What can anyone tell me about using the Check Digit on the Finder number?

Pamela Hassler
Pamela Hassler
Ninth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud CRM™ General Discussions

We are evaluating using OCR to process our remittance devices. One requirements is that we provide a check digit on the finder number. Is anyone out there utilizing this in their marketing efforts? I am looking for any pitfalls or things to look out for. If I understand correctly, once you turn on the setting on the Finder # to provide a check digit for all efforts going forward. How does this impact data entry in a Enhanced Revenue Batch, does the check digit need to be included with the Finder#? Any feedback/input is appreciated.

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  • David Wanless
    David Wanless
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    Dear Pamela,

    All our Finder Numbers have check digits. I wasn't even aware (or had forgotten) that you could have a Finder Number which didn't include a check digit, but I presume there's a setting for that! You shouldn't have to do anything special to use the check digit - it's just part of the number.

    Kind regards,

    David.

  • Chris Kastner
    Chris Kastner Blackbaud Employee
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    @Pamela Hassler I seem to recall taht once you turn on the check digit option you can't turn it off.

    It does add a number to the end of the finder numbers that's calculated based on the preceding numbers… effectively this means that when manually entering the numbers there's only a 10% chance that a typo will result in a valid number.

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