DATABASE: INTERMEDIATE Information Technology for Nonprofit Management College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston ©2010 William Holmes
INTERMEDIATE ISSUES Relational files Multiple keys Pull down menus Queries Forms
RELATIONAL FILES: 1 Files having common ID field Records sorted by common ID Files linked by common ID
RELATIONAL FILES: 2 Unique client id’s Group membership id’s Record dates Master client list
EXAMPLE CLIENT MASTER LIST Client id Client name Client address Client phone number Date of intake Date of termination
MULTIPLE KEYS Individual Family Group Program Service Location Agency
PULL DOWN MENUS Discrete categories Limited categories Standard categories Anticipated categories
DATABASE QUERIES Case listings Filtered cases Statistical summaries Data from multiple files
DATABASE FORMS Data entry Data display Data review/editing