Is Gift Batch Going Away In Database View after Today 4/1/2026?

Michaela Ehrlich
Michaela Ehrlich
Second Anniversary Kudos 1 Participant Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: General Discussions

Hi Everyone - during the most recent Town Hall, it was mentioned that Gift Batching in Database view will be unavailable after today. Is this truly the case, or was it just a rumor?

Praying it isn't because plug-ins I currently use (that have an unreleased web-view solution) will no longer be able available making gift entry impossible for me (large daily volume, etc.)

Any and all info would be greatly appreciated!

Tagged:

Answers

  • Sara Niemiec
    Sara Niemiec Community All-Star
    Kudos 3 Second Anniversary March 2026 Challenge: Answered Questions Commented in Discussion

    I agree with @Tatyana Leifman. I do not believe this is the case. Not all functionality is currently available in Web View batch, like tributes and stock gifts. With something this big, Blackbaud, I'm sure would send multiple reminders letting us know when to expect things.

  • Rachel Kauer
    Rachel Kauer Community All-Star
    Kudos 5 Second Anniversary February 2026 Monthly Challenge Name Dropper

    @Michaela Ehrlich

    Hi Michaela, I hope you’re doing well! I attended one of the town halls for the batch grid demo and don’t recall Brian mentioning this, though there were several sessions, so it’s possible I was in a different one.

    I did want to share that, at the most recent PUB, Blackbaud was very clear going forward that they plan to sunset features only when the database view itself sunsets, which is currently estimated for 2027.

    This came up specifically in response to feedback after their late 2025 announcement about potentially “turning off” queries in the database view in February 2026, which they ultimately did not do because of that feedback.

    All-Stars also met just a few days ago, and I can say with confidence that this would have been a very hot topic if that were the case.

  • Bill Connors
    Bill Connors
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 First Reply Name Dropper

    Hi, I was at that Town Hall today. It was an April Fool's joke. :) Nothing is going away in the db view until the whole thing goes away, currently planned for "by the end of Q2 2027" — i.e., June 30, 2027. 2027 - seven - not this year.

Categories