General Functions Used Throughout the System

This chapter discusses how to:

Link a spouse to a constituent record.
Work with worksets.
Create service indicators.
Modify constituent type and class year.
Send email notifications.

Linking a Spouse to a Constituent Record

When you have established the constituent's relationship with the spouse, the Spouse link appears in the top right-hand corner of many pages when the constituent's record is retrieved.

Click to retrieve the constituent's spousal record on the current page. When the spouse's record is retrieved, that record carries forward as you navigate from page to page.

To return to the constituent's record, click the link. This link acts as a toggle switch, enabling you to move back and forth between spouse records.

Working with Worksets

This section provides an overview of worksets and discusses how to:

Create a workset.
Join worksets.
Build a workset from a page in the system.

Understanding Worksets

On many pages throughout the system you can create worksets, or groups of records that you review or update simultaneously. Worksets are a powerful tool when your work revolves around a group of constituents, because you do not have to retrieve each record individually to review or update information. Worksets can contain both people and external organizations within a single workset.

You can load a workset into a page to work with a set of records at one time, rather than individually accessing each record. You can also save, update, join, and reuse worksets.

Pages Used to Work with Worksets

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Manage Worksets	AV_WORKSET	Contributor Relations, Constituent Information, Workset, Manage Worksets	Create or update worksets.
Join Worksets	AV_WSET_JOIN	Contributor Relations, Constituent Information, Workset, Join Worksets	Join two or more worksets by either adding the records from two worksets together or by excluding the records in the worksets that are not common.

Creating a Workset

Access the Manage Worksets page.

Total Members

The number of records in the workset.

Description

A free-text field that describes the contents of the workset.

Short Description

The first 10 characters of the Description field. You can modify this text.

ID Type and ID

Select the ID type and ID for each constituent to include in the workset.

Joining Worksets

Access the Join Worksets page.

Workset To Be Built

Workset Code	Select the code for the first workset in the set to join. You define workset codes when you create a workset.
Description	The description of the workset that appears when you press TAB from the Workset Code field. The resulting joined workset inherits the name of the workset that you select.
Method	Select a method for joining the two worksets. Add: Select to add the records in the selected workset to the records in another workset without excluding any records. Exclusive: Select to remove non-matching records from both worksets.
Build	Click to create the workset.

Worksets To Be Joined

Workset Code

Select the code for each workset to be joined.

Building a Workset From a Page in the System

There are several pages in Contributor Relations that you can use to build a workset:

Prospect List
Employee List
Involvement Roster
Acknowledge Suspense
Acknowledgement List
Top Donors
Giving Club Membership Summary
Resource Assignments

To build a workset while you are using one of these pages:

Select the Workset check box to include the prospect in a workset.
To include all the records on the page, click All.
To create a new workset, add to an existing workset, or override an existing workset with the selected prospects, type or select the short name for the workset in the Workset field.

If you are creating a new workset, type text describing the workset in the Description field.
Select Add to add the selected prospects to an existing workset without changing the existing workset records.
Select Overwrite to overwrite the records in an existing workset with the records that you selected.
Select Exclusive to remove records from an existing workset that do not match the records that you selected.
Click Build to create the workset.

Creating Service Indicators

You can create and review service indicators, or tags that provide important information about a constituent. For example, service indicators might be Verified Deceased, Do Not Call, Do Not Solicit, Do Not Mail, and so on.

The pages and process that you use to create and review service indicators are identical to those used in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Community application.

Reviewing Constituent Type and Class Year

On many pages in Contributor Relations, the system displays a person's constituent type as a link, as well as class year. When you click the Constituent Type link, you access the Constituent Type Summary page, where you can review historical constituent types for that person. Clicking the Class Year link displays the constituent's Academic Information Summary page.

Sending Email Notifications

On many pages in Contributor Relations, you have the option to send an email to constituents. For example, after reviewing a person's Person Profile, you might send an email to the constituent to request an information update, or to invite the constituent to participate in a special event of interest, based on information on their record.

Pages Used to Send Email Notifications

Page Name	Object Name	Navigation	Usage
Send Notification	PT_WF_NOTIFY	Click the Notify button on any page in the system where it is available.	Enter email details, such as addresses and message content.
Send Notification - Lookup Address	PT_WF_NOTFY_LOOKUP	Click the Lookup Recipient link on the Send Notification page.	Create an email recipient list or search for email addresses.
Send Notification - Delivery Options	PT_WF_NOTFY_DOPTNS	Click the Delivery Options link on the Send Notification page.	View or change the delivery method of the email.

Total Members	The number of records in the workset.
Description	A free-text field that describes the contents of the workset.
Short Description	The first 10 characters of the Description field. You can modify this text.
ID Type and ID	Select the ID type and ID for each constituent to include in the workset.