Event Menu Items - Too many options

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Nike Bentley 2
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in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussion
We have two events during the same time period with two separate menus that we are using BBOX event registration forms for. I noticed that while everything else is restricted by the event ID, when I select attributes/Menu Items all menu items for all events populate. The menu items are restricted in the event module - is there a way to also restrict them in BBOX even attributes?
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  • Matthew Garbarino
    Matthew Garbarino Blackbaud Employee
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    Hi Nike, thanks for posting. Let me make sure I understand your question correctly. You are asking for a dinner preference on your two separate events, and the meal choices are different between the two events - is this correct?
  • Nike Bentley 2
    Nike Bentley 2 ✭
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    Hi Matt,



    That is correct. For Walla Walla Gala the menu options are Vegetarian, Beef, or Chicken. For the Heroes of the Heart event the menu options are Vegan, Chicken, or Salmon. Distinction between Vegan and Vegetarian are very important in our constituent culture and we absolutely cannot have beef showing up as an option for the HOH event. (I hate to sound dramatic, but it was drama central over here when it was discovered that pulled into the event.) Thank you!
  • Matthew Garbarino
    Matthew Garbarino Blackbaud Employee
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    Thanks for the extra details, I understand the problem now. The best way to handle this scenario is to create two separate participant attributes in RE with separate table choices for each.



    For example, I created two new dinner options; dinner1 and dinner2:






    Note that they each have separate table names. Dinner1 could have Vegetarian, Beef, or Chicken. Dinner2 could have Vegan, Chicken, or Salmon. You can configure this in RE from Config > Tables.



    You can then add the appropriate meal preference to each event, and relabel the display name as appropriate. In my example I added both to the same form, but obviously you would add only one to each form.






    This will allow you to collect separate meal preferences for each event. I hope that helps, if you have other questions let us know!
  • Nike Bentley 2
    Nike Bentley 2 ✭
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    Perfect! I thought there should be a way to create a reference table but had momentarily forgotten how. Thank you so much for your help!

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