Date of Birth

I am a returning user to ODB and haven't used the program since 2002-2003. I am building our School's first-ever donor database and have noticed that Date of Birth is an option we can add to individual records. How do I make this field visible so that I can make use of it?
Thanks in advance for your help!

Gretchen G. Lightfoot
Director of Development
Seven Arrows Elementary School
15240 La Cruz Drive
Pacific Palisades, California 90272
(310) 230-4900/Fax 230-4909
glightfoot@sevenarrows.com

Answer

Fri, 10/31/2008 - 11:55am


In ODB 1.x -- Settings(Wrench)/Optional Fields/Option 1/ Show date of birth

Date of Birth

Sat, 11/01/2008 - 8:18pm

I also recently installed version 1.1 (for the first time). I have been able to figure out how to optimize most of the settings I need. However, I have tried to "turn on" the option for "Occupation" as you suggest for "Date of Birth" and no matter what I do, it will not show up on the data page for each person. From what I can tell, I think the codes for occupation, date of birth, and all of the other items listed under "Optional Fields, Custom 1" have somehow been deleted or omitted from the new ODB version that we are all installing. I can't get any of these items to turn on after I click "enable codes" and "Show" on this page! I think there is something wrong with the program.

Hi Anne -- If you enable

Tue, 01/20/2009 - 7:05pm

Hi Anne --
If you enable optional fields they will show up... however you will usually have to exit ODB and then reenter in order for this to happen. I just tested this with the occupation and Date of Birth fields and it seems to work fine.
Rich Cowan, ODB Support