Weekend Dashboard
A snapshot into the weekend service metrics of Real Life.
Donors
The people behind the giving — top givers, first-time givers, and how broadly generosity is shared across the church.
Top Givers
Ranked by total in the selected period. Click a name to open it in PCO.
Largest Gifts
Individual gifts in the selected period, largest first
Donors by Giving Level
Distinct named donors in each total-given band for the period
Make Room
Campaign Giving Over Time
Cumulative given vs the straight-line pace from the Nov 15, 2026 launch to the goal — pre-launch giving is a head start
Pledge and donor detail is visible to the executive permission levels only.
Pledge Fulfillment
Every pledge — pledged vs given to date (PCO-tracked; in-kind gifts like property count toward their giver's pledge). Click a name to open PCO.
Top Campaign Givers
Total given to the fund — couples combined, pledgers and non-pledgers
Largest Single Gifts
Every individual gift to the fund, largest first
General
Your account
You sign in with Planning Center, so your name and photo come from your Planning Center profile.
Your preferences
Saved to your sign-in, so your phone and laptop always match.
Access
Executive access opens Donors, Make Room's donor tables, and Custom Reports. Everyone else on staff sees the rest of the dashboard.
Data sync
Planning Center and Stripe sync on a schedule, so you shouldn't need to step in.
Appearance
Theme
The ☾ button next to your name still switches it quickly.
Sidebar
Start with the sidebar open, or collapsed to icons for more room. Smaller laptop screens always start collapsed.
Dashboard defaults
Start page
The page that opens when you visit the dashboard.
Campus
Pre-selects the campus filter whenever the dashboard opens. You can still switch campuses any time from the top bar.
Year view
How the year-to-date pages count a year when the dashboard opens. The Period picker still switches it any time.
Executive access
People with access
They can open Donors, Make Room's donor tables, and Custom Reports. Changes apply right away, with no need to sign in again. The Owner entry is set on the server so you can never lock yourself out; it can only be removed in Railway.
Give someone access
Search Planning Center by name. Profile photos help you pick the right person.
Staff activity
Everyone who has signed in to the dashboard or directory. "Last seen" updates while they're using it (15-minute resolution); sessions last 30 days, so sign-ins are much rarer than visits.
Data sync
How syncing works
The dashboard copies data from Planning Center and Stripe into its own database so pages load fast, and keeps that copy current on its own:
Sync by hand only when you need something sooner, like right after finance enters a batch.
Sync everything
Runs every source, one after another. Only one sync runs at a time, so these unlock when it finishes.
It re-reads three years of history from Planning Center and Stripe for every source. While it runs:
- No other sync runs, including the hourly sync and Sunday's live updates. Don't start it on a Sunday.
- An update to the dashboard stops it partway. If that happens, start it again.
Use it after a big cleanup in Planning Center, like merging a lot of people or fixing old records.
Sources
Sync one source on its own. Each looks back 3 days and usually takes a minute or two.
Preview as staff
View as non-executive
See the dashboard the way staff without executive access see it. Donors and Make Room's donor detail disappear for you until you turn this off. It only changes what this browser shows; your admin access and Settings are never affected.
Custom Reports
Describe the report you want in plain English — the builder pulls real numbers and lays the report out as a card below. Reports stay on your profile until you remove them.
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Service Breakdown
Monthly Average Weekly Kids Attendance
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly Kids by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Ministry Bucket Mix · Year to Date
Average per Sunday in each ministry bucket, year to date
Weekly Student Attendance
All campuses, last 26 weeks
Middle School vs High School · Year to Date
Average per week, students only (team members and parents excluded)
Boys vs Girls · Year to Date
Average per week. Orlando doesn't split locations by gender, so its check-ins land in "Unknown" and are omitted from the totals.
Weekly Young Adults Attendance
All campuses, last 12 months
RL Family Care
Our church family
Community Care
People outside the church
Staff Care
Our staff
Care by Month
Each month's care, split by who received it.
How We Helped
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Focus Areas
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Care & Support Groups
Active groups tagged Support in Planning Center Groups.
Engagement Frequency
All campuses
Community Breakdown
All campuses
Groups Snapshot
All campuses
Group Sizes
Joined a Group
All Groups
| Group | Campus | Members |
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Rise & Flourish
All campuses
Attendance by Night
All campuses
Attendance Frequency
Kids Care
Monthly New Here
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly New Here by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Monthly Baptisms
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly Baptisms by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Serving Frequency
All campuses
Monthly Unique People Serving
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly Unique Servers by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Monthly DRL Outcomes
DRL attendees by month, colored by whether they've become members
Monthly DRL Attendance by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Monthly Class Attendance
Sessions attended per month, by class — selected year
Monthly Average Weekly Attendance
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly Attendance by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus
Reach
How many people Real Life actually reaches — beyond any single Sunday
Monthly Average Weekly Giving
This year vs last year, by month
Monthly Giving by Campus
This calendar year only, by campus