How to use DUES in payments is a big issue for many in understanding eBase. What your org calls your ask is irrelevant, in ebase the choice of "dues" in payments triggers a timed "expiration" based on date. Choosing anything else does not. So any regular recurring ask based on duration from last gift is most easily called DUES in eBase (thought if you really hate using dues for a recurring contribution, I suppose you could track down the scripts and change what the trigger is called but it is more work than it is probably worth) Anything but "dues" is viewed as a one time item. So if you want to ask again in a year call it dues, if you want to say thank you and forget it, call it what you will other than dues. If you want to consider it a "one time gift" call it anything but dues. As far as reports go - it is often not useful to have a report that goes back more than a few years, but eBase can report on all of the data in the database no matter how far back from custom reports that you design. For more information on designing layouts for reports and using Finds to populate them see the FileMaker User's Guide. -------------------------------------------- ebase -Free relationship management software for nonprofits http://www.ebase.org -------------------------------------------- Clif Graves, Programmer TechRocks RR4 Box 2000 Winthrop ME 04364 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eFax: 425.790.2058 Web: http://www.techrocks.org -------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jackie Keller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:25 AM > To: Clif Graves > Subject: contribution records > > > Clif, > > We are confused about the CONTRIBUTIONS ( we do NOT use Dues, as > we are not > a membership org.- only contributions) list on the "Individual Giving > History Report". Why does it only keep any contribution record only over 5 > years? > > We have records going back as far as 1076 that need to be kept. > > Thank you, > > Jackie Keller > Associate Director of Development > THE LAND INSTITUTE > 2440 E. Water Well Road > Salina, KS 67401 > > 785.823.5376 > 785.823.8728 Fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LandInstitute.org >
