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BarisArt

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Function of 'Event Source' unclear
February 29, 2008, 02:08:53 am
Hi there,

If I create an offline event registration for a Contact, there is a field Source. In the description is stated that this field can be used to track the source of the registration, eg. Leaflet, Website, Radio Ad, etc.

But, whatever value I fill in, it will always be saved as 'Offline registration (by Username)'.
Why is this field editable if the entered date is not being used?

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Re: Function of 'Event Source' unclear
February 29, 2008, 10:15:08 am
The event source displayed is stored in the participant record

the offline registration is filed in the contribution source record if a contribution is created for this event. To make tracking a bit easier, i've also attached the eventTitle to the cotribution_source

http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-2773

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BarisArt

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Re: Function of 'Event Source' unclear
March 01, 2008, 01:50:34 am
Ok, thanks for your reply. But is still doesn't make sense to me why this field IS editable on the offline registration screen, if it's data isn't being used?

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Re: Function of 'Event Source' unclear
March 01, 2008, 12:11:54 pm
to clarify my reply:

1. the source field displayed on the screen is stored in the participant record

2. there is another source field in the contribution record and we autogenerate the value for this field similar to how we do in an online event registration

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BarisArt

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Re: Function of 'Event Source' unclear
March 01, 2008, 03:03:38 pm
Ok thanks,

English is not my mother tongue and I feel I sometimes miss things if you folks are getting too technical :p

Thanks for all you help though!
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