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A fusionCore Community is a group within an association — a chapter, committee, task force, board, or working group. A Community tracks who belongs to it (members) and what role each person holds (positions) over time.
A fusionCore Community is not the same as a Salesforce “Community”, “Digital Experience”, or “Experience Cloud” site. Those are public-facing web portals. A fusionCore Community is an internal grouping feature built on three custom objects, and the fusionCore member-facing portal is a separate product. This guide covers only the fusionCore Community feature.

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How the Data Fits Together

The Community feature uses three custom objects.
  • A Community (FS_Community__c) is the group itself — for example, the Membership Committee.
  • A Community Member (FS_Community_Member__c) links a Contact (the person) to a Community.
  • A Community Position (FS_Community_Position__c) is a dated role that a member holds, such as Chair or Member. One member can hold more than one position over time.
So a Community has members, and each member can have one or more positions.

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Create a Community

These steps create the Community record itself. You add members afterward.
1

Open the Communities list

Click the App Launcher (the nine dots at the top left), type Communities, and click Communities.
2

Click New

On the Communities list view, click New.
Communities list view with the New button highlighted.
3

Enter a Name and choose a Type

Enter a Name for the Community. Then choose a Type — either Chapter and Committee or Task-Force and Working Group.
New Community form showing the Name field and the Type picklist.
4

Save

Click Save.
The Community Name must be unique. fusionCore blocks you from saving a Community with the same name as an existing one.
The Community Type you choose determines which Role values are available when you add positions to members in this Community. Choose the Type that matches the kind of group you are creating.

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Next Steps

Once the Community exists, add the people who belong to it.

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Limitations and Common Pitfalls

You cannot delete a Community that still has members. Salesforce blocks the deletion while members are attached. Remove or end the members first, then delete the Community.
  • Contacts — every Community Member links to a Contact, so the people you add here are existing Contact records.