Multiple groups of VMS constituents

For the established (legacy) Volunteer Management portal. These steps differ from the newer Volunteer Management interface. Staff access is determined by their assigned administrator role(s). Administrator roles have fixed capabilities; the configurable volunteer roles described here are separate from staff administrator roles.

Yes, VMS can contain multiple constituent audiences such as parents and leadership donors. Import them with stable unique constituent identifiers and the mapped affiliation/custom data needed to distinguish groups, then configure the appropriate role/segment/assignment scope. They need not be separate databases, and a person may belong to several audiences. Confirm whether your import is a full replacement or incremental before sending separate group files; do not assume each partial upload safely preserves omitted people.