- Go to Edit > Users
- Click on the ‘New Users’ tab
- Enter the email address of the new user and click on ‘Create New User’
- Fill in a password under the user settings and click on
- Click on the new user’s email address in the list
- Click on the ‘User Info’ tab
- Fill out the appropriate information:
- Click on
- Set any Access Priviledges
C-Level Topics
Company Options
How to get to the Company Options
- Go to Edit > Preferences
- Click on the ‘Company’ tab
The Company Tab
The company tab defines the data collected when creating a new organization.
User Defined Fields
These are the fieldnames of the textboxes in the ‘Other’ tab of an organization’s profile.
Taxes
These are the tax labels next to the field where you can enter an organization’s tax exempt number.
Tax Status
You can customize the drop down menu next to the tax exempt number tax box. Seperate the values by ‘~’.
Drop-Down Menu Options
You can customize the values in the drop-down menus for various datafields. Seperate the values by ‘~’.
How to get to the Preferences
Go to Edit > Preferences
This document contains a description of the general preferences. The portal and keys preferences are described in Portal section of the help menu.
The Update Settings Tab
General Options
These are the options to update the database using information collected in the M-level.
Run Update Command on Successful Transactions? | If ‘Yes’ is selected, the data will be updated as specificified in the next two options. |
Update ‘People’ Data from Merchant Accounts? | If ‘Yes’ is selected, when the data in the M-level is updated, the information will also be updated in the C-level. If a new person is added to the M-level, the same person will be added to the C-level. |
Update Registration Data from Merchant Accounts? | If ‘Yes’ is selected, when a registrant registers their people data is updated and this data is also updated in the C-level. |
M-level Settings
Each M-level has individual settings, which can be set within the M or C-level.
MID | The Merchant ID number |
Merchant Enabled | Must be set to ‘Yes’ for test and live modes, ‘No’ site is retired if you would like to temporarily take the pages down. All transactions will be declined in this setting. |
Merchant Name/Email/Company Name | This is the data that was entered in the M-level. You may edit it here. |
Failed Login Attempts | You may set the number of times someone may attempt to login before they are locked out. |
Retired | Default to ‘No’. This is usually set to ‘Yes’ when the account is no longer used. When an account is retired, transactions cannot be processed and the account will be listed/classed as a ‘retired’ M-account. |
DirectFeed | If Direct Feed is enabled, select ‘Yes’. Otherwise select ‘No’. |
Testmode | The Testmode may be changed in the C-level or the M-level. |
Update Clevel | If the update command is enabled in the general update options, you may disable a specific M-level from updating information by selecting ‘No’. |
Home Mail Flags
In each person’s profile, their organizations are listed. The organization checked off in the list will be the address used when creating mailing labels. One of the organizations listed is ‘Home Address’. If this is checked off, a mailing label will be created using the home address.
In the C-level options you can globally check and un-check the ‘Home Address’ checkbox. This is done by clicking on the appropriate button.
Mailing Labels
- Go to Tools > Mailing Labels
- Set the Printer Settings (the following settings are for Internet Explorer)
- Go to File > Page Setup
- Enter the value ‘0.25’ for all margins
- Click on ‘OK’
- Select the Avery Label Number from the drop down menu. If label number that you need is not listed, please contact us and we may be able to add it.
- Click
- Select any groups of people. A label will be created for each person in the group.
- Click
- The mailing labels will appear
- Load your printer with the appropriate label paper
- Go to File > Print to print the labels
File Upload
- Go to Tools > File Upload
- The following screen will appear:Note: If the window does not appear, make sure you have pop-ups enabled.
- Click on “Browse” and select a file to upload.
- If the file should be uploaded to a sub-directory (e.g. “images”), enter it in the appropriate field.
- Click on “Upload File”
Search Organizations
How to Search for an Organization:
- Go to Database > Organization
- Click on the ‘Organizations Search’ tab
- Enter a name and click on
- The search results will appear:
- To view/edit an organization’s profile, click on the name of the organization.
