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# Adding a Ministry to the Ministry Tree

Adding a Ministry to the Ministry Tree

1.Right-click on the ministry (folder) under which this new ministry will report to, and select <Create Ministry>. Or, select the folder and press the <Insert> key on your keyboard.

2.Enter the appropriate information for the new ministry.

Code | •The "short name" as it appears on the tree. •The code must be unique; no other ministry folder can have the same code. •DonorWise always provides a default code. •The code does not have to be in all capital letters or without spaces even though the default code appears that way.
Description | •Additional information if desired. •This description does not need to be unique.
Parent Ministry | •Automatically selected based on where you inserted this new ministry. •This would change automatically if you moved this ministry to a different location using drag-and-drop. In this box, the Code appears on the left of the line, and the Description on the right (they are the same in the above example).
Director | •Who is responsible for this ministry. •You can search for a director using the Contact search box. •A person can be a director of multiple ministry locations.

## Editing a ministry

You can edit any part of the ministry information by right-clicking on the ministry folder.

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