Are you importing into a "clean" copy of ebase with no records in it already? Did you use the ebase import routine or the Filemaker Import command? Did you select to perform auto-enter options during the import? These questions are important to the answer. Finally, have you carefully followed the manual instructions on importing?
Carl Information wrote: > > I was just importing the names, I hadn't gotten to importing the payments > because these people won't have payments. The ones that I am importing from > access are just names, no payments, and when they are imported they are > given the payments of past members. and they are there when you look at any > of the screens except the payment screen. Once you hit the payment screen it > goes back to the past member and the member that was imported is now gone. > Not sure what is going on. > > Jessica Flipp > Dads and Daughters > 218.722.3942 > Fax 218.722.4058 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.dadsanddaughters.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 05:04 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: importing records > > >I re-tried importing records, This time they import all the information is > >there. they have record numbers and everything. Except when you click on > >view payments(which they shouldn't have) there is a payment there, only it > >has someone else's name and then when you click data entry they have > >disappeared and it is like they were never imported.. I am not sure what is > >going on. > > Mis-matching the names and payment records is usually caused by > getting incorrect data in the key fields, in this case the RecordID > field in the ebase names and payments file. These fields are assigned > by ebase as you import the data. When you map the data from your > source file (an Access file, I remember?) map the unique ID number in > your source file to Legacy ID both as you import names and later as > you import payments. > > -- > -- > Dave Shaw H4 Consulting > tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 > > ------------------ > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Carl Paulsen New Hampshire Rivers Council 54 Portsmouth Street Concord, NH 03301 603-228-6472 603-228-0423 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
