I've migrated data from Fundmaster to RE win 6.x and from RE win 6.x to RE7. I'm most familiar with RE7, since that was the program I used last. I've also migrated from Foxpro to ebase, but I'm a pretty new user of ebase. I may be wrong, but I think most folks migrate into ebase using flat databases or at least databases that are far less hefty than a vertical market program like RE. Ebase doesn't have all the functionality of RE, it doesn't capture relationships between constituents, for example. Appeal codes are handled completely different in ebase than in RE. You're probably going to run into differences in field lengths and format that may give you some headaches. Fund codes is one place that comes into mind where field length or format may be an issue. Ebase also doesn't handle constituency codes in the same way as RE. You're probably going to need to buy Filemaker Pro so you can customize ebase, otherwise you're bound to lose a lot of data that just won't have a place in ebase. The big thing, I think, is to do a careful job of mapping your data so you know where everything will end up once you migrate into ebase. RE is such an intensive program, with so many fields of data - this is going to be a big job. I printed out Blackbaud's field map for data migration from 6.4 to 7 and it was a huge document, 20 or 30 or more pages. I think you can download a copy of that document (or one like it) from their web site, which will be helpful to you in the process. The ebase manuals and the data dictionary (available on the ebase web site) will help you figure out where to migrate you RE data to in ebase. Do you home work before hand, make sure your data is relatively clean and consistent, know where it's coming from and where it's going to go, and be prepared to import more than once. Good luck! Hipster wrote: > Anyone have any organic experience with this process? (we're on RE Win 6.x > and spinning off a program into their own org - budgetarily they can't yet > swing RE as it costs a bundle!) Anyone know of any gotchas or FAQs on this > process? > > Much thanx, > H. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email >address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Rainie Jueschke, CFRE Development Director South Carolina Fair Share P.O. Box 8888 1338 Main Street, Suite 902 Columbia, SC 29206 (803) 252-9813 Fax: (803) 799-5816 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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