Reporting Support
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Setting Up Your Account
To report, you’ll need a CCLI Profile account.
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Visit reporting.ccli.com
Click Create a CCLI Profile and complete your details. If you’re a SongSelect user you’ll already have an account, and you can sign in with your existing username and password.
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Join your Church/Organisation
To link your account to your organisation you’ll need an Access Code. Your organisation’s CCLI Administrator may have this, or may be able to invite you to join the organisation. Contact CCLI if you get stuck.
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Add other users
Click Profile from the USER menu to manage your account. If you’re the first person to be linked to your church/organisation, you’ll automatically become its Account Administrator. This means you can add other Users who will then be able to sign in and report. You can also assign others to be Administrators.
Your CCLI Profile is a single place to manage your CCLI account.
Here you can access all your CCLI applications, check and renew licences/services and manage users.
You’ll also find a range of Benefits – special offers and discounts exclusive to CCLI customers.
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Report for the Church Copyright LicenceTM
Report under your Church Copyright Licence each time you reproduce (project, type out, copy & paste) the words of a song to assist congregational singing.
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Select the correct song
On the Search & Report (Home) page, search for the first song you wish to report, using both the title and author if you know it.
Often your search will return multiple results, with the closest matches at the top. Click the i icon next to the song’s title if you need to confirm you are choosing the correct song or version.
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Report song use
To report a use of the song, simply click the REPORT SONG button.
If you need to report more than one use of the song, for example, you’ve used the song more than once since you last reported, click the (+) icon to report additional uses of the song.
Then simply repeat this process for any other songs you’ve used since you last reported.
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Report for the CCLI Streaming / Streaming Plus Licence
CCLI Streaming Licence™
If you have reported your use of a song under the Church Copyright Licence (see above guide), additional reporting for your CCLI Streaming Licence is not required.CCLI Streaming Plus Licence™
Report under your Streaming Plus Licence each time you play master recordings (e.g. artist tracks) or multi-tracks (e.g. backing tracks, stems, community tracks) during online worship.-
Open the Additional Usage modal
Having reported your use of the song under your Church Copyright Licence, click the (+) icon next to the REPORT SONG button to open the Report Additional Usage modal.
Click +ADD in the Master Recordings & Multi-Tracks section.
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Choose Recording
Select the recording you used from the list by clicking CHOOSE.
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Report streams of the track
In the Streaming Plus Licence – Streams field, enter the number of times this recording has been played during online services since your last report.
Click SAVE to complete your report.
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Report for the CCLI Music Reproduction LicenceTM
Report under your Music Reproduction Licence each time you photocopy or scan pages from music publications, or share sheet music files electronically (e.g. by emailing a PDF). You can report copies made under this licence in two ways:
Report by songs
Report by publicationReport copies by song
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Open the Additional Usage modal
Having reported your use of the song under your Church Copyright Licence, click the (+) icon next to the REPORT SONG button to open the Report Additional Usage modal.
Click +ADD in the Music Reproduction Licence section.
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Choose Publication
Select the correct publication from the dropdown list.
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Report copies
Enter the number of copies made of the song from that publication and/or the number of times the sheet music was shared electronically. Click SAVE to complete your report.
Report copies by publication
If you have copied a number of songs from a particular song book or music publication, you may find it helpful to search for that publication first, and then report songs included in it.
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Select ‘Publications’
On the Search & Report (Home) page, select Publications from the drop-down list next to the search bar.
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Choose Publication
Select the correct publication from the search results by clicking VIEW.
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Select a song
You’ll now see a list of the songs in that publication which are authorised by your licence. To select a song, click the REPORT button next to that song.
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Report copies made
Enter the number of copies made of the song from that publication and/or the number of times the sheet music was shared electronically. Click SAVE to finish reporting the song.
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Report another song
If you wish to report another song from the same publication, simply select that publication again and repeat the process.
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Report for the CLA Church Licence
Report under your CLA Church Licence any copies you make from non-music publications. You may find our printable copy prompt sheet helpful in keeping track of what’s been copied.
To begin, on the Search & Report (Home) page, select CLA Reporting from the REPORTING menu on the left-hand side to enter the CLA Reporting section.
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Open New Entry window
Click +NEW to open the New Entry window.
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Continue
Simply repeat the process for any further publications you need to report.
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Report for the PPL Church Licence
Unlike our other licences, you only need to report for your PPL Church Licence once during your licence year, preferably near the end.
To begin, on the Search & Report (Home) page, select PPL Reporting from the REPORTING menu on the left hand side to enter the PPL Reporting section.
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Open report
Click EDIT to open the Edit Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) Church Licence Report window.
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Report genres played
As best you can, report the approximate percentage of each genre that has been played on your church premises during the licence year, ensuring the total equals 100%.
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Save
Click SAVE. You can return and amend your report at any time up until the REPORTING DUE date shown.
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Nothing To Report
If possible, you should report on a weekly basis, even if you have nothing to report. Telling us this helps us to know that your reporting is accurate and up-to-date.
To confirm Nothing to Report simply click NOTHING TO REPORT then click CONFIRM.
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