Creating lists of related constituents
In this article:
- Introduction
- Leveraging your relationship coding for better data analysis
- Examples of the uses of related lists
- Build a related list
Introduction
Related Lists allow you to pull giving data from related constituents into any search you create. They also make building lists more powerful in general because they open up a whole new way to use your relationship data.
Leveraging your relationship coding for better data analysis
To leverage the relationships you've defined in your account, you can create a list of related constituents that is based on their relationships to other constituents. Here are four steps to follow to do this:
- Create a list of constituents whose relations you want to view or report on
- Within this new list, add a Related List of constituents who are related (you can select which relationship types to include)
- Once you save it, the related list becomes a constituent list in its own right
- The related list is now available as a search criterion anywhere you can search in LGL
What this means is that you can create a related list such as "Parents of the Class of 2020" or "Friends of Board Members" by building a list containing those in the class of 2020 or your board members, respectively. You can then search for this list from the Constituents, Fundraising, Mailings, or Activity tabs, or from anywhere in LGL where you can create an advanced search (for example, as you create a fund, campaign, event, appeal, mailing, or email you want to send to your related list).
Caveats for building related lists
The requirements around building lists of related constituents are that:
- They must have a reciprocal relationship set up with the constituents in the list you are creating
- The relationship must be properly coded
Examples of the uses of related lists
Here are some examples of what a related list can be used for:
- Creating a relationship list
- Making an appeal or event segment
- Inviting relatives to a party
- Fundraising by view for a specific list of relatives
- Seeing contact reports for grandparents of students
- Creating a LYBUNT report for a specific set of relatives
Build a related list
To build a related list, go to List Manager and build a list containing constituents whose relations you are targeting. Then, when you have saved your list, click the Related List tab for your original list to build your related list. Click the Add related list button:
Choose the applicable relationship type/s and a name for your related list:
And then, once you have saved your related list:
...you will be able to use it wherever you are creating a search to pull in these constituents, for instance, in creating an email or a mailing, or by exporting the results to create a report:
