Candoa help
Every help page, by area.
Candoa keeps a union local's roster, employers, contracts, reports, and grievances in one place. These pages explain every screen and how to do each task. Every task in the wiki is listed under "How do I…" at the bottom of this page, and the search box finds a task by the button or field it names. Open them anytime from Help at the bottom of the sidebar, or press g then h. Or ask Eli, the assistant behind Ask Eli at the top of every screen (Cmd+J), which answers from these same pages; see Ask Eli. Help opens in a new tab, so you keep your place in the app. Once here, press Cmd+K to search every page and section. Pages say who can do a thing when a permission gates it; see Permissions.
Getting started
- Sign in
- Create an account
- Reset your password
- Two-step sign-in
- Set up a new local
- The dashboard
- Send feedback
- Ask Eli
- The guide
Members
- The members list
- A member's record
- Add a member
- Import members from a spreadsheet
- Signing up members
- Approvals
- Duplicates and merging
Employers
Contracts
Reports
Grievances (add-on)
- The Grievances add-on
- Filing a grievance
- The case lists
- A grievance record
- Procedures
- Metrics
- Grievance settings
Dues (add-on)
Rosters (add-on)
Communications (add-on)
Member portal (add-on)
Staff and your account
Settings
- Your local's profile
- Add-ons and billing
- Documents
- Member settings
- Join settings
- Custom fields and tags
- Positions
- Industries
Reference
How do I…
- Open Eli
- Ask a question
- Ask Eli to do something
- Send Eli a spreadsheet
- Ask about dues
- Ask about employer rosters
- Ask about the member portal
- Match the columns of a file
- Attach a file
- Speak instead of typing
- Choose a layout
- Ask about the screen you're on
- Come back to a conversation
- How much Eli a month
- Let Eli read sensitive data
- Open a member's record
- See what a member signed when they joined
- Edit a member's details
- Change a member's status
- Add a tag
- Add a job
- Change or end a job
- Record that a member is a steward
- Record a position the member holds
- Add a note, or log a call, visit, email, or meeting
- Read everything that happened, in order
- Add a document
- Read what changed and when
- See whether a member uses the portal
- See or remove a member's photo
- Sign a member out of the portal
- Send this member a join link
- Text, email, or call this member
- Merge with a duplicate
- File a grievance for this member
- Add a member at this employer
- See how much of the employer has signed up
- Add an employer
- Edit an employer's details
- Set how often reps should visit
- Add a worksite
- Add a department
- Add a contract
- Record a steward
- Add a manager
- Assign a staff member to this employer
- Make a join link or poster
- See the members here
- Add a tag, a note, or a document
- Add a document the local publishes here
- See when the local last reached this employer
- Read everything that happened, in order
- Read what changed and when
- See the grievances filed here
- Deactivate an employer
- Delete an employer
- Open a worksite
- Add a member at this worksite
- See how much of the worksite has signed up
- Edit a worksite
- Set how often reps should visit this worksite
- Close a worksite
- Reopen a worksite
- Remove a worksite
- Manage stewards, contacts, and staff
- Add a note, a document, or read the activity
- Add a document the local publishes here
- See the grievances filed here
- Turn on calling from the local's number
- See who emails come from and where replies go
- Get a texting number
- Correct the form when carriers ask
- Give up the texting number
- Choose how texts go out
- See how many texts are left this month
- Send more texts than the month includes
- Add a template
- Change or delete a template
These pages are the help for Candoa, the software a local runs its members, employers, and grievances on.
Set up your localUpdated 2026-09-19