Promote a Member to the Next Level

Promote a member when they are ready for the next level in their program.

Before you start

Make sure:

1. Your school uses Levels.
2. The membership already has a current level.
3. The current level has a next level set in your level settings.

The membership-page action requires Promote Memberships permission. The feature must also be available to your school.

Promote a membership to the next level

1. Open the member from the Members list.
2. Click Memberships.
3. Open the membership.
4. Click Promote.
5. Review the current level and the next level shown on screen.
6. Enter a promotion date if you want to record one.
7. Click Promote.

Kanri advances the membership to the next level in that program’s level sequence.

Attendance carries over between programs and schools

Promotion progress follows the membership. If you change an existing membership from kids karate to adult karate, its qualifying attendance carries over rather than starting again because the program changed. Normal rules, such as counting classes since the last promotion, still apply.

Qualifying attendance at other schools counts too, provided it belongs to the same membership. Promotion progress and grading eligibility do not reset or exclude classes because the member trained at another school.

If you promote a visiting member through the attendance kiosk, Kanri updates their existing membership at their home school. The promotion does not create a separate membership at the school they are visiting.

Attendance on a separate membership does not count toward this membership’s promotion. Historical attendance reports still show the program recorded when each class was attended.

The Promote action on the membership page advances to the next configured level; it does not check attendance or other eligibility requirements. The kiosk’s promotion flow does check the membership’s applicable requirements against confirmed attendance linked to it. When a program keeps level requirements until next promotion, an existing membership may still use earlier requirements and an earlier next-level assignment. Promotion clears those kept values for its new level.

Note

You cannot pick any level from the list on this page. Promotion moves to the next level applicable to this membership. Review the destination shown: when requirements are kept, it can differ from the program’s latest progression.

Tip

If a member is ready but you cannot promote them, check whether the current level has a next level linked in your level settings.

If a kiosk promotion fails

The attendance kiosk shows a Promotion failed message if it cannot save a promotion. Read the message, then click Close. Check any settings mentioned in the message before trying again.

For a connection or server problem, check your connection and try again. If it keeps failing, ask your school administrator for help. Kanri shows a promotion success notice only after the promotion has been saved.

Next steps

Review the Promotions report Find members ready for their next level.

Change membership status if needed Update a membership's current status.

View attendance history See a member's past attendance records.

Return to memberships overview Manage enrolments, status, and level changes.