Name Format Summary

Chris Martz
Chris Martz
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in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® APIs

I am currently pulling back all constituents using the "Constituent list" endpoint successfully. I have a request to pull in each constituent “addressee” value. This is located in the Constituent “Name format summary”. I tried to create an array of all constituents, and then do a call for each, but the API rate limits me. How can I get this information in bulk?

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  • Anthony Gallo
    Anthony Gallo Blackbaud Employee
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 3 Name Dropper Participant

    @Chris Martz
    This field is calculated in web view when we make the call in various places to show it in the UI. Our list service does not currently have the functionality to make these calls and store the data. We are in the process of updating our list platform and once that is complete we will be able to do things like this more easily. That work will complete in early 2023. This is a frequently asked for item that we will make sure is included in that scope of work.

  • Angie Addison
    Angie Addison
    Third Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1

    Hi @Anthony Gallo I thought there was an idea on the aha forum for this but I think it is gone now. Any idea when there will be changes to the name format summary endpoint so that we can either - pass in a date to get records modified since, pass in specific name format type at least if we have to do a full refresh on all constituents, listen for changes with webhook event? Anything other than having to get all name formats for all constituents every time a job runs would allow us to use them without massive run times and threshold issues.

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