Core Docs - Church Management - Use Known Relationships

Rock Version: v21.0
Last Modified: 2026-09-11 9:14 AM

Known relationships are a great way to pattern real-world relationships in your database. While Rock comes with several relationship types already configured (Grandparent, Invited By, etc.), you can create new relationships as needed.

Creating A New Relationship Type

Known relationships actually use groups to store their values. Each person in the database has a hidden group that contains all of the individuals with whom the person has a relationship. When you configure known relationships, you’re really configuring the Known Relationship group type.

To add a new relationship type, follow these steps:

When editing the role for a new relationship type, you can decide if that relationship should allow one individual to check in the other by setting the Can Check-in field to Yes. For instance, you may set Can Check-in to Yes on the Grandparent role so that grandparents are allowed to check in their grandchildren.