Once you have completed your iMIS integration, the next step is to map the data you collect in iMIS to its corresponding fields in Feathr. This ensures every category of data you wish to track from iMIS to Feathr has a home and can then be utilized for your marketing needs.
Using Data Fields in Feathr
If you look at any person record in Feathr, you will see a collection of fields that represent the categories of data Feathr collects by default about your community of website visitors, email subscribers, and so on. These are unsurprising standard fields such as First Name, Email, Address, etc. They are default fields in Feathr due to how ubiquitous these categories are across all marketing platforms, CRMs, and other databases your organization might use.
Many of these fields also exist in iMIS, and can be mapped without creating additional fields in Feathr. However, there are several data fields that exist in iMIS that do not exist among the default options in Feathr. In order to successfully map data in those fields, you will have to create custom fields in Feathr.
iMIS Fields Available to Map
The following is a list of all iMIS fields that can be mapped into Feathr. We strongly suggest choosing which of these fields you would like to map and creating their corresponding custom fields in Feathr prior to connecting the iMIS integration. Instructions and best practices for doing this are below in this article.
Address
Average Gift Value
Background Check Valid Until
Birth Date
Category
Chapter
Companies
Company Member Type
Contact Rank
Contact Status Code
Consecutive Years Giving
Date Added
Date Created
Designation
External ID
Fax
First Gift Amount
First Gift Appeal
First Gift Date
First Gift Product Code
First Name
Functional Title
Gender
Highest Gift Amount
Highest Transaction Number Processed
Home Phone
Informal Name
Join Date
Last Gift Amount
Last Gift Appeal
Last Gift Date
Last Gift Product Code
Last Name
Last Updated
Lifetime Gift Value
Lowest Gift Amount
Member Status
Member Status Date
Member Type
Member Type Change Date
Middle Name
Mobile Phone
Name
Name Prefix
Name Suffix
Next to Last Gift Amount
Next to Last Gift Appeal
Next to Last Gift Date
Next to Last Gift Product Code
Number of Gifts
Paid Through
Party ID
Previous Member Type
Status
Title
Toll Free
Volunteer: Age Group
Volunteer: Available Beginning
Volunteer: Background Check Status
Volunteer: Completed Orientation
Volunteer: Emergency Contact
Volunteer: Emergency Contact Phone
Volunteer: Government ID Number
Volunteer: Is Volunteer
Volunteer: Orientation Valid Until
Website
Work Phone
Adding Custom Fields
Some standard fields in iMIS that may be important to your marketing efforts (and may in fact be the entire reason you have chosen to integrate your iMIS and Feathr accounts) are not standard fields in Feathr. Because those fields do not exist by default in Feathr, you will have to create them.
Our recommended best practices when creating your custom fields in Feathr include labeling them as iMIS fields. That way you or other users of your Feathr account don't unintentionally map them to something else in the future. So instead of creating a field labeled "paid through," it could be called "iMIS: paid through." This is merely a recommendation so be sure to do what works best for your organization.
Follow this separate help desk link for instructions on how to create custom fields in Feathr.
Once you've chosen which fields in iMIS you will be connecting to Feathr and made sure they all have a corresponding field in Feathr, complete the integration steps. When the integration is complete, you will be taken to a page to map your iMIS fields to your Feathr fields. It will look something like this:
All you have to do in this step is select the Feathr field in each dropdown that corresponds to the iMIS field you will be importing. This ensures that the data coming in from iMIS lands in the right place in Feathr.
If you have not created your custom fields ahead of time, or if you need to add an additional iMIS field in the future, return to this page (Profile & Settings > Integrations >iMIS) and use the blue button in the top right labeled "Add mapping."
Once you have mapped your fields, data will sync once daily. Only data that is changed or added after the integration has been set up will be synced with Feathr. If you need to connect all of your iMIS data to Feathr, or any data that was collected prior to integrating, you will need to manually import it.
Once data is flowing from iMIS to Feathr, you can begin using Feathr's filtering tools to sort your iMIS data and build targeted groups.
A simple way to view all iMIS data is to sort by Activity Type is Created by iMIS or Updated by iMIS.
You can also type iMIS into the first search bar in the filtering tool and it will present any fields you have labeled with iMIS.