Find Gift Opportunities
Use Find Gift Opportunityto search for Gift Opportunities already in your database. Gift Opportunity information is stored in the database by the fields completed in the Add - Gift Opportunity process. When using the Find – Gift Opportunity form, you search for a desired Gift Opportunity using information stored in the database via these fields. Search results viewed on the List – Gift Opportunity 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 Gift Opportunities is available to you on the Find – Gift Opportunity page.
Find Gift Opportunity
- To search for Gift Opportunities already in your association's database, go to . The Find - Gift Opportunity 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 - Gift Opportunity 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 Sort Name beginning with "F" will return more results than searching for a Sort Name beginning with "Full." Searching for all records with a Sort Namestarting with a "T" will produce more results than searching for Sort Namesstarting with a "T" with a specific Start 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 Sort Name field.