Does anyone have any experience accessing the SIS API with PHP? Or any Blackbaud API with PHP for that matter? If so, I'm running into a few "bumps in the road" and I'm hoping someone could offer some advise. Particularly with the PHP COM class. I searched online and found a code snippet...

I am looking for a statement about what Raisers Edge should really be used for. We have a committee forming a new development plan. None of these people have used Raisers Edge to any extent. Most of the people on the committee are finance people. They want to restructure Raiser's Edge to reflect...

Hi, We are reviewing our RE structure to enhance reporting and I am wondering how other nonprofits use Campaigns, Funds, and Appeals. To date, we have used appeals for tracking how revenues come in, and the funds to represent revenue streams. I know of other organizations that use funds to denote how...

We are looking at Risk Management regarding what changes can happen to gifts after banking and receipting. In the future we would like to integrate RE with our financial system (currently Acc Pac) but it is not a priority project right now. What are the benefits to posting to the GL if our accountants...

My organization no longer maintains/uses Financial Edge (since 2005) Our IT department would like to clean up our server. Is it an issue to uninstall Financial Edge? I have never used Financial Edge and am unsure how it relates to Raiser's Edge if at all. Any advice would be helpful

Naomi, Do you know if works in reverse? If I need to add vendors into RE, can I add them from FE? The whole integration with RE has been one of our biggest frustrations. Thanks

Has anyone heard or used this type of setup where multiple Raiser's Edge Databases are integrated with One Financial Edge Database? We are two hospital foundations under the same parent company. We have been running separate Raisers Edge databases on one server and now we would like to add the Financial...

We don't have a policy - but we do have a standard business practice related to Blackbaud Products. No updates are done without a backup being done of both databases prior to the update being installed. And in my ideal world - the updates are done after hours - allowing me time to run a few test...

Karen, When you say "processed by our receptionist," Also later when you say "The development database assistant creates the batch in RE and processes the checks through." what does that involve? Do you do electronic filing linked to the donor records by any chance? I believe this...

Hi! Our agency is using both the FE & RE, but it is not integrated yet. We are thinking of doing it in the near future. Can we have feedbacks how successful/helpful if by doing so or if it is a bad idea? Is it a lot of work to begin with? We want to hear the pros and cons. If there is an agency from...