We'd love to help your transition from Church Windows into Breeze go as smoothly as possible.
If you get stuck along the way, have any questions, or would prefer to have us import your data
(at no additional cost), don't hesitate to reach out to our support team.
Exporting Data from Church Windows
Depending on which version of Church Windows you have will determine which instructions set you will use.
Try the first method, and if it doesn't work use the second.
Exporting People: 1st Method
Within Church Windows, navigate to "Membership" > "Reports" > "Directory" > "Export"
Print Membership Reports Window
People Tab:
Select a membership field, choose "Individual #"
Make selections, "Is not Blank"
Click "+ Selection" Button
Check "Members", "Visitors", and "Terminated/Inactive" (if desired)
Click "Next" button (bottom of the screen)
Selections for Membership Report Window
Options Tab
Select "Mail Merge/Export"
Click "+" Button to add report. Name it "Breeze_People"
Click "Select Fields" button. Select All fields
Export Options Section
For File, click the "..." button and select the location of the export file
i.e. C:\Temp\Breeze People.csv
Select "Comma" as the Delimiter
Check "Include year on Birth Date"
Enter in "Breeze People" in to the "Export Name" field.
Click "Export" button (bottom of the screen)
Exporting People: 2nd Method
Within Church Windows, navigate to "Membership"
Click "Contact List" button. It's located at the bottom right corner of the window.
In the Contact List Window click the "Print" button. It's located in the top row of buttons
Report format Window
Select "Mail Merge/Export"
Check "Include year on Birth Date"
Click "New +" Button
Mail Merge/Export Window
Title: Breeze_People
File Name: c:\temp\breeze_people
Separate fields with: {Comma} ()
Uncheck "include at end of record"
Select the fields to import, click "Add all >>" button to get everything
Click "OK" button
Click "Next" Button
When the preview of the report appears the export file has been created at the identified location.
There are 2 versions of Church Windows. If you have the version that has "Donations" then you can export the givings easily.
If you have the version with "Contributions" then you can only export the givings one year at a time to a PDF file, which is hard to
convert properly to Excel.
Exporting Dontaions
Within Church Windows, navigate to "Donations" > "Reports/Export" > "Donation Reports" > " Donations Log Report"
Donations Log Report Window
Filter Tab: Set Date Range
Column Tab: Set Columns & Suppression
Select these Columns:
Trans #
Donation Date
Batch Code
Check #
Account
Amount
Account ID
Account Name
Pymt. Method
Line Item Comments
Giver Name
Giver #
check "Suppress repeating transaction data"
Click "Print" Button
Preview Window
Click the disk icon (Export Docuemnt)
Select "Excel Document"
Save it
Exporting Contributions
Set the Year
Within Church Windows, navigate to "Contributions" > "Special Functions" > "Contribution Profile" > "Change Date"
Select the year
Create PDF
Within Church Windows, navigate to "Contributions" > "Reports" > "Log Report"
Click "Select Printer" button
Select "PDF" if possible, if not available select "XPS"
Click "Next" button
Click "Print All" button
Save PDF
You can only save one year at a time, repeat steps 1 and 2 for each year you want to export.
Importing Data into Breeze
Sign in to your Breeze Account
Click the More tab in the top right
Click Tasks from the dropdown
Click the category on the left that you'd like to import (e.g. People, Giving, Tags, etc)
Download and open the template file
Remove the sample data and populate the template file by copy/pasting applicable columns from your Church Windows exported file(s). Be sure to keep the first row of the template file intact.
Save file as a .csv file type.
When finished, use the same screen to upload your file to complete the import