Welcome to Beacon!
This introductory guide will teach you the Beacon basics so you can start exploring and customising your new database. You can jump straight to the sections that interest you the most, but you might find some of the later articles a little confusing without learning about the basics first.
Here's a quick intro to Beacon, and how it works:
Learn how to create records
This article will take you through how to create records.
Learn how to search and filter records
Records can be searched and filtered to show you just the records you're interested in. This article will show you how.
Invite your team members
Give everyone in your team access to Beacon. This article takes you through these simple steps.
Import data into Beacon
Your Beacon database starts off rather empty. This article explains how to import data from your spreadsheets into Beacon.
Export data from Beacon
You're going to want to get data out of Beacon, too. There are lots of ways to do this and we take you through them in this article.
Set up forms to collect donations
Beacon makes it easy to collect donations online with donation forms like this one. In this article you'll learn how to set up your first donation form and collect your first donations. Learn more about forms here.
Complete a tutorial to get the most out of Beacon
We have free online training available that will take you through a variety of common tasks in Beacon, getting you up to speed and comfortable with how to use the platform.
There's one for admins, and one for standard users.