>I use a Mac and ver 102.

Thanks, knowing those details usually makes it easier to figure out 
what's going on.

>I am confused. Is the member level on the payment entry layout supposed to
>update on a contribution payment? In other words, is the member level
>connected only to dues or any payment?

The field labeled "Level" on the payment entry screen is a calculated 
field which will have a value appropriate to the payment amount for 
every payment entered, regardless of the "Payment For" field. But...

>I had the idea that when a new contribution was entered that the member
>level field remained blank. Yet, when I've been playing around recently and
>figuring out new reports, I've discovered 90% of my contributions have a
>member level show up according to the donation amount. Only a few old legacy
>ones don't. I have run three or more replace all finds fields that include
>all my data.

The Fast Find Field labeled "Member Level" at the bottom of the Home 
screen is a lookup field using the relationship Dues. That is, the 
level in that field is taken only from the most recent Dues Payment.

>I have made one change to the member level calculation. When I added $0 to
>the setup wizard list for memberships, it started to calculate a new
>donation right away as $0 until I hit the update level button. Our
>consultant changed the script to make it delay until an amount was entered,
>as it was doing before.
>
>I need to know this in order to figure out if or how I can use this field as
>part of my report.

In sum, it depends on where you're looking. Searches in the Payment 
file will find a value on every record. Searches in the names file 
will have a useful value only for those who have made a Dues payment.
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Dave Shaw         H4 Consulting
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