Eric's list is great! right on.
If these folks will be doing some data entry, I'd add at least one more
thing and that is to have, maintain and train people in using a "Data Entry
Style Sheet." This isn't really an 'ebase technology' guide but it will
make searching for information much simpler, among other things, and the
easier you make it to use ebase the less likely you are to experience
technical difficulties.
The style sheet would include such things as "always abbreviate address info
(or don't) and if so, do it this way: Ave, St, etc..." OR do we or don't
we use punctuation in addresses, do we use Av for avenue or Ave; is it all
caps or not. Define the best you can what you'll use each flag for. And
the current version of ebase can be quite ambiguous with its flags (e.g.
does newsletter check box mean this person gets a newsletter or doesn't if
its checked???).
Anyway, just clarify in advance for folks how to answer some basic questions
about what goes where and in what form. good luck - Ted
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Walden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 4:24 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] training other staff on ebase
>
>
> Hi all. I am going to sit down with some new coworkers in a week or so
> and do a brief ebase lesson, and I wanted to see if anybody had any
> tips/ideas/warnings. These folks do not need to know too much
> about the
> ins and outs of ebase, they just need to know how to open it properly,
> how to do some of the more complex finds, etc. Basically I
> need them to
> be able to get some basic information out of the database
> w/out needing
> too much help or messing anything up. :) Just wanted to see if anybody
> has "must teach"es for a brief lesson like this, in case I have
> overlooked something.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> Rachel
>
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