Jennifer's Intro Post & Thoughts about Queries

Cheers!  Am thrilled to be part of Blackbaud's new blogging forums...

As introductions are in order, I'm Jennifer Paquette, a Fundraising Solutions Consultant and long-time RE user (since 2000!).  Am happy to share thoughts, advice, etc. from the perspective of both a Blackbaud Consultant and a Fundraising Professional / long-time client.  Feel free to check out my background on my profile -- am betting there are many of us with quite a bit in common.

Suggestion for the day.... When creating RE queries, check the "Others may run" box, but NOT "Others may modify" box when saving your query.  Why let others mistakenly ruin your hard work?  Instead force them to save it as their own and then make changes.  And why do I feel so strongly about this?  Because I was that sorry soul who was constantly (and inadvertently) modifying my colleagues' queries -- I'd see a cool query and think "great -- I'll save myself some time and just tweak it."  And then forget to save it as my own.  Sort of peeved my colleagues who had invested the time in creating those complex queries....  Believe me -- protecting your queries saves everyone from grief!