- To view a summary of the identity information of an organization, click on the ID number. The following pop-up will appear:
Browse Organizations
How to Browse Organizations: Go to Database > Organizations
Description:
- To view an organization’s profile, click on its name
- Organizations are listed alphabetically by name. Click on a letter to jump quickly to organizations starting with that letter.
- Use the buttons move between lists of organizations.
Create a New Person
- Go to Database > People
- Click on the ‘Create New Person’ tab
- Click on
- Fill out the different fields of the profile:
- To flip between tabs, click on the tab heading at the top of the screen:
- To save the person, go to the ‘Identity Tab’ and click on
Search People
How to Get to Search for a Person:
- Go to Database > People
- Click on the ‘People Search’ tab
- Enter a name and click on
- The search results will appear:
- To view/edit a person’s profile, click on the name of the person.
- To view a summary of the identity and organization information about a person, click on the ID number. The following pop-up will appear:
Browse People
Database > People > Browse
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How to Browse People: Go to Database > People Description:
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Consolidate Organizations
- Go to Database > Consolidate > Equivalent Organizations
- A screen with a list of possible duplicates appears:
- The first record is the master record. Any other records are merged into the first record. For each possible match, you have two options, exclude and merge.Exclude a Record:
- If you believe that the record is not the same organization as the master record, click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
Merge Records:
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- If you believe that a series of records are the same organization, click on
- A screen will appear where you may review and change any values to be merged.
Note:
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- fields with green backgrounds will replace those with grey. Fields with blue backgrounds are equal, and will remain unchanged.
- If you disagree with any values in the merge, make any changes in the right-side column.
- Click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
Consolidate People
- Go to Database > Consolidate > Equivalent People
- A screen with a list of possible duplicates appears:
- The first record is the master record. Any other records are merged into the first record. For each possible match, you have two options, exclude and merge.Exclude a Record:
- If you believe that the record is not the same person as the master record, click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
Merge Records:
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- If you believe that a series of records are the same person, click on
- A screen will appear where you may review and change any values to be merged.
Note:
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- fields with green backgrounds will replace those with grey. Fields with blue backgrounds are equal, and will remain unchanged.
- If you disagree with any values in the merge, make any changes in the right-side column.
- Click on
- The following message box will appear, click ‘OK’:
Common Links
Common links are links that appear in multiple people’s profiles. Common Links can be made to appear when a person logs into the portal. For example, they can be used to link to an announcements page, or a registration form in an M-level.
How to Setup a Common Link:
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- Go to Edit > Common Links
- If common links already exist, click on the ‘Create New Link’ tab
- Click on
- Enter the following information:
Link Description | The clickable text of the link. |
Link To… | Enter the address, e.g. the address of Step 2 of an M-level event. You may alternatively link to a person by entering the ID number of the person in the appropriate box. |
Link Appears For | You may select ‘All People’ or one of the custom tabs. If you select a tab name, the people who have that tab enabled will be able to see the link. For example, if a ‘Members’ tab exists to hold membership information, you may want to link to a waiver form or a registration form. |
Link Visible in Portal? | If you select ‘Yes’, when a person logs into the portal they will be able to see the link, otherwise it will only appear in their profile in the database. |
- Click on
Delete a Category
- Go to Edit > Categories
- Select the category and click on
- The following prompt will appear, click on ‘OK’
View/Remove Category Members
- Go to Tools > Categories
- Select the category and click on
- The following screen will appear with a list of all members in the category
- To remove people from the category:
- Check off the ‘remove’ checkbox for each person to remove
- Click on
- Check off the ‘remove’ checkbox for each person to remove
Add People to a Category
- Go to Database > People
- Open the Profile of the Person to add to the Category. You can do this in two ways:
- Browse by last name and click on the person
- Search for the person and click on the person
- Click on the ‘Categories’ tab
- Click on the text ‘Click here to Modify Personal Categories’
- Check off the box next the the category name
- Click on
Create a New Category
Categories can be used to group people stored in the database. Categories can be called on by the mailing labels program and the bulk email sender.
How to Create a New Category
- Go to Edit > Categories
- If other categories exist, click on
- Click on
- Enter the name of the new catergory (the other fields are currently disabled in the system)
- Click on