Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of ReportingInterface

Timestamp:

Mar 7, 2013, 2:21:13 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

adehnert

Comment:

Mail merge

ReportingInterface

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 You should almost always generate reports that '''include the ID field'''. If you need to do later processing, syncing, etc., it's likely that being able to match your spreadsheet with the DB using the ID field will be helpful.
 
-== Using the reporting interface to generate group lists for forms ==
+== Mail Merge ==
+
+The `adehnert` locker contains a mail-merge utility that can be used with reports. See http://web.mit.edu/adehnert/Public/software/my-snippets/mail-merge-help/ for documentation. You'll generally want to include the ID, name, and officers' email list fields in your report, and will need to rename the officers' email list column to "email" to do the merge.
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+== Generate group lists for forms ==
 
 Forms such as the midway application form (http://asa.scripts.mit.edu/applications/midway/midway.php) need to be regularly updated with a current list of groups. To find the group list that's being used, look in the form source for a line like "`include '../include/group_list_midway.php';`". That indicates that the group list lives in `/mit/asa/web_scripts/applications/include/group_list_midway.php`.