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| − | ==The importance of good contact recording==
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| − | ==Administrator tips; making it easy for users==
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| − | =Input Field Rules=
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| − | ==Input Field Rules for anonymous contacts==
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| − | Recording anonymous contacts has a slightly different relationship to Input Field Rules - namely that recording of anonymous contacts will not function until you have set up some Input Field Rules to suit. To create some Input Field Rules, click the "Create Anon. Rules" link as shown:
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| − | '''Even if you don't enter a requirement for the "Name" field, it will appear on anonymous contacts anyway.''' Although it seems a bit silly to require a name from an anonymous contact, this field is important for two reasons:
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| − | * Recording an anonymous contact doesn't just "lose" the person; rather, it does create a client on the system, and that client is named "Anonymous Client". Over time, a lot of anonymous contacts will create a lot of clients with the same name. This isn't ideal, but it does mean that if a client who was previously anonymous comes back to have some work done with your organisation, you at least have some chance of finding the relevant anonymous contacts and merging the client records. Creating a new client each time also means that your reports for "how many client contacts have we had" will have the correct numbers in.
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| − | * This field, when used for Recording an Anonymous Contact, allows the end user to look up surnames on the system and check that the client is not, in fact, already on the system. This commonly happens when clients have involvement with one project more than others - they may not realise that everyone is using the same database.
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