Find Appeals
Use Find Appealto search for Appeal Codes already in your database. Appeal Code information is stored in the database by the fields completed in the Add - Fundraising Appeal Codes process. When using the Find – Fundraising Appeal Codes form, you search for a desired Appeal Code using information stored in the database via these fields. Search results viewed on the List – Fundraising Appeal Codes page display in columns, and each column of search results corresponds to a data field. Only a limited, pre-defined set of columns pertaining to Appeal Codes is available to you on the Find – Fundraising Appeal Codes page.
Find Appeal
- To search for Appeal Codes already in your association's database, go to Modules>Fundraising> More...>Appeals>Find Appeal. The Find - Fundraising Appeal Codes page opens.
- For a more specific search, click the Advanced View check box. Expanded Boolean search options appear for each search criteria field. Use these search options to narrow your search results further.
- Click Go. A list of search results displays in the List - Fundraising Appeal Codes page. If only one result comes of the search, the profile page for that result opens.
Note: The more specific you make search criteria, the narrower your results will be. Searching for a Appeal Code beginning with "F" will return more results than searching for a Appeal Code beginning with "Full". Searching for all records with a Appeal Codestarting with a "T" will produce more results than searching for Appeal Codestarting with a "T" with a specific Appeal End Date.
Find vs. Query
Most Finds and Queries in netFORUM are run in CRM. The Find page is set up with a pre-defined set of columns (fields) versus a Query which allows you to select from any column in the search Table.
If you are not sure what you are looking for, use thenetFORUM wildcard character, the percent sign (%), to help you with your search. This is especially helpful when used in conjunction with the contains option on the Appeal Code field.