Mail Lists (Tutorial)

Add Patron To Mail List   Top

Mail List Tab
Mail List Tab

Adding a Mail List to a patron record involves 3 basic steps:

  1. Select a Mail List
  2. Add the Mail List to the Patron Record
  3. Close the Mail List window

The following tutorial demonstrates how to manually add a Mail List to a patron record.

Use the following steps to practice adding a patron to a Mail List from a patron's Mail List Tab:

Click on the Mail List Tab
  • In the Patron Record, click on the Mail List tab
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Mail List Tab

Click on the Add button
  • On the Mail List tab click the Add button in the lower toolbar
  • This will open a context menu
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Add Button

Add more Mail Lists to this Patron

The context menu has two options:

  • Add more Mail Lists to this patron or:
  • Resubscribe patron to selected mail list if they are currently marked unsubscribed
  • Select Add more Mail Lists to this patron
  • This will open the Mail List Lookup window
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Context Manu

Mail List Lookup
  • The Mail List Lookup Window opens with an empty search
  • The system defaults to the Mail List Name search parameter
  • Click the Magnifying Search button to bring up all the active Mail Lists
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Lookup Window

Review Newly Added Mail List
  • Back on the Mail List tab you will see the new Mail list
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Mail List Tab

Find Patrons With Multiple Household Members   Top

To create a Mail List that answers the question "How many patron accounts have more than one member in the household?", perform the following steps:

Click the Mail List button in the main Theatre Manager toolbar to open the Mail Lists Window.

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Create New Mail List

Click the New button. The Mail List Criteria window opens.


Enter a descriptive name in the Mail List Name field and enter a description in the Description Tab.


Click the Save button.


Change the select drop-down to All Patrons In Household and Save.

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Patron Type Drop-Down

Click the Criteria Groups Tab.

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Criteria Group Tab

Click the Create Group button and chose To ADD Patrons To The Mail List.

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Create Add Group

The Mail List Search Window opens.

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Select Data File

Chose Patron Data from the drop-down list, then click the Next button. The Parameters Search Window opens.


Click the New button. The Edit Report Parameters Window opens.

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Add Criteria To Parameters Window

Choose Patron # and select the condition that says is greater than or equal to 1.


Click the Save button. You are returned to the Parameters Window. Note your selected criteria Patron # is greater than or equal to 1.

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Household Options

You are returned to the Mail List Criteria Window. Your final criteria should look EXACTLY like this.

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Criteria Groups Tab

You now have a list of all patrons in the database who are part of a TM household with at least one primary member and one tertiary member.