How to Keep Track of Veterans

Cemify makes it simple to track veteran burials and highlight them on your public site if desired. This article covers how to mark veterans, view them in your records, and enable the optional Veteran Tab.

In Cemify, you can:

Marking Veterans in a Burial Record:

To identify a Burial as a Veteran:

  1. Go to the Burial tab and open the Record you want to update
  2. Locate the Veteran field.
  3. Select 'Yes' if the Burial is a Veteran
  4. Click the blue 'Save' button at the bottom left of the page

👉 By default, the Veteran field will be labeled as 'Is Veteran' under the header 'Other Information'. Since fields are customizable, the phrasing can be changed.

👉 To keep track of other information related to Veteran Status, additional fields can be added, such as 'Wars Fought', 'Branch', or 'Rank'.

💡Account Administrators have the ability to add or edit fields, but please reach out to Support if you need help.

Please visit these Support Articles for more information on Editing / Adding fields:

Editing Fields for People, Plots, Burials or Sales

Adding Fields to People, Plots, Burial or Sales

Filtering Burials for Veterans

You can filter your records to easily view Veteran burials:

  1. In the Burials tab, click 'Filters'.
  2. Select the box next to the 'Veteran' field
  3. Select the box next to 'Yes'
  4. Click the blue 'Filter' button at the top of the list to filter all the Burial Records
  5. You can export the filtered list for ceremonies or reporting needs.

You can visit this Support Article for more information on Exporting Custom Reports:

Viewing & Generating Custom and Canned Reports

How To Add a Star to a Burial Name on the Cemify Map:

⭐ Veteran Stars on the Cemify Map:

  • Color — can be changed to any color you want. Yellow is the default color
  • Visibility — this can be visible on the Admin Cemify map or the Public Map
  • Accessiblity — Right now, only Cemify Employees have the ability to turn on this feature, but once it is turned on a Star will appear in the legend on your map.

Please reach out to cemify@support.com to request that this feature be turned on for your account

How to Generate a Veteran Report

To get a printer-friendly list of all veterans for events such as Memorial Day or Veterans Day:

  1. Go to the Reports Tab.
  2. Click the 'View Report' button to the right of where it says 'Veterans'.
  3. Click the Download icon to download the list as a spreadsheet (in a CSV format) or click the Printer icon to print or save a PDF of this report.

❓— If you do not have a Reports Tab or do not see this Veteran report listed, please reach out to Cemify Support at support@cemify.com. Often, this tab and/or report can easily be added to your account if it is not already there.

You can visit this Support Article for more information on Cemify Reports:

Viewing & Generating Custom and Canned Reports

How to Add a Veteran Map Tab to your Public Site

As of right now, only Cemify Employees are able to add this tab to your Public Site.

Please reach out to Cemify Support at support@cemify.com to have this feature added.

You can visit this Support Article for more information on this feature: Veteran Public Map

Troubleshooting - Issues with Veteran Status

  • If you do not see a Veteran Field under Burial Records:
    • Please contact Cemify to confirm the placement of this field
  • If your Veteran Report does not have a complete list of Veterans:
    • This report is generated from a specific field in Cemify.
    • If you are using a different field, this report may not work properly
  • If Veteran Stars are not appearing on your Cemify Map:
    • This feature may not be enabled on your account.

Need Help?

If you need assistance enabling the public veteran map or adding veteran fields, please contact Cemify Support at support@cemify.com

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