1. DATABASE: INTERMEDIATE
Information Technology for Nonprofit Management
College of Public and Community Service
University of Massachusetts at Boston
©2010 William Holmes

2. INTERMEDIATE ISSUES Relational files Multiple keys Pull down menus
Queries
Forms

3. RELATIONAL FILES: 1 Files having common ID field
Records sorted by common ID
Files linked by common ID

4. RELATIONAL FILES: 2 Unique client id’s Group membership id’s
Record dates
Master client list

5. EXAMPLE CLIENT MASTER LIST
Client id
Client name
Client address
Client phone number
Date of intake
Date of termination

6. MULTIPLE KEYS
Individual
Family
Group
Program
Service Location
Agency

7. PULL DOWN MENUS Discrete categories Limited categories
Standard categories
Anticipated categories

8. DATABASE QUERIES Case listings Filtered cases Statistical summaries
Data from multiple files

9. DATABASE FORMS
Data entry
Data display
Data review/editing