> Hmmm. I think what we would like to do is track giving levels, i.e. Have
> categories that track dues plus additional contributions over the year. So,
> if I paid my membership dues at one level, then sent another gift a month
> later, I'd get kicked up to a new level. Is that possible?

That's what I described below. The "Level" calculation would depend on the YTD$,
not just the last payment. The Fast Find field would update to the calculated
level as soon as you run the update script.

> 
> On 10/9/02 7:02 PM, "Dave Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> I would like for payment levels to be calculated based on the total of all
> >> payments in a fiscal year. Does ebase already do this? If not, how can I fix
> >> it?
> > 
> > Member levels are currently calculated from the amount of the most
> > recent Dues payment. To "fix" this (I would say "revise") I would
> > take a look at the field definition of the field Level Calc (in the
> > payments file) and duplicate the complex Case function calculation in
> > the field Sum:MemberLevel in the names file, using Sum:YTD$ in place
> > of Amount.
> > 
> > Better would be to leave the current fields Find Member Level and
> > Sum:MemberLevel in place and create new ones named Find Donor Level
> > and Sum:DonorLevel to make it less confusing about what these fields
> > actually do. If you create a new Fast Find Field like Find Donor
> > Level, you'll need to add it to the update scripts as well to get its
> > value updated regularly.
> 
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