Move, Change, Merge, Split or Delete Congregation

New World Scheduler only allows you to have one Congregation at a time. This is true for both NWS Desktop, NWS Mobile and NW Publisher app.

If you move to another congregation, you will need to either Change or Delete your congregation.

Change (or Move) Congregation

Delete Congregation

Permanently Delete All Data

Congregation Merging

Congregation Splitting

Change (or Move) Congregation

If a brother is moving to another congregation, he should follow these instructions.

NWS Desktop

  1. Open NWS Desktop
  2. Select Congregation
  3. Click the Delete Congregation button (bottom-right)
  4. DO NOT tick Also Remove this Congregation from Sharing?
  5. DO NOT tick Also Disable the App?
  6. Click Confirm
  7. Close NWS Desktop
  8. Open NWS Desktop
  9. At Getting Started, choose either
NW Scheduler Delete Congregation New World Scheduler

NWS Mobile

  1. Open NWS Mobile
  2. Tap Settings (top-right) > Disconnect
  3. Confirm

Congregation Merging

It is not possible to automatically merge two New World Scheduler congregations.

However, there are two ways to combine the New World Scheduler data from 2 or more congregations.

  • For example, two congregations might be physically merging, or brothers might have created multiple New World Scheduler congregations by mistake.

Option 1

  1. Open NWS Desktop for the 1st New World Scheduler congregation:
  2. Open NWS Desktop for the 2nd New World Scheduler congregation:
    • Import this data.

Option 2

  1. Open NWS Desktop for the 1st New World Scheduler congregation
  2. Click Congregation > Backup all Data
  3. Copy the backup to USB or similar
  4. Open NWS Desktop for the 2nd New World Scheduler congregation
  5. Click Congregation > Restore Data
  6. Select the 1st congregation Backup file and select the specific data you wish to import.

Congregation Splitting

The easiest way to handle a congregation split is to create a New Congregation for the smaller of the two new congregations, and continue to use existing congregation for the larger one.

Next, export the required persons and import them into the new congregation.

Finally, change the existing Congregation Name and other details in Congregation Information, and remove the exported persons.

The process would be as follows:

  1. In NWS Desktop, create a new Congregation on another computer
  2. Using the existing New World Scheduler congregation, export the required persons from the existing congregation and import them into the new congregation
    • Note: As you will be transferring many persons, you should first create a new Field Service Group called “Transfer” or similar, then move these persons into this group. Then when Transferring the persons, you can select the “Transfer” group and  only transfer those persons.
  3. Remove those persons from the existing congregation.
  4. Update the name and other details of the existing congregation.

Since it is not possible to have multiple congregations on 1 computer, you will need the assistance of other brothers to create and setup the new congregations.

Delete Congregation

NWS Desktop

  • Note: Deleting a congregation will delete that congregation and all data from your local computer, and optionally from the Sharing and App Server. This cannot be undone! However, any Automatic or manual Backups will still exist and not be deleted, so you could always restore from Backup.
  1. Open NWS Desktop
  2. Select Congregation
  3. Click the Delete Congregation button (bottom-right)
  4. Optionally: tick or untick Also Remove this Congregation from Sharing?
    • Note: Only tick this if no other persons in your congregation still use New World Scheduler!
    • Note: If you are moving congregations and the rest of the brothers will continue to use New World Scheduler, DO NOT tick this.
  5. Optionally: tick or untick Also Disable the App?
    • Note: Only tick this if you want to permanently disable the app for all persons.
    • Note: If you are moving congregations and the rest of the brothers will continue to use New World Scheduler, DO NOT tick this.
  6. Click Confirm
  7. Optionally: see Completely and Permanently Wipe All New World Scheduler Data

NWS Mobile

  1. Open NWS Mobile
  2. Tap Settings (top-right) > Disconnect
  3. Confirm
  • Note: There is no way to also delete the Sharing Server or App Server data from NWS Mobile.

Permanently Delete All Data

Please see Permanently Delete All Data

Backup and Restore

We strongly recommend you are familiar with how to Backup and Restore your data before you start using New World Scheduler.

Please see Backup or Restore Data

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