What's New
Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT releases new features on a regular basis, so keep an eye on this space for details about these additions. Features that release in waves are noted below. You may receive these updates immediately or in a future release.

To make it easier to find the query you need, we’ve introduced an advanced query search when you merge queries and under Options, Record processing in the query editor. For more information, see Query and Query Options.

Payment Assistant automates and delivers vendor payments for you directly from Financial Edge NXT. With virtual card payments, accelerated ACH processing, and remote check printing, vendors are paid quickly and on time. By providing a faster, more cost-effective, and more secure way to pay invoices, you have more time to focus on your mission. Included in your subscription cost of Financial Edge NXT, Payment Assistant is now in Limited Availability (LA). Are you interested in participating? Apply to join our LA group. During this time, we'll review and implement participant feedback to prepare for general availability.
Once you're added to the Limited Availability group, you can access Payment Assistant from the Payables menu. The first time you navigate to Payment Assistant, you’ll go to the Getting started page. After you complete the onboarding steps, when you navigate to Payment Assistant, you’ll go directly to the Payment runs page.
Key features include:
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Group the invoices you need to pay into payment runs.
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Use roles and permissions to decide who can create payment runs and who can approve them (Coming soon! Tiered payment approvals).
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View the payment run record to track the progress of individual payments.
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When you select to pay invoices, REPAY®, our trusted payments technology partner, contacts them to select their preferred payment method. After set up, all communication with vendors is automated for subsequent payments.
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New! When you create a payment run, we added the ability to use filters to help you find and select the invoices you are ready to pay.
Get to know Payment Assistant in Financial Edge NXT:
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Review the big picture with our Get Started with Payment Assistant tutorial.
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Look over our additional docs, including onboarding info and FAQs in our Payment Assistant help.
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Check out Payment Assistant bbcon session (requires registration).
Tip: Tip! Learn how Seth Hurd, Financial Controller and Director of Information Systems at Berwick Academy (Berwick, ME), adopted Payment Assistant!

From Payables, you can now add and generate recurring invoices. Recurring invoices are templates from which you create regular invoices quickly and easily according to a schedule. They're helpful for tracking recurring revenues such as monthly rental income, planned giving donations, and grant reimbursement requests.
For more information, see Recurring Invoices.

To combine records from two queries into a third static query, you can now merge queries in web view.
Note: Queries must have the same query type to merge them.
From Query, select New merge query. Select a primary and secondary query to merge and choose merge operators to determine how to combine them. For more information, see Merge Operators.

When voiding payments, use the Note field to leave detailed information about the payment you are voiding. This information is helpful for auditors and reporting.

The ability to export records is now available in web view!
Depending on user permissions, you can access Export under General ledger, Receivables, Payables, Treasury, or Fixed Assets. From the new Export list pages, you can access and run existing exports.
For more information, see Export.

You can now pre-close and close fiscal years in web view. Because closing a fiscal year is permanent, we encourage you to pre-close each fiscal year as soon as you finish entering and posting all transactions for the year before running the actual closing process.
To close or pre-close a fiscal year, go to General ledger, Settings, Fiscal years.
For more information, see Manage All Fiscal Years.
Total Web Solution
As Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT shifts to a total web solution, we're moving features from database view exclusively to web view. As this shift progresses, we'll remove access to these features in database view.
To reduce the risk of service interruptions, gather feedback, and scale as needed, we're releasing these updates in waves instead of deploying everything at once.
For each feature area, we've listed "wave" dates to indicate when a feature area will begin to turn off in database view. If your organization is included in a wave, you will no longer have access to that specific feature beginning on the date listed. It's important to know that you may receive the updates immediately or in a future release.
To review feature areas and dates, see Total Web Solution.
Receivables
We're releasing Receivables features in small, usable increments. Many of these features are releasing in waves to our United States customers first. As we progress with development and testing, we will fully support additional locales in a future release.

Note: Don't see this yet? Applications, including the ability to apply them for posted transactions, is in Limited Availability (LA) for some of our customers. Look for full support and general availability in a future release.
You can now apply payments and credits to charges and line items for invoices in web view. To begin, you must first save the record, such as a payment or credit, before you can apply it.
Note: In a future release, you'll be able to add applications for third-party billing.
To apply the payment or credit, open the record and select Apply payment (or Apply credit).
Tip: From a charge or line item record, you have the option to Apply payments and credits.
To apply the payment, select the checkbox in the row you're applying and enter the amount under Applied amount. Save your changes.
To automatically apply the payment to the charge or line item in the first row, select Apply automatically. If the payment amount exceeds the charge or line item amount, the payment is deducted from subsequent rows until the balance is $0.
To unapply all applications in the list, select Unapply all.
Note: You can also now edit fields that don't impact distributions on receivable records with applications. For example, you can edit Payment method and Notes for payments with applications and Description and Comment for invoice line items with applications.
For more details, see the following:

Note: Don't see this yet? Automatic applications is in Limited Availability (LA) for some of our customers. Look for full support and general availability in a future release.
You can now automatically apply new payments and credits for clients in web view. From Settings, Business rules, General select Always or As defined on each client under Automatically apply new payments or Automatically apply new credits. If you define them for each client, make sure to select Automatically apply new payments and Automatically apply new credits under Data entry defaults on the client's record.
Note: The ability to process automatic applications is new in web view, but settings and client defaults were introduced in an earlier release.
Additional settings exist to determine how you want to automatically apply applications. For example, you can select to always apply new payments and credits to existing charges or ask each time, and you can determine whether payments and credits apply to the oldest charge first or the most recent. For more details, see General.

