Post by firdaus on Apr 13, 2009 1:15:36 GMT 8
This menial task can easily written off as a necessity.
Keeping a database of members is really important. There will be times that other organisations will need info of the members.
For example, mendaki will request for the details of graduating members for their annual graduates' tea session.
Updating the database can be a complicated task without the right knowledge and tools. Therefore it is important to train up members to use the right software for the job.
Just a tip: For example when a new school year has passed and the database needs to be updated in accordance of year, it can be very troublesome changing things individually or you can mere use the 'replace all' function to change all year 2 entries to year 3.
This is possible in both Microsoft Access and Excel
Keeping a database of members is really important. There will be times that other organisations will need info of the members.
For example, mendaki will request for the details of graduating members for their annual graduates' tea session.
Updating the database can be a complicated task without the right knowledge and tools. Therefore it is important to train up members to use the right software for the job.
Just a tip: For example when a new school year has passed and the database needs to be updated in accordance of year, it can be very troublesome changing things individually or you can mere use the 'replace all' function to change all year 2 entries to year 3.
This is possible in both Microsoft Access and Excel