Creating a script

Scripts are the framework for the activist codes and survey questions used during your team’s canvassing.

Here you will customize a script for your campaign’s unique needs. You can use your script when printing your canvassing sheets. Scripts are also used on the Virtual Phone Bank and in Grid View. In order to insert your Survey Question(s) and Activist Code(s) into the script, you must have already created the Survey Question(s) and have access to the Activist Code(s) that you would like to include in your canvass.

1. Located on the bottom left hand side of the Main Menu, click on the Codes • Questions • Scripts location and then click Scripts.

2. Here, you will be able to view and manage all your custom scripts. To add a new script, click Add New Script in the upper right hand corner.

3. Give your script a name, description and determine if it should be under My Voter File or Shared Contacts. Click on the active status and select if the script should be available in the Voter File or Shared Contacts. If an Activist Code or Survey Question only appears on Shared Contacts and you choose My Voter File when creating your script, you will not be able to use that code when building your script.

4. Now you can begin to build the script by inserting your different script elements and positioning them within the script by clicking on the arrows to arrange the order.

5. Under Add Script Element, write the text you would like provide for canvassing. Click Add. If you would like to edit a text field click Edit to go back to a particular section and modify it.

6. To add a question, select the Survey Question you would like to use during the canvass from the drop down menu under Survey Questions. Click Add.

7. To add an Activist Code, select the Activist Code you would like to use during the canvass from the drop down menu under Activist Codes. Click Add.

8. Select the different canvassing results that you would like to make available as responses on your script. Only select the results that you think your volunteers will need in order to successfully track results of their canvass. These results will be identifications your canvasser may select on a canvassing sheet or the Virtual Phone Bank when they are unable to canvass an individual.

9. Choose the electoral district(s)/committee(s) that can have access to your script by using the add and remove buttons. If you have only been granted access to one Liberalist committee, you will be able to share your script with only that committee. If you have access to more than one Liberalist committee, the names of all of your committees will appear and you may select which committee you want to give access to the script.