I'm having some trouble performing a basic import from an excel file (CSV) into RE. I've followed every guide that I can find on Blackbaud, but when I try to validate or import, I receive an error code that says, "The Number of fields specified to Import does not match the number of fields...

Sometimes you have to be smarter than the software. Knowledgebase solution BB16868 is a skeleton key to group records by comparing two different fields. The solution walks you through the process of finding constituent/spouse pairs that have the same (or different) last names and popping the records...

Hi Andrew, From the Support menu you can access the User Guides for RE7. In the Import Guide there is a comprehensive set of Import Layout Tables that include the Raiser's Edge 7 field name, the import header field value, whether or not a field in required in that type of import, acceptable values...

I know in RE 6 I was able to print out a complete list of all the Import Field ID's, which help a lot in generating import files. Now for the life of me I can't seem to find a single document that gives me all of these import ID's for RE 7 . Now I'm after the base package and also additional...

Where would you import the names of children compiled during the Harris alumni directory process? Relationships seems cumbersome (wouldn't we have to create new constituent records?). Would you import the names into attributes? Maybe notes?