Multiple databases

  • I want to add a mailchimp database to my existing participants database (venues), but there are no common fields. Do i need to create a dummy group, just so I have a type field? I don’t need to worry about reg forms, as I’ll make all changes in admin.

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    You can do it, and it will help a lot to have each type of record have its fields organized into its own set of groups. You just have to remember to filter the lists whenever you work with the records so that you are only showing records of a single type.

    You must use a field that identifies the type of record, you can’t set up a split database with groups alone. This is because it is not possible to filter by group: you can only filter by field value.

    Thread Starter teebark

    (@teebark)

    Got it. To list the 2nd database, I added a db_group field for the type, and I can retrieve the data with this shortcode:
    [pdb_list filter="db_group=directory" fields="d_last_name, d_first_name, d_email, d_home_phone"]
    where the ‘d_’ prefixes are the 2nd database fields.

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