We've made data entry improvements to the Distributions grid. For example, you can more easily enter amounts and percents and quickly tab into columns such as Split, Custom fields, and Delete.
Note: In future releases, we'll update other Distributions grids throughout Financial Edge NXT.

From Receivables, Invoices, you can now add, edit, and delete invoices for receivables and view their record pages in web view. You can also now edit and delete invoices with line items.
To view an invoice, select it in the ID column.
The page opens for you to view important data such as the summary, line items for the invoice, and the history.
Tip: In database view, invoices display associated payments and credits (applications). In web view, open the line item records for the invoice and review Applications.
For more details, see Invoices.

To open a line item record, select the one you need under Line items on an invoice record.
The page opens for you to view important data such as the balance, billing item, distributions, and applications for the line item.
Tip: In database view, invoices display associated payments and credits (applications). In web view, open the line item records for the invoice and review Applications.
Reverse line items
To reverse a line item, open one with a Posted status and select Delete.
Tip: You can't delete a line item with unposted adjustments.
After you confirm to delete the line item, enter a reversal date for the journal entry that automatically generates the next time you post.
Note: You can edit the reversal date before posting it.
Adjust line items
To adjust a line item, open one with a Posted status and select Adjust.
Enter adjustment details, such as the new date and reason, then save.
For more details, see Invoice Line Items in Receivables.

You can now add, edit, void, and delete deposits from Receivables, Deposits in web view. When you add a new deposit, under the new Deposit type section, select Receivables.
The remaining steps to add and manage a deposit for receivables is the same as a deposit in Treasury. For more details, see Deposits.
Note: You can now enter default info for new payments you associate with the deposit, including the payment date, amount, and payment method.
For more details, see Add Deposits.

You can now add, edit, void, and delete payments from a deposit in Receivables and view their record pages in web view.
Note: In a future release, we'll offer support for third-party billing and applying payments to outstanding invoices.
To view a payment from Receivables, Payments, select it under Payment ID.
The page opens for you to include important data such as status, payment method, and details for the associated deposit. You can also split a receivable and misc payment.
Void payments
To void a payment, open one with a Posted status and select Void.
After you confirm to void the payment, determine if you want to add a bank adjustment to decrease the balance or reduce the deposit amount. Enter the void and post dates, then select Void again to complete the changes.
For more details, see Payments.

You can now add, edit, reverse, and delete credits from Receivables, Credits and view their record pages in web view. To view a credit, select it under Credit ID.
Note: You can now manage credits with Product billing items.
Note: In a future release, we'll offer support for third-party billing and applying payments to outstanding invoices.
The page opens for you to view important data such as status, description, and post info.
You can also view distributions and applications for the credit.
Reverse credits
To reverse a credit, open one with a Posted status and select Delete.
Tip: You can't delete a credit with unposted adjustments.
After you confirm to delete the credit, enter a reversal date for the journal entry that automatically generates the next time you post.
Note: You can edit the reversal date before posting it.
Adjust credits
To adjust a credit, open one with a Posted status and select Adjust.
Enter adjustment details, such as the new date and reason, then save.
For more details, see Credits.

You can now add, edit, and delete billing items from Receivables, Billing items and view record pages for these flat rate, variable rate or quantity, and product billing items in web view.
You can also manage and filter finance charge, refund, and sales tax billing item types. For details, see Billing Item Types
Note: Variable rate billing items were previously called per usage in the database view.
To view a billing item record, select it in the Name column.
The page opens for you to view important data such as the description, status, comments, and history.
For more details, see Billing Items.

From Receivables, Clients, you can now view, add, edit, and delete client records in web view. You can also calculate finance and late charges for selected clients.
To add a new client, select Add, Individual client or Organization client. Enter client details such as status, address and contact info, as well as data entry and billing item defaults.
To view a client record, select it under Client. From the client record, you can review transaction activity and manage details related to the client including notes, relationships, and payer info. You can also view and add new charge, credit, invoice, return, and refund records from the Activity tab.
Tip: From a client record, you can also determine who receives statements (or copies) and add automatic payments for clients. For details, see Statements and Automatic payments.
For more information, see Clients.
Client name and addressee/salutations. From individual client records, you can now manage name formats, as well as address and salutation information in web view.
To add or edit client name formats, select Edit, Name, from the client record. To add or edit client address and salutation information, select Edit, Addresses/salutation, from the client record.
For more information, see Client Names and Salutations.

