While navigating Raiser's Edge recently, I noticed a few things:
- Fundraising Dashboards: It says ‘Reporting’ as the heading when you click on the ‘Fundraising Dashboards’ in the side drop-down menu. Why not just call it ‘Reporting’? Naming consistency is important to reduce any confusion.
- An irritating bug: When I'm logged into Raiser's Edge throughout the day, I'll go into Gift Lists and if I've been logged in sometimes for as little as a few minutes, it says the lists aren't available, etc. To prevent web view from then deleting my set preferences, I have to quickly close the window, re-open the window, log out, close the window again, reopen the window, and log in again. Then, I'm able to view my Gift Lists again. It doesn't affect other areas that I've seen. I can access Receipts, for example, without this issue ever occurring.
- A bug? - When I click ‘See all recent gifts’ from the home page, it goes to ‘Gift Lists’ and erases my presets.
Other than that, the progress for updates seems to be steady. I'd still like to see better customization ability for Givng Statements, but hopefully that comes before it's time to do tax letters again.