Core Docs - Engagement - Administer Group Types

Rock Version: v20.0
Last Modified: 2026-05-01 1:40 PM

You administrate group types under Admin Tools > Settings > General > Group Types. When adding or modifying a group type there are many areas of configuration, as pictured below:

Let's look at the different Group Types settings you can configure in the Group Type Detail block.

General

Defines the overall purpose, identity and hierarchical relationships of the group type, including what it inherits and what children it can contain.

Purpose & Structure

Advanced Purpose & Structure

Location & Scheduling

Capacity & Status

Advanced Capacity & Status

Record source & group-specific settings

System Management

Advanced System Management

Display Options

Customize how groups of this type appear throughout Rock to ensure the terminology matches your organization's culture.

Roles

People often have special roles in groups. Some are leaders; others have unique duties. To help differentiate the members of a group, you can give each a Group Member Role. The list of possible roles is defined on the group type. For more information on the roles available, you can check out the article on Group Members.  

Family Roles
As noted above, roles are defined on the group type. While we encourage you to add roles as needed in general, we recommend against adding new roles to Family group types. Using values other than “Adult” or “Child” may cause issues with certain system processes, such as determining Age Classification.

Attributes

Attributes let you capture custom information about your groups and the people in them.

Optional Features

Rock gives you several powerful features you can enable to make managing your groups even easier. You will see these sections appear as you scroll down the page. Click on the following links to learn more about each concept.

Advanced Features

These features allow for deeper automation and criteria-based membership within your groups.