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title: "Dataset Types"
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updated: 2025-11-11T22:57:14Z
published: 2025-11-11T22:57:14Z
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# Dataset Types for Advancement

Dataset types can be used to link a dataset to existing Slate functions and enable features in the dataset.

The dataset types are case-sensitive, and when multiple types are added to a dataset, the list of types must be delimited by a comma.

## Types

Each dataset that exists in an instance is related to others through the **Type**configuration on the dataset.

When building additional datasets or modifying existing, use the following types to link:

- `relation`: Autosuggest existing person records, and adds relationship tab to the profile tab.
- `job`: Autosuggest existing companies on jobs tab.
- `giving`: Adds the giving tab within the dataset.
- `gift_fund`: Links the funds dataset to the fund field within the giving tab.
- `school`: Autosuggest on schools tab.
- `location`: Autosuggest on location name for events.

## Giving

The `giving` type enables the giving tab on a dataset.

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## Gift fund

The `gift_fund` type links the dataset records to the fund section of the giving tab for any record that has the giving tab enabled. The dataset records selected from the Fund field autosuggest is what links the gift to the specified dataset record.

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## Relation

The `relation` database type enables the relationship section of the profile tab and enables the autosuggest on the relationship table.

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## Job

The `job` type adds the dataset record names to the job Organization autosuggest. When the name is selected from the autosuggest, the jobs Key field populates with the dataset records Key. The `job` Key field links the Job to the dataset record. Along with the Key field, the jobs Country, City, and State will populate with the dataset records address information.

> [!WARNING]
> ⚠️ Importing data to Jobs?
> 
> If you have any data imports that update the information on the Jobs table on the Profile tab, only **one** dataset should have the type of `job`. If multiple datasets have the `job` type, the import will not add new data to the Jobs table. In most databases, the `job` type is already used by the Companies and Foundations dataset.

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## Location

The `location` type links enable the autosuggest on Location Names for events. The record names in the dataset can be selected through the Location Name field autosuggest, and when selected, will populate the dataset records address in the event location Country, Street Address, City, State, and Postal Code fields.

[![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/uwo2ze6uguksbp3gwruwmceclip5.png)](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/uwo2ze6uguksbp3gwruwmceclip5.png)

## School

The `school` type adds the dataset to the Institution autosuggest in the schools section of the profile tab. The record names in the dataset can be selected through the Institution autosuggest.

When the dataset records name is selected from the autosuggest, the school's School Code field will populate with the dataset records Key. The school's School Code field links the school to the dataset record. Along with the School Code field, the school's Country, City, and State will populate with the dataset records address information.

> [!WARNING]
> ⚠️ Importing data to Schools?
> 
> If you have any data imports that update the information on the Schools table on the Profile tab, only **one** dataset should have the type of `school`. If multiple datasets have the `school` type, the import will not add new data to the Schools table. In most databases, the `school` type is already used by the Educational Institutions dataset.

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