To help teams working on SKY applications together, we added the ability for application owners to add users as contributors to an application. Contributors can help manage application details, including reviewing inquiries and editing marketing information. To invite a contributor, from the application details page, select  Add  in the ... more

We added a  Power Query / Power BI Connector  sample to the  App showcase . This new sample provides all the code and instructions you need to create a Power Query and Power BI custom connector. Do you want to see it in action?  Watch a walkthrough demo  with Linton Myers, a Strategic Solutions Developer at Blackbaud. In this video, he shows how to set up the ... more

Join our product team for an update on how the SKY Developer Platform is helping developers power social good. We’ll recap what we’ve been working on over the last several months, showcase innovative new ISV partner solutions from the new  Blackbaud Marketplace, share recent platform enhancements, and discuss our future vision for the platform. ... more

For Webhook  event record types , you can now subscribe to the  Constituent changed  event. This includes changes to constituent biographical information. Constituent changes, such as address, email address, online presence, and phone, are covered by separate event types. For more information, see our  changelog  and the  Webhook API ... more

The beta phase is complete and the Event API is now generally available (GA) for Raiser's Edge NXT . This API enables developers to manage event and participant information. It includes endpoints to add, edit, and delete events and participants. It also includes endpoints to manage prices, fees, payments, and participant options. For more ... more

We made improvements to our SKY API Developer Portal documentation, including: To help developers getting started with SKY API, we added a new  Making API calls with the SKY API console  guide. This guide shows how to use the SKY API console to try the endpoint references without writing any code. To improve the onboarding experience for developers, ... more

At Blackbaud, we know that social good organizations demand choice, flexibility, and the ability to integrate their applications and solutions. Blackbaud SKY®, our platform powering social good cloud innovation, delivers on that ambition.   Our partners are essential to growing an Ecosystem of Good® that helps redefine possibilities for the ... more

The School API is updated. The endpoint for  Section list (single teacher)  now returns data for  room_id . Additionally, the  id  property for  Attendance list (single user)  is now  long  instead of  int .  Visit our  changelog  for more information.  more

Not all superheroes have capes or technical degrees.    The certified connector between Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and the Microsoft Power Platform ™ -  Power Apps™, Power Automate™ and Power Virtual Agents™ - empowers everyday heroes like you to quickly and easily build apps, automate workflows and solve the business challenges holding ... more

To enable tile add-ins on the development office home page, we added the development office home tile dashboard to the list of  extension points . For more information, see the SKY Add-ins  changelog . more

We updated the Service Client to .NET Core. While this does not affect any transaction processing, you will see new enumeration types if you regenerate your Service Client. See our  changelog  for more information. more

To make sure you can see all your relationship records, we have updated the Get Relationship List (Single Constituent) API endpoint to no longer have a fixed limit on the number of records returned. Previously, this endpoint would limit the results to 500 records, so if you had more than that, you did not see those on the list. Now, we have added a new ... more

We added the ability for developers to indicate whether their application is  free  or  paid . From the SKY Developer Portal  My applications  page, open the application. In the Marketing tile, select  Edit ,  Pricing , and then select your app's pricing. We're starting with a simple approach to allow developers to specify if their app is free or paid. ... more

With the power of the SKY Developer platform, you can extend the use of Raiser’s Edge NXT and other Blackbaud solutions to reach more, engage more, and take your mission further with custom applications that align to your specific organizational needs.To help more organizations get started using SKY Developer tools, we've put together a series of ... more

The Gift API was updated on 07/29/2020. See our  Changelog  entries for more information. The  list_id parameter is now available on the Gift list endpoint. Use this parameter in conjunction with the  List API (beta)  to define a list identifier that filters the set of gifts to those included in the specified list. If this value is set, other ... more

The Gift Batch API (beta) was released on 07/22/2020. The API enables developers to manage gift batch information. This initial release includes endpoints to add and delete gift batches, and to retrieve a list of gift batches. For more updates, see the changelog . more

The Gift API was updated on 07/20/2020. See our  Changelog  entries for more information. We added the following endpoints: The  Recurring gift eligibility for automated processing (Get)  endpoint returns whether a recurring gift can be automated. If the gift isn't eligible for automated processing, the response body indicates the reason why. ... more

We updated the Event API (Beta) on 7/17/2020 with breaking changes. To clarify the purpose of participant statuses, we renamed them RSVP statuses in request parameters and responses for the Get event participant list , Get a participant , Create a participant , and Edit a participant endpoints. Also, we renamed the following entities to no longer ... more

We added the Project attachment (List) and Project attachment (Delete) endpoints to the General Ledger API. See our  Changelog  for more information.   more

We added the Vendor attachment (List) and Vendor attachment (Delete) endpoints to the Accounts Payable API. See our  Changelog  for more information.   more

Blackbaud Marketplace inquiries  – In the Blackbaud Marketplace, Blackbaud customers can now make inquiries about listed applications. From the application details page, customers use the  Contact us  button to send application publishers inquiry messages about their applications. When a user submits an inquiry, Blackbaud sends an email with ... more

The Event API (Beta) was updated on 7/10/2020. We added new post, patch, and delete  Event category  endpoints. We also introduced a breaking change. The Get event categories  endpoint no longer accepts the  limit  or  offset  parameters. See our  Changelog  entries for more information.     more

The Church Volunteer API (beta) was released on 07/08/2020. The API enables developers to manage volunteer, opportunity, and position information in Church Management. This initial release includes endpoints to add, edit, and delete volunteers, opportunities, and positions. It also includes endpoints to manage teams, requirements, ... more

The user identity token, described in the  Add-in single-sign-on  documentation, now includes the user's email address, first name, and last name as claims in the JWT. The  email ,  family_name , and  given_name  claim values will contain the user details of the authenticated user. The  Blackbaud.Addin.TokenAuthentication  library has been ... more

For our Webhook  event record types , you can now subscribe to  added  events. This includes  Address added ,  Constituent added ,  Email address added ,  Online presence added ,  Phone added , and  Prospect added  events. We also added support for  Prospect  by adding  Prospect deleted . For more information, see our  changelog  and the  Webhook API ... more