Your Data, Your Way

Where I live, we have one of those fancy nitrogen ice cream places where they make you an ice cream concoction from scratch based on what you pick from their plethora of choices. Every time I go there, I'm always overwhelmed at first by what to select. But then I take a breath, carefully work through the menu steps, and always end up with an amazing treat.

Creating an export in Raiser's Edge is similar to ordering from the custom ice cream shop. First you select what you want as your output, such as bowl, waffle cone, spreadsheet, or Microsoft^® Word document. Then you filter your options down by a base – ice cream or sorbet – or a query of records. Finally, you select the details such as ice cream flavor, toppings, and output fields. You might even decide to add an upgrade or an increase to a gift amount field. Before everything is finalized, you'll confirm your order or export to make sure it's just right. In the end you'll get your delicious ice cream or specific export and it's exactly what you want.

Perfect your order with Raiser's Edge: Advanced Exports, a new course from Blackbaud University.