# Assigning Merit Badges to a Rank automatically

**URL:** <https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352 "2019-08-23T01:50:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaulaDieterle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PaulaDieterle](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/PaulaDieterle)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352/1 "2019-08-23T01:50:22Z")

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I’m wondering if the feature to be able to automatically tell what Rank a merit badge applies to when entered into troop track has been implemented yet?

For Example:

If an eagle badge is earned the first Four Eagle badges earned should go toward Star Rank and then the next 3 should be applied toward Life Rank the last 6 toward Eagle Rank.

Similarly, the First 2 non-eagle badges earned should be applied toward Star Rank

The next 2 should be applied to Life Rank

The next 4 toward Eagle Rank

Any other applied to appropriate Palm Levels.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![AaronStorey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.trooptrack.com/aaronstorey/32/1953_2.png) [@AaronStorey](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/AaronStorey)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352/2 "2019-08-23T14:47:09Z")

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This is not something that is automatic but must be manually input from the Merit Badge Screen. For now it would be a good thing to have the Advancement Chair select whey they are inputing the Merit Badge.

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**Author:** ![PaulaDieterle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PaulaDieterle](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/PaulaDieterle)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352/3 "2019-08-23T19:04:29Z")

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Thank you Aaron, I have been doing this and was hoping to have this feature added so I no longer have to do this. We have a very large troop of 85 scouts and with all the merit badges they earn, this is just a lot of extra work that can be done automatically!

Please consider.

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**Author:** ![AaronStorey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.trooptrack.com/aaronstorey/32/1953_2.png) [@AaronStorey](https://community.trooptrack.com/u/AaronStorey)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.trooptrack.com/t/assigning-merit-badges-to-a-rank-automatically/9352/4 "2019-08-23T19:42:00Z")

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I can only imagine how much entry you must have to do with that many scouts, especially after summer camp. Hopefully this is something they are looking at doing.