West Shore Database SynchronizationCreating Coordinated Databases

The Problem Two databases exist for the West Shore

Evangelical Church These systems both contain membership

data They are unable to combine or directly link

the information There needs to be a way to synchronize

information between the two databases to keep up-to-date and accurate church records

What We Did

First of two major objectives is complete

Member information is extracted out of the source database and is ready for insertion into the second, target database

Upload will be coming…

Value Gained

With the work that has been completed, the administrator can easily obtain the records that need to be updated

Hand entry will still be required until the upload process is finished, however, previously there was no way to find new or updated records without tedious manual searching

Lessons Learned

It is great to have a technically knowledgeable liaison for a project

Critical thinking about the application before its creation is necessary for product success and transition

It is easy to get over ambitious early, before problems are introduced into the system

It is hard to estimate time and functionality before doing the project, but still very valuable to do so

Database Synchronization Team Doug Ader Eli Landers Berenice Vasquez-Dominguez