tracking activity

[ruthcarlton]

I have 3 related databases; events, venues, and people (attending events). Each time an event happens the people might change, but I would like to be able to track how many times a person has attended an event.

Is there a way to do it without storing people's names in the event db? I plan on using event IDs, Can I add an event ID to a person's record each time they attend another event?

Thanks.

[Gogargirl]

Yes you can add an event ID to a person's record in your people file. If you then have the event ID field as the match field in the two files, you can display the attendees in your event file using a portal.

In my humble view you SHOULD be tracking attendance in the people file anyway. Then you can easily see stuff like who your best customers are (i.e. who goes to lots of your events) and their history too, year on year (who always/never renews?). Much better than trying to figure it out from the events file.

Good luck!

[andygaunt]

If the person attends multiple events over time, remember to script it to

Set field[eventid], eventid & " " & new data

otherwise you will overwrite what existed in that field previously.