What is Member Alternate ID’s?

The primary purpose of a Member Alternative ID is to uniquely link a Member record with an identifier that is used in an external system. These identifiers are used extensively in the Import routines within Administration to Import:

• Additional People records
• Member Subscriptions
• External Transactions (such as Invoices)
• Payments (such as Employer deductions for membership dues)

Alternate Ids can be entered and maintained on the Member Profile in MEMNET, and also provided when importing Members using Member Import.

A unique Alternate Id on a Member is made up of two parts:

• Alternate ID Type (such as Client ID from a third party shopping cart, a discount card etc.). These Types are maintained in Type Maintenance within Administration
• The Alternate ID itself being for the two examples above the Client ID and the Discount Card number.