This document is aimed at staff already taking advantage of TntMPD, and who have existing data in their local TntMPD database. If you have never used TntMPD, please refer to the New TntMPD User document. If you did not download this file from GCM's TntMPD DataSync page close it now and go grab the latest version. You don't want to follow instructions in and old file and take a chance that we've updated something important! https://www.gcmapp.net/mygcm/tntmpd/
The GCM TntMPD DataSync file is the easiest and fastest way to sync all of your donor and gift information in one easy step. One easy step, then why all the warnings and hoopla?! Well, once you've finished this inital DataSync all of your following DataSync's will be easy cheesy!
Before we do the import, TntMPD allows you to setup automatic tasks for newly inputted data. We do not recommend allowing automatic tasks for your first import. If you do not turn this off, TntMPD will create tasks for all gifts you've ever received. This could create thousands of tasks related to the donors and gifts you will be importing from GCM. If you specifically want to have tasks created for all your GCM imported gifts, then skip to step 4. If however, you would not like to have tasks created for all your GCM imported gifts, you can temporarily disable automatic task creation in TntMPD as follows: Select Tools in the top menu bar, and click on “Options” [Figure 1]. In the Options dialog, select the “Gifts” tag and uncheck the “Enable Automatic Actions for New Gifts” option [Figure 2].
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After clicking “Next” on the previous window, TntMPD will present you with a screen to try and match the GCM contact with your existing contacts. You will be presented with the screen for each record in your GCM DataSync file, so this is a lengthy process, but you only have to do it once!
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Ok, moving on. After you clicking "Next" a while back on the DataSync summary window a new window pops up. This will actually be one of two windows, either the "Confirm Match" window [Figure 6] or the "Find [Contact]" window [Figure 7]. The "Confirm Match" window [Figure 6] will contain a list of contacts that have information (name, address, etc) similar to the new contact. If the contact already exists, then select the correct match and press the “Yes” button. Otherwise, click on “No Match,” and TntMPD will add them as a new contact in the next step. If TntMPD cannot find a close match, it will present you with the "Find [Contact]" window [Figure 7] showing a full list of your contacts to choose from. If there is not a match click "No Match" and TntMPD will add them as a new contact in the next step.
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Once TntMPD has imported your donors, it will scan the gift records in the DataSync file and compare them against your local TntMPD database. You will then see one of three windows popup, and in many cases, a combination of the three.
If TntMPD finds new gifts that do not exist in your TntMPD database, it will present you with list of all new gifts to be imported [Figure 10]. At this point, you have the option to uncheck any gifts that you do not want to add to your TntMPD database; by default, all new gifts are checked and will be imported. Clicking "Next" will bring up a summary of the gifts to be added to your TntMPD database. [Figure 11]. Click on “Sync” to finish adding the gifts.
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Select Tools in the top menu bar, and click on “Options” [Figure 13]. In the Options dialog, select the “Gifts” tag and check the “Enable Automatic Actions for New Gifts” option [Figure 14].
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Figure 11 - Enable Automatic Actions
Yes, there's more. TntMPD will never automatically update a contact's information with donor data from GCM. You have to manually go contact by contact to accept changes from the DataSync. This is not true of gifts, only of a contact's primary address and primary phone number. It does not allow for email updates either!!
Ok, so, you're sync'ed, but what does that mean exactly? Did TntMPD just update all of your contact's contact information with GCM's data? The datasync you just completed associated your TntMPD contact with a GCM donor, and it did this using GCM's donor number (RE######). If you take a look at the top right of a contact who has not been associated with a donor, you will see "No Org Account" [Figure 15a]. If you click on "No Org Account" a screen with no information will popup [Figure 16].
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Once you have run the DataSync and a contact has been connected with a donor you will then see the GCM's donor number (RE######) their instead of "No Org Account" [Figure 17a]. After a DataSync IF there are updates from GCM to a Donor's data TntMPD will display the updateable data in red [Figure 17b & c]. Any data from GCM that has not changed will display in TntMPD's normal black/blue colors [Figure 12d]. When you click on GCM's Donor Number (RE######) [Figure 17a] a window will popup showing the Donor data from GCM [Figure 18]. For new data from GCM, TntMPD will enable the buttons on this screen [Figure 18a]. If GCM's data has not changed, these buttons will be disabled [Figure 18b]. If you click "Accept GCM" then TndMPD will update the contact's data with the data from GCM. If you click "Keep TntMPD", it will disregard the data from GCM. Once you have clicked "Keep TntMPD" or "Accept GCM" TntMPD will not show any data to update until a Donor actually updates there data with GCM. This means that after clicking one of these buttons, even if you change a donor's data within TntMPD and try to update it with GCM's data, TntMPD will not activate these buttons again until a donor updates their data with GCM.

Figure 17 - DataSync Contact Updates

Figure 13 - Contact Data Update
If you happened to have had any of those extra tricky donors mentioned early on you may encounter this situation and you did decide to associate two (or more) GCM Donors with the same TndMPD contact, you will notice that the contact will now show all of the GCM Donor Numbers in the top right corner (RE#####, RE#####, etc.) [Figure 14]. If you click on either of those numbers it will bring up a similar popup as with a single association, but this time you will have access to both GCM Donor's address and phone number info [Figure #]. You can then click on either of the GCM Donor Numbers to show and accept the corresponding GCM data.
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What do I do if I accidentally linked a donor to an account incorrectly?
Thankfully, TntMPD makes this fairly painless to change. Simply click on a contact's GCM Donor Number to bring up the popup. Then you can right click their GCM Donor Number in the popup to bring up the option to link the account to a different contact. If you choose "Link Account to Different Contact..." it will bring up a "Select a Contact..." window where you can link the GCM donor to a different TntMPD contact.
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