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Most network maps are static snapshots. Social System Maps evolve over time—just like the people and relationships they represent.

How to Change the Date Format in Excel to a Different Locale Other than English (USA)

Link for Walk-through Method 1: How to change the Date Format in Excel Link for Walk-through Method 2: How to change the Date Format in Excel

The Status Report

The ‘Status Report’ in sumApp helps you access a CSV file with all of your map members’ overall information. Why would you find the Status Report helpful? What the Status Report includes How to find the status report (It is…

Importing Connections from Another Project | Tier IV

Many of our customers work with different networks that have overlapping members. It is usually the case that each network will be managed in a separate sumApp project, be shown in it’s own Kumu map and have different kinds of…

Introduction to The sumApp Data Management Tab

The sumApp Data Management Tab enables you to: The Three Ways of Getting Your Data Into Kumu Understanding the Connection Import

Using the Graph Commons data output

sumApp now works with both Kumu AND Graph Commons! Graph Commons is an Open Source graph visualization platform that does most things differently from Kumu, and it does some things much better. So to give our sumApp users the best of both worlds,…

Understanding Your Data Flow Options

sumApp is a tool designed to GATHER your network data in an easy, user-friendly platform. Once you have your data coming in, you need to get it into Kumu so that you can visualize and share it. There are 3…

Turning Data-Flows Into a Practice

Moving data around is by far the most confusing, time-consuming, mind-numbing part of data-visualization. It’s the part of this whole mapping process with the most potential to drag you down a nasty rabbit-hole and cause you to beat your head…

Instructions for Using Tim’s Header Maker – Simplified Version

Instructions for Tim’s Header MakerSimplified VersionMar 25, 2024 Video Tutorial 25 minutes Existing Tech Required: Purpose: Create your copy of the Header Maker Make your own copy of the Header Maker in a Google Folder The first time you use…

Instructions for Using Tim’s Header Maker Part 2

Instructions for Tim’s Header MakerPublic Full VersionJul 25, 2024 Video Tutorial 25 minutes Existing Tech Required: Part II – Preparing Pre-Existing Data Before you begin Pre-existing data is defined in sumApp as a dataset to upload into sumApp that has the…

How To Load Pre-Existing Data Into sumApp | Tiers III & IV

What Is ‘Pre-Existing’ Data? Pre-existing data is information about your members that you’ve already gathered from other sources. For instance, you may have street addresses, organization names, titles or other info from event registration forms. Or you may have information…

sumApp Member View | Connections Page | Filter by Segment

1. Click “Connections” to find members you want to add a connection

Steps to Manually Add a Segment in sumApp from ‘Manage Members’ Page

1. From ‘My Projects’, select the ‘Manage’ drop-down for

Manage Invitations

See a list of all members in your project. Send an invitation email to your memb

Use ‘Manage’ Button to Access All Your Project Pages

Click ‘Manage’ button to access your project management pages. Edit

Delete a Project

A project you no longer need can be: Deleted completely Deletion is not reversib

Manage Your Subscription

Cancel your subscription. Return to sumApp. Remove a payment method. Add a payme

Editing a Member Record

Once a member has joined your Social System Map, either the member can edit thei

Editing a Member Record as a Map Member from ‘My Preferences’

1. From your project profile, click ‘My preferences’. 2. Make change

sumApp Member View | My Preferences

Add Members

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The Storytelling Mode

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