Legislative Information Lookup maps legislative data, including Representative Name, District Name, and District Type, into Text Box custom fields based on an organization's U.S. address. The feature pulls data for upper (Senate) and lower (Assembly) houses only, sourced from openstates.org. Federal legislator data is not available.
Who: Legislative Information Lookup is for administrators configuring legislative data field mappings and populating legislative data on organization records.
NOTE This feature is not available if multiple address types are enabled. Verify this setting by clicking the System Administration gear in the upper navigation bar, selecting Global Settings, and clicking the System tab.
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Configure Legislative Information Lookup
To add or update field mappings for legislative data:
- Click the System Administration gear in the upper navigation bar, and then select Global Settings.
- Click Organizations.
- Locate the Legislative Information Lookup Settings, and then toggle Enable Legislative Information Lookup on Organization Address Standard Field on.
- Click the Add [+] button to insert a new mapping row.
- In the Mapping Field column, enter the path to the desired data (for example, reps\lower\full_name). For a full list of available paths, see Legislative Information Lookup Mapping Field Paths.
- In the Custom Field column, enter or paste the name of the Text Box custom field where the data will be stored. If the field exists, it will appear below the input. Select the field after entering the name.
- Click Save. Repeat for any additional data mappings.
Populate Legislative Information on an Organization Record
To populate legislative data from an organization record:
- Open an organization record that has a U.S. address.
- Next to the Address standard field, click Populate Legislative Information (arrow button).
- Click Save to store the populated data in the record.