I have a parent who is linked as a parent with full control in Scoutbook, but does not appear as a parent in SB+. I need the parent linked in SB+ do they can renew their Scout. The parent’s SB+ profile shows “invalid” for birthdate so I cannot send an invitation myself, because it won’t allow a look…

@PeterEasterlund if you cannot make the relationship in SB+ - your council can setup the relationship

Note that the council isn’t making the relationship in SB+ either. Rather, they are creating the “relationship” (key word) in the Akela membership database (also key words), which then flows out to the other software interfaces (Scoutbook, SB+, parent’s my.scouting account, etc). So, you’re asking…

They are already a parent in Scoutbook (Legacy) and have been for years. Doesn’t that imply the Akela database relationship already exists and it is a problem with SB+ ?

@PeterEasterlund - if that parent is not in SB+ then they need to be added. The akela parent is added when the application is processed. And since it was only one parent listed the second parent in scoutbook it was added outside of akela and not validated.

[image] PeterEasterlund: They are already a parent in Scoutbook (Legacy) and have been for years. Doesn’t that imply the Akela database relationship already exists and it is a problem with SB+ ? No, because the process pushes only in one direction. Under the old process, anyone with enough …

@PeterEasterlund - [image] What is all this Relationship stuff and where are my Scoutbook Parents? Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus OK to try to clear this up. Legacy Scoutbook had CONNECTIONS - those were user made to connect an adult to a Scout - leaders or P…

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Stephen_Hornak September 9, 2025, 6:29pm 7

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