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Dates
Bookings‘assumes’ the year portion of a date is the currnet year. You can enter the month and day and press Tab to go to the next field. Therefore if it is 2023, entering 0801 and press tab will enter the date 08/01/2023. You can also select a date from the Calendar button.Venues
Venuers MUST be in the Venues Database before thay can be entered here, From the Main Menu select Edit, then Add/Edit Venue Locations then enter the Venue Name and Round Trip Mileage for this Venue.Mileage
When entering a Bookings record the total miles will automatically be entered from the Venue Location Data Table. In order to have a written Mileage Report for the IRS you will need to enter the Beginning and Ending Mileage.Edit Choices
Before entering a Bookings record the ‘Drop Down’ Must be entere before the data willl automatically be entered from the Venue Location Data Table or the Gig Status Table, or any of the other Browse Tables.Insert will Add a New Record
The Insert button, or pressing the Ins Key on your keyboard will add a mew record/.Sort
The Tabs at the top of this window will SORT all of the records by the Tab name.Change wiil Edit A Record
Select Insert at the bottom of the window to add a new Booking. Clicking Change will allow you to Change a RecordView
Thiis will let you view but not change a record. I suppose it could be used for a ‘What If’ analysis.Delete
We STRONGLY recommend you NEVER do this. It could change the results of reports.
Browse
Working with ‘Browses’ is the main tool with databases. Basically you need to have a List, or Browse (Review) of all of the data you have to know which record is to be adjusted.
This is a record which is included during the installation
of the application. We intentionally left the older dates
so you can practice to see what happens to the calculations
when you enter data.
Corporate Support Services| Jack@ittracking.com
Dates
Bookings‘assumes’ the year portion of a date is the currnet year. You can enter the month and day and press Tab to go to the next field. Therefore if it is 2023, entering 0801 and press tab will enter the date 08/01/2023. You can also select a date from the Calendar button.Venues
Venuers MUST be in the Venues Database before thay can be entered here, From the Main Menu select Edit, then Add/Edit Venue Locations then enter the Venue Name and Round Trip Mileage for this Venue.Mileage
When entering a Bookings record the total miles will automatically be entered from the Venue Location Data Table. In order to have a written Mileage Report for the IRS you will need to enter the Beginning and Ending Mileage.Edit Choices
Before entering a Bookings record the ‘Drop Down’ Must be entere before the data willl automatically be entered from the Venue Location Data Table or the Gig Status Table, or any of the other Browse Tables.Insert will Add a New Record
The Insert button, or pressing the Ins Key on your keyboard will add a mew record/.Sort
The Tabs at the top of this window will SORT all of the records by the Tab name.Change wiil Edit A Record
Select Insert at the bottom of the window to add a new Booking. Clicking Change will allow you to Change a RecordView
Thiis will let you view but not change a record. I suppose it could be used for a ‘What If’ analysis.Delete
We STRONGLY recommend you NEVER do this. It could change the results of reports.
Browse
Working with ‘Browses’ is the main tool with databases. Basically you need to have a List, or Browse (Review) of all of the data you have to know which record is to be adjusted.
This is a record which is included during the installation
of the application. We intentionally left the older dates
so you can practice to see what happens to the calculations
when you enter data.
