Coalition FAQ's

You can invite any organization that is registered with Shelter Animals Count to your coalition. Each organization has the option to accept or deny your request. The organization’s account status must be “confirmed” in order for you to pull their data.

Each coalition has a details page that describes how your data will be used by the coalition. The details page also displays a copy of the data use agreement signed by the coalitions managers. The data use agreement lays out the rules and conditions for handling your organization’s data. This agreement ensures that everyone involved understands their responsibilities regarding the data and helps safeguard privacy and security. The details page for a coalition can be found by following the steps below.

– Log into your SAC portal

– Click the “Coalitions” option from the left side menu

– Click the “My Coalitions” tab at the top of the page

– Click the three dots to the right of the chosen coalition

– Select “View Details” from the drop-down list

If you have any additional questions about a specific coalition, feel free to contact the coalition’s managers. A list of managers names and emails appears in the upper right-hand corner of the details page.

Yes! Coalition data sharing preferences are attached to individual coalitions. Allowing your organization to decide which databases to share with each coalition. However, it is important to keep in mind that agreeing to participate in a coalition initially defaults your data sharing preferences to whatever is requested by the coalition. For example, when a coalition invites your organization, the email invitation will include which databases they want (like Intake and Outcome data, Community Services data, or both) in the invitation email. If you accept the invitation, your sharing settings automatically default to that data. You can tweak these settings later or stop sharing at any time.

No. You can’t pick bits of data to share. It’s all or nothing for each dataset. Meaning you’re sharing all fields included in the database. To see exactly what’s included in each database, check out the links for Intake Outcome Database and Community Services Database. It is also important to note that your data sharing preferences are attached to each coalition that you join.

No. Again, you can’t pick bits of data to share. It’s all or nothing for each dataset. Meaning you’re sharing all historical data that has been reported in your SAC portal. Even data that was reported before you joined the coalition.

To stop sharing data

– Log into your SAC portal

– Click the “Coalitions” option from the left side menu

– Click the “My Coalitions” tab at the top of the page

– Click the three dots to the right of the chosen coalition

– Click “Sharing Permissions”

– Click “Edit”

– Unselect which ever database(s) you would like to stop sharing with the coalition

– Click “Update”

– Repeat steps 1 – 8 for any other coalition preferences you would like to update

Once you stop sharing, the coalition won’t see any info from the databases you stopped sharing, like Intake/Outcome or Community Services data. But if they already saved your data in a PDF or CSV file, that info stays with them. Once it’s saved, it can’t be taken back.