Set and enable Blackbaud ID username - API call?

Beau Blaser · February 2022

Does anyone know if there is a hidden SKYAPI call to establish and enable the “Blackbaud ID username” for a user? We have things pretty well automated over here, but having to individually open the “Access” tab for each student, parent, employee, candidate, etc. just to click the “Connect to Blackbaud ID" takes time, is prone to error, and in the case of Admissions, creates an unnecessary waiting period, before credentials can be supplied to the prospective family.

I could literally eliminate a staff position if this API were available. Any help, workaround/hack, (ETA on availability!) would be extremely valuable!

Thanks,

-Beau

Brian Gray · February 2022

I don't think that there is an API endpoint to do that. My “create/process new users” program does a semi-automated BB-ID creation process.

reads all current BB-IDs ("Users education BBID status" endpoint)
for each new user, verify that the email address is not already assigned as a BB-ID to another user. (This sometimes happens when both parents have the same email address on file)
write a CSV to be imported. Core > System tools > Data import) Category: User Management; Import type: BBID Username.

It's not as clean as having an API call assign the BB-ID, but it's better than doing them by hand if there's more than one or two.

I use the data import approach to do a lot of the work related to creating new users. The programs reads the data that is pushed over from SchoolAdmin, and then creates CSV files to reformat the existing data (phone number formats, etc), identify missing data, and identify other potential problems for investigation (student is his own sibling; parent has two children but the children are not listed as siblings, etc).

Michael Panagos · February 2022

I wish. Our enrollment/admissions department will enable this for parents and students as part of their process.

Set and enable Blackbaud ID username - API call?

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