Activity Tree Hierarchy

This is an introductory-level document to help you understand how your programs, activities, and classes are arranged in an “Activity Tree” hierarchical structure.  It will only cover setting up and editing Menu Categories and Menu Sub Categories.  For information on how to set up specific activities and classes, you will need to be familiar with Activity Categories, Registration Methods, and Registration Questions.   

Carefully planning your hierarchy setup from the start is important as the structure you choose can determine how quickly and efficiently your staff and patrons can identify the activities they want to sign up for.  Your hierarchy also determines the resulting reporting that you will access in Sportsman.

First, you will create main menu categories and then you may create sub-menu categories followed by the specific activities.  For example, a popular option for activities would be to set a top level as a season like Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter including the calendar year. Then under each season header, you may have different programs such as Youth Sports, Swimming Programs, and Fitness Classes.   You can create additional sub-levels such as Soccer, Baseball, Swim Lessons, and Senior Fitness.

Below is a very simple view of an Activity Hierarchy.  It shows 2 Main Level Menu Categories:  Summer 2021 and Winter 2021.   It has several Sub Menu categories:  Programs, Sports, and Swimming.

Prerequisites:  You must have permission to define activities offered by a Sportsman System Administrator to set up your hierarchy and programs.

This Document will cover:

• Menu Categories & Sub Categories

• Editing Categories & Sub Categories

• Moving Items & Expanding Your Tree

• Using the Activity Filter & Find