New DonorWorks v8 features

  • New manual
  • "Training wheels" to help you get started
  • OpenBase SQL for faster and more powerful queries and more stability
  • Contact Log is now called the Activity Log to better describe what it is used for
  • You can choose to see dropdown lists in addition to auto-fill and popups for fields that require pre-defined codes
  • You can save window sizes and positions to they will come up at the same location as you left them
  • Spell-checking and auto-replace are available in memo and WorksWrite fields
  • Additional Foundations checkbox to use for Grants module
  • More context menu options
  • Multiple display-only fields on Constituent Entry and Gift Entry
  • Primary Address is now called Head of Household to more accurately indicate what it does
  • Contacts now display both relationship codes and reciprocal relationship codes
  • The Relations treelist now has a Head of Household indicator
  • Additional types of tasks, including grant tasks, and staged tasks. New task codes. Tasks are tied to the new calendar. Lots of new, different ways to display tasks in treelist. You can set alarms for tasks, and attach a document with a hot link to open the document.
  • Print summary task report, staged task report
  • Pull up tasks for self, assigned, another's, recurring, etc.
  • Protected groups that only allow someone with Admin level to remove a person from a group
  • With auto-expiring groups, constituents are removed from a group when a specific date is reached
  • Activity log now allows for unlimited custom codes; "other" records such as external EMails, WorksWrite letters, etc. are editable; attach a document with a hot link to open the document
  • Major donor flag now has an option to set someone as a prospect
  • On... menu is back along with Next/Previous to allow you to step through your data based on a specific set of criteria
  • If a field is too long to show on the screen, hovering the cursor over it will display the entire text
  • Dots & Stickies – Attach visual indicators to any constituent record, including adding yellow sticky notes
  • Some menus have been reordered
  • Household and contacts now display on the profile report
  • Designations now display in lists in colors of your choosing for easy identification
  • Graphing has been added in many places
  • Add a gift from the Constituent Entry window
  • Defaults in bulk group enroll to enter starting/ending dates and memos in bulk
  • Improved venue ticketing for events
  • Additions for Canadian receipting
  • Extra field on Gift Entry for batch number, etc.
  • Improvements to linked constituents
  • You can set up recurring gifts for EFT/CC transactions, payroll deductions, etc.
  • CC/EFT processing through a clearing house partner
  • More renewal options
  • Volunteer hours can post to soft credit totals
  • If you try to Find someone on the Constituent screen and they are not found, you can automatically add them
  • United Way gifts, including multiple percentages for different chapters
  • Additional directory options
  • Relations and contact ("grandparents") reports
  • Giving comparisons report
  • New task reports
  • Auctions added to POSWorks plus reports
  • SQL queries
  • Additional Assisted Query options
  • Archiving of old records
  • Each time you do a Query & Report, a separate window comes up so you can make side-by-side comparisons
  • You can drag-and-drop data between Query & Report windows
  • Query & Report now has Comparison & Summary graphs
  • More codes can be marked as inactive and you can show/hide the inactive ones
  • When creating a query, if the field you are querying on is an auto-lookup field, it will auto-fill as you type and only allow actual codes to be entered
  • Queries can now be shared so that everyone in the office doesn't have to recreate the same query
  • Queries are now stored in the database so they are backed up and so that they will move from machine to machine with you
  • More code types now allow for combining of code records
  • You can indicate that some title/couple title codes are only appropriate as a couple title
  • In WorksWrite letters you can adjust the position of background graphics
  • WorksWrite letters can print multiple gifts in a single letter, including in-kind gifts, headers & footers
  • EMail now allows for HTML EMail and attachments
  • You can have Mission Control automatically load for specified workers
  • Various preferences allow you to customize your workspace
  • When printing a batch of WorksWrite letters, you can elect to view and edit the merged results before printing
  • You can now customize phone and date formatting
  • You can automatically display the Constituent window on startup
  • Import EMail directly from a given EMail account into the Activity Log
  • Import Constituent information directly from EMail via web form or other means
  • Bulk EMail allows you throttle the speed at which EMails are sent out if your ISP provides limits on this
  • You can display monthly background pictures, including adding pictures of your own that come up on particular days or periods of time
  • Automatically create and link spouse/child records during import
  • Administrative message displays to all users every time they log in with information you want everyone to see
  • Calendar displays your tasks and ToDo's by day or month
  • Install docs from the CD from within the program
  • Additional Mission Control options, see top donors, see selected audit trail, see ticket sales, tasks, ability to create custom Control Panels
  • Planned Giving module (included)
  • Grants module (available for purchase)
  • POSWorks (available for puchase) with Auctions, multiple invoice options, posting to gift file, confirm entries, custom categories, rentals, subscriptions, hourly services, assemblies, multiple tax types
  • Customize any report
  • Remote access to data from any machine you have DonorWorks on
  • Ability to link DonorWorks data to website

 
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