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A Social System Map isn’t just a product—it’s a practice. It grows with your network, deepening insight and supporting action.

September 5, 2025 | 2 minutes

Using the ‘Send me my link form’

This article walks through what to do if a map member loses their personal sumApp survey link, or you would like a group of map members to be able to access their personal sumApp link quickly.

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

Archive ‘Send me my link’ Form

Do you have a map member who needs to get back into their sumApp account but can not remember their unique mapping link? We have a new feature for that called the ‘Send me my link’ form! If you are…

January 21, 2025 | 3 minutes

Understanding the URL field on the Bio page

Graph Commons, just like Kumu, is fussy about how your data is structured (hence sumApp. . . .), and has it’s own set of required fields. One of those required fields is called ‘Reference’. It doesn’t have to have actual data in…

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

Adding Members With Pre-Existing Data

Tiers I and II only allow you to load the core fields necessary for sumApp to function – First Name, Last Name, Email(s) (up to 3), and Segment. Tiers III and IV enable you to load more information about each member,…

January 21, 2025 | 4 minutes

Bulk Upload with Pre-existing Data

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…

January 21, 2025 | 3 minutes

Impact on Survey When Loading Pre-Existing Data | Tiers III & IV

Tiers III & IV enable you to incorporate data about your members that you’ve previously acquired into sumApp. 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…

January 21, 2025 | 2 minutes

Custom Survey Filter | Tier IV

Sometimes the segment filter on the connections page just isn’t enough. Your population is huge and you need another variable to help members filter the whole list down to a manageable number. In that case – in a Tier IV…

January 21, 2025 | 7 minutes

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…

January 21, 2025 | 1 minute

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