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Possible issue: Blackbaud using Redacted.com domain for BBIDs

Per KB article 205106, if users have not signed in for two years, Blackbaud is replacing their Email address with redacted[numeric string]@redacted .com, where the 14 digit numeric string indicates the date and time the user was redacted [YYYYMMDDHHMMSS].

However, it appears that Redacted.com was an actual registered domain; if you go to that website, there is a message from Redacted, Inc. Even though the company no longer appears active, couldn't there be issues if someone else registers that domain? It might be better for Blackbaud to use a domain like example.com which has been reserved (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com ). Any thoughts on this?

Erin Caprielian

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Re: Possible issue: Blackbaud using Redacted.com domain for BBIDs

Hi Brian - Thanks for your reply. I did see that announcement and also cited the Knowledgebase Article referencing it. My question is specifically on the domain that Blackbaud chose to use (redacted.com) instead of a standard testing email domain such as example.com. If redacted.com was used by a company previously and isn't reserved for testing, then isn't it possible someone could reserve it again?

Erin Caprielian

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Re: DBV Parent Constituent Export - pull in any custom attribute for a Child/Parent relationship

Hi @Darlene LeVielle -

1. Correct, this can only be done manually with merging files or if you use VLOOKUP you can put what you need into one spreadsheet manually. Unless someone else knows a trick I don't.

2. I'm not sure if it's in the Idea Bank. It should be an Idea, you can't get Spouse Rating easily in export now either.

Carol Grant

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Re: DBV Parent Constituent Export - pull in any custom attribute for a Child/Parent relationship

I've pulled in attributes from Relationships. I mostly pull from the Primary Alumni Information attributes. It works great. For parents, I will pull in their child information and whatever attributes we want to see. You want to limit the relationship to your child relationship codes. I pull over up to 4 Child Relationships.

If you aren't seeing a certain attribute it may not be available for you to export. Are you sure it is a constituent attribute that is missing? (not a gift attribute) Did you create it in NXT, it may not appear yet in DB View. The Relationship export fields are very limited. I wish they had Prospect Information like Status or Rating, Assigned Solicitor, etc.

I have had to run another export for the child and then link them together in a Power BI report because the fields aren't available. Like Rating.

-Carol Grant

Carol Grant

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Re: Possible issue: Blackbaud using Redacted.com domain for BBIDs

Eric - the text of your first message didn't appear until after I replied. I was going off the subject line only.

You're right that redacted.com is an odd choice, but there's probably not much we can do but deal with it for now and wait for it to break something.

Brian Gray

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Re: Report Card Builder - Still too Limiting

We use color on our report cards as a visual indicator of where one course ends and another begins. Not sure if that would be helpful in your case or not.

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Geoffrey Goodfellow

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Re: What's New In Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® — September 9, 2025

Regarding "Easily add campaign, appeals and designation to donation form URLs", is this not the same thing as when you go to "Edit Form" > "1. Get started > and fill out the sections for Designation and Hidden Fields? I do not understand the difference if someone can help explain😅. Many, many thanks!