Staff Maintenance - Relations tab

The Relations tab displays any relatives of the staff member in your organisation's community. Use the Relations tab to:

Note: Relationships represent how one member of the community relates to another. Constituencies define how community members relate to your organisation. For example, the community member can be a student (@SC), staff member (@STF) or debtor (@DEB).

You cannot make any changes to the relative's details on this tab. You can launch into Community Maintenance, if you want to change any details relating to an individual. See Maintaining community members in the Community manual for more information.

To open the Relations tab:

Select Module > Human Resources > Staff Maintenance from the main menu.
Tip: You can also access the staff functions by clicking .
Search for the staff member. See Searching for staff members.
The Personal tab of the Staff Maintenance window is displayed.
Click the Relations tab.
The Relations tab of the Staff Maintenance window is displayed.

Field	Description
Name	Relation's full name.
Address	Relation's address.
Phone BH AH Mob	Relation's contact telephone numbers: during Business Hours during After Hours (home phone) Mobile number.
Use SMS	Select which mobile phone number an SMS (Short Message Service) text message should be sent to, or whether an SMS should not be sent. For example, send an SMS to the person's default number or their personal number.
Use Email	Select which email address an email should be sent to, or whether an email should not be sent.
Receive SMS	Relation's SMS contact (i.e. person that sends the relation SMSs) as defined in the Use SMS field. For example, if Amanda Adamski has her father selected as a Use SMS contact his record will list Amanda as a Receive SMS contact.
Receive Email	Relation's email contact (i.e. person who sends the relation emails) as defined in the Use Email field. For example, if Amanda Adamski has her father selected as a Use Email contact his record will list Amanda as a Receive Email contact.
ID	Staff member's community ID.

Field

Description

Name

Relation's full name.

Address

Relation's address.

Phone BH

Mob

Relation's contact telephone numbers:

during Business Hours
during After Hours (home phone)
Mobile number.

Use SMS

Select which mobile phone number an SMS (Short Message Service) text message should be sent to, or whether an SMS should not be sent. For example, send an SMS to the person's default number or their personal number.

Use Email

Select which email address an email should be sent to, or whether an email should not be sent.

Receive SMS

Relation's SMS contact (i.e. person that sends the relation SMSs) as defined in the Use SMS field.

Community Maintenance - relations tab (Use SMS, cut down)

For example, if Amanda Adamski has her father selected as a Use SMS contact his record will list Amanda as a Receive SMS contact.

Community Maintenance - Relations tab (receives SMS and email)

Receive Email

Relation's email contact (i.e. person who sends the relation emails) as defined in the Use Email field.

Community Maintenance - Relations tab (Use email, cut down)

For example, if Amanda Adamski has her father selected as a Use Email contact his record will list Amanda as a Receive Email contact.

Community Maintenance - Relations tab (receives SMS and email)

Staff member's community ID.

Button	Description
	Add a new relation for the staff member. See Adding new staff relations.
	Delete the selected relationship.
	Send an email to the relation. See Sending emails in the Introduction manual.
	Compose a letter to the relation. See Composing letters with Microsoft Word in the Introduction manual.
	Copy the address details of the selected relation to the Windows clipboard. Go to the Microsoft Windows program you are using and paste the address details into the document you are editing.

Button

Description

Add a new relation for the staff member. See Adding new staff relations.

Delete the selected relationship.

Send an email to the relation. See Sending emails in the Introduction manual.

Compose a letter to the relation. See Composing letters with Microsoft Word in the Introduction manual.

Copy the address details of the selected relation to the Windows clipboard.

Go to the Microsoft Windows program you are using and paste the address details into the document you are editing.

Field	Description
Relation	Relation, from the perspective of the staff member. For example Master Garry Aderman is Karena's Son.
Constituencies	Constituencies that the relation belongs to.
Use SMS	Location to send an SMS to. If blank, no SMS is sent. Note: If field is blank for all relations, then Synergetic reverts to using the Contacts tab under Current Student Maintenance and selects the primary contact.
Use Email	Location to send an email to. If blank, no email is sent. Note: If field is blank for all relations, then Synergetic reverts to using the Contacts tab under Current Student Maintenance and selects the primary contact.
ID	Synergetic ID of the relation.

Field

Description

Relation

Relation, from the perspective of the staff member. For example Master Garry Aderman is Karena's Son.

Constituencies

Constituencies that the relation belongs to.

Use SMS

Location to send an SMS to. If blank, no SMS is sent.

Note: If field is blank for all relations, then Synergetic reverts to using the Contacts tab under Current Student Maintenance and selects the primary contact.

Use Email

Location to send an email to. If blank, no email is sent.

Note: If field is blank for all relations, then Synergetic reverts to using the Contacts tab under Current Student Maintenance and selects the primary contact.

Synergetic ID of the relation.

Tip: Double click on the selected relation to launch Community Maintenance. See Maintaining community members in the Community manual.