. |
| Support access | Let DCX Logic support look at your account for a while. |
| Settings | Payments, messaging, time zone and the church’s other settings. |
Why a colleague sees more
Each screen appears only when your role allows it and your church’s plan includes it. Staff see People but not Settings; a group leader sees only the groups they lead; Check-in is for owners and administrators. If you need a screen you do not see, ask your church’s owner or an administrator to change your role on Team (see Your team). A screen your plan does not include is listed in Your plan.
How screens work
- Lists have a search box and filters at the top; choose a row to open it in a panel on the right.
- Changes are saved with the button that names them (Save group, Add event); nothing saves by itself.
- Something failed? A red message ends with a reference such as E-7K3Q-9MZD. Send it to DCX Logic support: it tells them exactly what happened.
What DCX Logic support can do
Explain any screen, and, through Support access when you allow it, look at your account with you.