Can BBIDs be set through an API?

@Eric Eskildsen
This is a tricky one. I'd ask what your underlying goal is. What are you trying to do?

When inviting a new user to BEM, the email used is pulled from the email field. That email is also defaulted into the BBID email field for the end user when they set up a BBID account. The end user can then, however, change that BBID email to be what they want it to be. A necessity, especially if they have a BBID account already.

So, if it just a case of want to set the email to be used as the BBID email, you can set the email field on the user and it will be used when sending a BIID invitation to the end user.

@Eric Eskildsen
Yes, I don't see a need for step 4. And, though import files work fine, if you are using the API, you can automate setting the the email by calling User update.

Once someone is a user in BEM, they need to be invited to create a BBID account so they can log in. That is found in Core > Security > Blackbaud ID authentication on the Unregistered tab. You can filter and multi-select users and select Connect (which will give the option of sending an invitation to their email).

Or you can go to the users profile page on their Access tab and select Connect to Blackbaud ID.

@Eric Eskildsen
Yes, that is correct.