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'''Contacts''' are a fundamental part of Charitylog. The most common way of logging the fact that you've done something '''with''' or '''for''' someone is to "Record a Contact" with that person. A Contact is created, and linked to that person. | '''Contacts''' are a fundamental part of Charitylog. The most common way of logging the fact that you've done something '''with''' or '''for''' someone is to "Record a Contact" with that person. A Contact is created, and linked to that person. | ||
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...plus many more. You can choose which of these should be mandatory for a user to enter on the [[Project_Details_-_Record_a_Contact_tab|Record a Contact tab]] of [[Project Details]]. You can choose, for each Project, how the Contacts that link to that Project should be captured. | ...plus many more. You can choose which of these should be mandatory for a user to enter on the [[Project_Details_-_Record_a_Contact_tab|Record a Contact tab]] of [[Project Details]]. You can choose, for each Project, how the Contacts that link to that Project should be captured. | ||
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Revision as of 16:16, 31 August 2017
Contacts are a fundamental part of Charitylog. The most common way of logging the fact that you've done something with or for someone is to "Record a Contact" with that person. A Contact is created, and linked to that person.
Contacts are individual records of work done. They are grouped together in Referrals - every Contact is created linked to a Referral, and a Contact can't be linked to more than one Referral. When you "Record a Contact", that Contact is either created to link to a Referral that already exists, or if it's the first Contact in a new Referral, the Referral is created automatically. Each Referral is linked to one Project, so each Contact within that Referral is linked to that Project.
A Contact is linked to an Organisation/Person (as the person who "received" the contact) and a User (as the person who "did" the contact).
Each Contact has various attributes that you can report on later - among them:
- Date
- Time
- Duration
- Contact Method
- Details of contact (this is a piece of text entered by the user)
...plus many more. You can choose which of these should be mandatory for a user to enter on the Record a Contact tab of Project Details. You can choose, for each Project, how the Contacts that link to that Project should be captured.
Rob Kay - manual author (talk) 17:16, 31 August 2017 (BST)
