Is Your Data A Dump?

Is Your Data A Dump?

After assisting organizations with thousands of requests to clean up their data over the past number of years, I have realized that no matter the size of organization or the resources committed to cleaning up data – there is always still more garbage to clean-up.  So what becomes important is to structure your Raiser’s Edge database in a way where this does not affect the accuracy of your reporting and where your Raiser’s Edge database helps you identify newly entered garbage data to clean-up.

Here are a few tips that should help an organization reduce, reuse, and recycle their data to help keep your Raiser’s Edge data organized in the best possible way, get rid of all garbage, and make sure you have the most accurate reporting.

1)  Monthly table scan

2) Weekly query data entry review

3) Monthly Reconciliation reports

4) Weekly duplicate reporting

5) Monthly active/inactive constituent review

It is critical that you create a schedule just like you have at home for your garbage collection to keep your Raiser’s Edge clean and tidy.  Let’s all work to prevent future mountains of data that have no use to your organization.

Please let me know if you are interested in having us assist with this regular clean-up of your data.  Our team at RESolutionsTECH would be happy to start assisting you right away.

Robin

http://www.resolutionstech.com