Software Development Kit (SDK)

The Software Development Kit (SDK) was created to enable developers at schools and third party partners to create tighter integrations with Blackbaud Education Management (originally known as "Whipple Hill" and the "ON" products).

The SDK enables read and write access to Blackbaud Education Management data via the "legacy" ON API.

The SDK also provides SQL Reporting views for read only ODBC access via VPN connection. This provides read-only access to many of the tables and columns in the database.

Note: Like advanced lists, this requires us to make a change to the view every time we add new columns/data. Although the view doesn’t include 100% coverage, it’s very comprehensive. Like advanced lists, users must understand the underlying database structure to build queries.

Schools can use many tools (such as Crystal Reports or Microsoft Excel) to read the data that they access through ODBC.

Discuss your current projects related to the SDK or "ON" APIs in the K-12 User Community.

Please contact your Account Executive for details about installing this integration.

Note: We haven’t yet determined a specific date for when this legacy offering will reach “end of life.”

Note: Although ON API will be replaced by SKY API, we don’t currently have any plans eliminate the ODBC SQL View access. Thus, ODBC SQL View access remains valuable for the SDK and related costs.