Helping people find
the right group.

Endpoint 28 asks the shortcode for candidate groups with no filter children at all, then classifies each one itself. Two counters decide where a group lands: gfFails means a real mismatch, gfUnknown means we simply have no value recorded. That second counter is what the whole two-tier result rests on.

{[ groupfinder origin:'73198' grouptypeids:'130'
   include:'Group.Schedule,Group.GroupLocations' maxresults:'500' ]}

  {% for result in MatchedGroups %}
    {%- comment -%}
      gfFails   > 0  -> excluded
      gfUnknown > 0  -> "Other Suggestions"
      both zero      -> "Your Best Matches"
    {%- endcomment -%}
    {% assign gfFails = 0 %}
    {% assign gfUnknown = 0 %}

Lava Application endpoint 28 · step-results

Every preference filter follows this shape. A group with no value recorded increments gfUnknown and stays in the running as a suggestion. A group with a value that genuinely doesn't match increments gfFails and drops out. Reads use 'RawValue' to return GUIDs — the default read returns display labels and would never match.

{% if ageRangeGuidsRaw != '' %}
  {% assign v = result.Group | Attribute:'Ages','RawValue' %}
  {% if v == '' or v == null %}
    {% assign gfUnknown = gfUnknown | Plus:1 %}
  {% else %}
    {% assign hit = false %}
    {% for sel in selAges %}
      {% if v contains sel %}{% assign hit = true %}{% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
    {% unless hit %}{% assign gfFails = gfFails | Plus:1 %}{% endunless %}
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Lava Application endpoint 28 · the Ages filter

Group category and gender behave the opposite way on purpose. A missing value excludes, because category is identity rather than preference — someone asking for a Married group must never be offered a College group, not even as a suggestion.

{% if communityTypeSelectionGuid != '' %}
  {% assign v = result.Group | Attribute:'CommunityGroupType','RawValue' %}
  {% if v == '' or v == null %}
    {% assign gfFails = gfFails | Plus:1 %}
  {% elsif v contains communityTypeSelectionGuid %}
  {% else %}
    {% assign gfFails = gfFails | Plus:1 %}
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Lava Application endpoint 28 · category filter

The wizard's opening cards aren't in the template. Each one is a Defined Value carrying its own title, colour, icon, description and the endpoint it routes to — so the first screen is data, not code.

{% definedvalue where:'DefinedTypeId == 207' sort:'Order' loadAttributes:'true' %}
  {% for dv in definedvalueItems %}
    {% if dv.CategoryName == 'Group Type Selection' %}
      {% assign isEnabled = dv | Attribute:'Enabled' %}
      {% if isEnabled == 'Yes' %}
        {% assign iconClass = dv | Attribute:'SelectionIconClass' %}
        {% assign color     = dv | Attribute:'SelectionColor' %}
        {% assign endpoint  = dv | Attribute:'SelectionEndpoint' %}
        ...
      {% endif %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
{% enddefinedvalue %}

Lava Application endpoint 32 · step-grouptype

The schedule defines the registration window: 21 days before the next launch until one hour before it. The template checks that the window has usable dates before deciding whether to show the finder.

{% schedule id:'1092' securityenabled:'false' %}
  {%- for sched in scheduleItems -%}
    {%- assign launchDate = sched.NextStartDateTime | Date:'M/d/yyyy h:mm tt' | Default:'' -%}
  {%- endfor -%}
{% endschedule %}

{% if launchDate != '' %}
  {% assign groupsopen = launchDate | DateAdd:-21,'d' | Date:'M/d/yyyy h:mm tt' | Default:'' %}
  {% assign launchEnd  = launchDate | DateAdd:-1,'h'  | Date:'M/d/yyyy h:mm tt' | Default:'' %}
  {% if groupsopen != '' and launchEnd != '' %}
    {% assign nowStr = 'Now' | Date:'M/d/yyyy h:mm tt' %}
    {% assign between = nowStr | IsDateBetween:groupsopen,launchEnd %}
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Content block 5207 · page 1096

One workflow serves all five launch nights. Every delay is computed from that group's own event time, so the roster reminder reaches a leader ninety minutes into their evening — not a fixed hour for everyone.

{% assign eventDT = Workflow | Attribute:'EventDateTime'
                    | AsDateTime | DateAdd:90,'m' %}
{{ eventDT | Date:'yyyy-MM-dd' }}T{{ eventDT | Date:'HH:mm:ss' }}

Leader track:  day-of text -> delay to post-event -> roster reminder
               -> delay to next day -> survey email
Member track:  day-of text -> delay to post-event -> survey

Workflow 555 · Group Launch | Daily Communication