From Receivables, Clients, you can now add and edit refund records in web view. To add a refund, open the client's record and select Add, Refund under Activity.
To view a refund record, select it under Transaction ID.
The Overview, Distributions, and Applications tabs display for you to add and edit additional info.
Tip: You can also now view a refund from a bank's Register tab. To locate the refund, search by One-time check for Transaction type and select View from the row's menu.
For more details, see Refunds.

From Receivables, Clients, you can now view return records in web view. To view a return for an invoice or a line item, open the client's record and select Activity.
Note: In a future release, you'll be able to add and edit returns.
To view the return record, select View from a row's menu. The Overview, Distributions, and Applications tabs display for you to view and edit additional info.
For more details, see Returns.

You can now add, edit, reverse, and delete charges from Receivables, Charges and view their record pages in web view. To view a charge, select it in the Charge ID column.
Note: You can now manage charges with Product billing items.
The page opens for you to view important data such as charge details and billing info, payments and credits, and distributions.
Reverse charges
To reverse a charge, open one with a Posted status and select Delete.
Tip: You can't delete a charge with unposted adjustments.
After you confirm to delete the credit, enter a reversal date for the journal entry that automatically generates the next time you post.
Note: You can edit the reversal date before posting it.
Reverse charges as credits
Note: You can now reverse posted charges as credits. Don't see this yet? The functionality is in Limited Availability (LA) for some of our customers. Look for full support and general availability in a future release.
You can now reverse a charge as a credit in web view. From the charge record, select Reverse charge.
After you confirm the reverse, the new credit is saved and automatically applied to the charge to reduce the client's balance.
Tip: If you don't want to reverse the entire charge amount, select Reverse part of charge to enter a different amount for the new credit. The amount you enter also automatically applies to the charge to reduce the client's balance.
Adjust charges
To adjust a charge, open one with a Posted status and select Adjust.
Enter adjustment details, such as the new date and reason, then save.
For more information, see Charges.

From Receivables, Communications, you can view, add, edit, rename, and generate statements, as well as invoice and receipt forms. Under Statements, Invoices, or Receipts, search and sort the list to quickly locate the form you want. To edit, select the form name, or choose Edit from the form's menu.
After you add and generate, view the form to ensure your parameters are accurate (if not, simply edit and generate again). From the form, you can choose to export to a PDF, then print.
For more information, see Receivables Communications.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, General to add contact info such as address and phone.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, Aging info to track receivables invoices and determine if they are current or overdue (and by how many days).
For more information, see Aging Info.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, Statement info to view and edit custom transaction references to use on statements. Here, you define reference info for all receivables transaction types, such as payments and credits.
For more information, see Statement Info.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, Payment terms to define terms for invoices so you can offer your clients discounts if they make early payments. For example, if you offer a 3/5 net 30 discount, clients receive a 3% discount if they pay within 5 days.
For more information, see Receivables Settings.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, Addressee and salutations to define the way client addressee info and salutations display on statements, invoices, and other correspondence.
For more information, see Receivables Settings.

From Receivables, Settings, you can now select Configuration, Default accounts to designate specific accounts to use in distributions. Since the accounts you select impact your records and distributions, evaluate each setting closely.
For more information, see Receivables Default Accounts.

You can now access all business rules for Receivables in web view!
Receivables business rules help you customize standard procedures and requirements to suit your organization. To define receivables business rules, navigate to Receivables, Settings.
For more information, see Receivables Settings.

Under Reporting in web view, you can now add and run the Account distribution report. Use this report to view debit and credit amounts created by receivables transactions and adjustments.
For more information, see Account Distribution Report for Receivables.

From Reporting in web view, you can now add and run the Aged accounts receivable report. Use this report to view balances distributed in aging periods which will help determine past due and current balances for clients.
For more information, see Aged Accounts Receivable Report.

From Reporting in web view, you can now add and run the Open items report. Use this report to view open transactions (including charges) based on a selected date. Determine if transactions posted properly and which subsidiary ledger transactions are causing a difference in your general ledger balance.
For more information, see Open Items Report.

You can now customize journal references in web view. A journal reference is a user-defined, alphanumeric code added to each journal entry transaction during batch creation. Use journal references to track details and compare transactions with source documents.
From General ledger, Settings, Posting info, customize these journal references using prefixes for adjustments and reversals, journal values for transactions, as well as field and length details.
For more information, see Posting Info.

From General ledger, Post subledgers, you can now add post parameters and post transactions for receivables in web view.
When you add a post parameter, under Subledger, select "Receivables". You can then specify a journal code to assign to transactions.
To post receivables transactions, select Receivables.
Note: Receivables transactions will post from database view. In a future release, we'll offer full support for adding and managing receivables in web view.
The remaining steps for adding parameters and posting transactions remains the same as it is for other subledgers. For more details, see Post Subledgers.

From Receivables, Query, you can now view queries from the database view. For more details, see Query.
Note: While most of your queries are visible in web view, you may not be able to view or run a query if you don’t have permission to view them or support for the query is coming in a future release.

You can now add custom fields for receivables from Control panel, Fields and tables in web view. When you add a custom field, under Subledger, select "Receivables" to make the field available for use in all relevant areas.
Note: In database view, custom fields are called attributes.
For more details about custom fields, see Custom Fields.
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