All Pending Commitments are converted by the system to “Completed” status 90 days after the expiration date of the need in order to move that commitment off of the “pending list” of the organization. We assume that the person who met the need is not likely to “Complete” the need and enter a testimonial 90 days after the need has expired. Individuals can complete commitments themselves by logging into their personal account/Dashboard, clicking on My Pending Commitments, clicking the Complete button for that commitment, and entering a testimonial.

This report shows all the individuals or groups who have agreed to meet a current need posted by your organization. It provides an easy way to look up each person by name, group affiliation or other search criteria. When an individual, group, church or charity agrees to donate items or volunteer time to meet a need, the Key Contact of the organization who posted the need will see each donor’s contact information, the need they met, the date they agreed to meet the need, and the church or company they are associated with (if applicable). The Key Contact will also receive an automated e-mail confirming who has agreed to meet each need. Likewise, the donor will receive an e-mail with instructions for next steps to meet that need.

On this report, Key Contacts can:

• Enter any identifying information about a particular individual or group to see all of their outstanding commitments
• Select from drop down boxes to narrow all commitments by the categories or subcategories of goods or services provided to the organization, families, mission trips, missionaries or events
• Sort Pending Commitments by a wide variety of date ranges (e.g. to follow up with those who have not “completed” promised commitments within a certain period of time)
• View contact details and organizational affiliation (church or company) of each individual or group, the need they agreed to met, date need is to be met, date they made the commitment, difference between the date the commitment was made and today’s date, and the number of items or volunteers committed
• View data, graphs and charts showing key metrics for total commitments (those displayed based on your search criteria above) to meet needs posted by your organization by date range and need type. Metrics include the number of volunteers, items, volunteer hours and other summary level statistics.
• Automatically generate a CSV report showing all of the data for the commitments displayed in the table based on your search criteria.

Filled Needs are those that have been fully met (e. g. 10 items or volunteers are needed, and all 10 have been “claimed” by individuals). Filled Needs are color-coded Green. Filled Needs no longer appear in search results. If more items are needed, filled needs may be edited to increase the Quantity Needed. The need will then reappear on the search results requesting the number of additional items or volunteer spots you entered. That need will also move from Filled Needs to Open & Partially Filled Needs in that scenario since it is now only partially filled. Similarly, if a volunteer shift or resource need is filled and someone who has agreed to meet that need Cancels or Decreases the # of volunteers or items they plan to provide, that need will become unfilled again and will return to Open & Partially Filled Needs (needing the number of additional volunteers or items that were cancelled or decreased).

On this report, Key Contacts can:

• Edit any details about a need, including increasing the quantity needed so that the need reappears on the search results again
• Edit specific occurrences of a recurring need
• Add Shifts to a recurring need, loading in additional times for a volunteer need that day
• See all Details about every individual or group who has agreed to meet (or partially meet) that need
• Deactivate the need
• Alter the View Status of the need to make it Public, Private or Semi-Private
• Audit commitments in order to ensure accurate reporting of the fulfillment of commitments (i.e. cancel no-shows, change hours or quantities) and record other changes to those commitments via the Edit Need Response button
• Email all those who have signed up to meet that need or email just those who have completed their commitments, cancelled or are still pending
• Duplicate needs, avoiding the need to reenter information

This report shows details about needs that have been posted in the past by your organization, including all contact details for each person who met every need. Expired needs are those where the Date Needed by: is prior to the current date. Expired needs no longer appear in search results.

On this report, Key Contacts can:

• Edit any details about a need, including changing the Date Needed By to a future date in order to reactivate a need so that it reappears on the search results again
• Edit specific occurrences of a recurring need
• Add Shifts to a recurring need, loading in additional times for a volunteer need that day
• See all Details about every individual or group who has agreed to meet (or partially meet) that need
• Deactivate the need
• Alter the View Status of the need to make it Public, Private or Semi-Private
• Audit commitments in order to ensure accurate reporting of the fulfillment of commitments (i.e. cancel no-shows, change hours or quantities) and record other changes to those commitments via the Edit Need Response button
• Email all those who have signed up to meet that need or email just those who have completed their commitments, cancelled or are still pending
• Duplicate needs, avoiding the need to reenter information

A report showing all needs your organization has posted which are either Open (those not met at all, in Red) or have been Partially Filled (those where a portion has been met, but not fully – in Orange).

On this report, Key Contacts can:

• Edit any details about a need (e.g. description, quantity needed, recurrence frequency)
• Edit specific occurrences of a recurring need
• Add Shifts to a recurring need, loading in additional times for a volunteer need that day
• See all Details about every individual or group who has agreed to meet (or partially meet) that need
• Deactivate the need
• Alter the View Status of the need to make it Public, Private or Semi-Private
• Audit commitments in order to ensure accurate reporting of the fulfillment of commitments (i.e. cancel no-shows, change hours or quantities) and record other changes to those commitments via the Edit Need Response button
• Email all those who have signed up to meet that need or email just those who have completed their commitments, cancelled or are still pending
• Duplicate needs, avoiding the need to reenter information

MTN does not allow you to delete old needs or data from your dashboard and we do not currently archive data, so your reports will show all data from previous years/months. Select the date range for the information you want to see and export historical data if you would like to do additional analysis.

On your main Dashboard, click the View ____ Needs / Reports buttons shown for each module to see detailed reports about your need you have posted for volunteers, Items, events, families, missionaries or mission trips.

Yes, all the reports and data tables (e.g. members, assistance history, commitment activity) available to you through Meet The Need can be exported to a CSV file and manipulated as you need them. Look for the Export links on each report page.

On your main Dashboard page, make sure you are on the Dashboard of the right organization by reading the header at the top left corner. To switch Dashboards to another organization, click the Select Other Organization drop down in the top right corner of your Dashboard next to the Dashboard icon. Then click on the View Needs/Reports button for the applicable module. The Open/Partially Filled Needs report shows needs that you just posted which have not been met or only partially met. Filled Needs shows needs that have been fully met and not yet expired (not past the selected Expiration Date). Expired Needs shows needs you posted that are past the Expiration Date of the need.

Each of those reports includes details about who has agreed to meet each of the needs you have posted, including all contact information and whether they signed up on your site or another local site. You can also duplicate, add shifts or edit all needs posted by your organization on those pages.

Click the Pending Commitments and Completed Commitments buttons to run historical reports showing commitment details and key statistical data across all of your needs on tables, graphs, charts, etc.