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For the site I am working on there is a need to track "points" earned by a contact.

Over the course of the year they accumulate a number of points, and the system needs a way of tracking the total each year, split into 2 categories (let's call them A and B).

Just the total in each category for each year is needed. So, the information that needs to be captured (and reported on) is relatively simple, and might look something like this....

Name	Mary Smith
Pts	Year: 2008	A=123	B=20
Pts	Year: 2009	A=220	B=40
Pts	Year: 2010	A=30	B=0

Can I create a group of custom fields for this, and apply them multiple times to a single contact?

Great.  Sorry for being such a noob (it's just because I am).  Don't know how I missed that option in Custom Fields.

But I need hooks to use them in profiles?  Sounds painful.  A pointer to some documentation / example would be great.

Thanks!

Thanks for all you help.

I've hit a point now where I've spent far too much time trying to get CiviCRM to meet my requirements, and with little to show for it.

The stuff that is there looks great, but in the end there are just too many gotchas.

I appreciate the feedback provided, but I have decided that to move forward I have to dump CiviCRM and write from scratch.