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DonorSearch Text File Submission

To begin with a search, you will need to determine which patrons you wish to submit for analysis on. This could be from:

DonorSearch Direct Submission

To begin with a search, you will need to determine which patrons you wish to submit for analysis on. This could be from:

DonorSearch Importing Analytic Results

The following process is for importing the analytic results from DonorSearch that were through the Text File option.

DonorSearch Retrieve Analytic Results

The following process is for retrieving the analytic results from requests to DonorSearch that were perform through the Direct Submission option.

DonorSearch API Key

The DonorSearch API Key is a unique identifier used with all transactions between DonorSearch and Theatre Manager. It acts as the place holder for a "Username" and "Password" that the end user would enter into the DonorSearch Web Portal directly if not accessing the data via Theatre Manager.

Place Seats SVG map Wizard

The online select-your-seat process has predefined computer code associated with each seat and it must be merged in to allow the patron to interact with the selection process. This code cannot be changed by the user, but it must be merged into a basic SVG map in order to work.

After preparing the SVG map per the previous instructions, you will need to use this wizard to merge the map with the rest of the programming code that will actually make it work. Fortunately, this is automated and is a quick process.

Importing SVG Map

After converting the Powerpoint PPT map to SVG format, you will need to import it into the database.

To do this:

Convert PPT to SVG (using OpenOffice)

There are tools that can convert a PPT to SVG format file:
  • Open Office is free. Use Version 4.1.4 or later from the link above.
  • Some venues have used Adobe Illustrator CS6 effectively.

This page describes using then for its picture conversion capabilities (eg PPT to SVG).

Prepare the PPT Document the First Time

If this is the first time you are converting the pricing map PPT document to SVG to prepare it for pick-your-own seats, there are a few steps that will help in the process. Once you are happy with the map and it converts nicely to SVG, you should not have to do this step again.
  • Open the document in Powerpoint (any version should work - these steps were tested with office 2008 for mac)
  • UNGROUP all objects:

Exporting the Original PPT Map

After making your final changes to the graphic map, you should save it to the database so that you can retrieve it later on - should you want to alter and aspect of the map or use it to make another pricing map for dynamic pricing..

Saving the original (Powerpoint) copy of the Map into the Database

Saving the original file that was used to create the maps:

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