We are in the process of trying to clean up our records, including attributes and constituencies. In doing this, we've realized our constituencies tend to be repetitive with information found in other places in a Tess record. Out of curiosity --
What do you have constituencies for and why?
Does it seem like better practice to track your prospects for foundation, gov, individual, etc. in a solicitation rather than a constituency?
Thanks!
Heather,
Wow, how do you nightly wipe and reform constituencies?
Email or call me offline.
Kristin
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From: Tessitura Development Forum [mailto:forums-development@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Heather KraftSent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:36 PMTo: kmurphy@nashvilleopera.orgSubject: Re: [Tessitura Development Forum] Constituencies
Hi Sara -
We tend to think of our constituencies as quick labels that are, for the most part, generated off other information in Tessitura. Most of our constituencies are all based on things stored elsewhere - ticket/donations, relationships, CSIs, attributes, solicitations, etc. We nightly wipe and reform most constituencies to make sure that the information is current. Our staff are trained (mostly) to view constituencies as a quick label, but not something that should be edited by them. We use it mostly as identifiers on the customer header and in reporting.
We've definitely gone the way of a solicitation for tracking prospects, and then my nightly script goes out, looks for an active solicitation and creates a constituency of the correct type.
HTH,
Heather
From: Sara Fellman <bounce-sarafellman8179@tessituranetwork.com>Sent: 4/11/2013 12:04:51 PM
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