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! Some features will release generally for all customers while others will be available in waves - as small, usable increments. Similarly, some will release to our United States customers first, while support for other locales will be added to future releases. We'll note locales so that you can be aware of what's available.

Note: Don't see this yet? Subledger reconciliation is in Limited Availability (LA) and releasing in waves. During LA, we'll review and implement participant feedback to prepare for general availability.

From General ledger, Subledger reconciliation, you can now compare subledger and general ledger balances to quickly identify out-of-balance accounts before period close.

Review beginning balances, posted totals, posted and unposted subledger activity, and the resulting variance to understand where differences occur and what needs attention.

After you identify discrepancies, use Variance to investigate and correct issues so reporting stays accurate and period-end close runs more smoothly.

For more details, see Subledger Reconciliation and Subledger Reconciliation Variance.

Note: These improvements are in Limited Availability (LA) and releasing in waves. During the LA, we'll review and implement participant feedback to prepare for general availability.

Invoice processing in Payables is now faster and more reliable. We’ve improved the underlying invoice management experience to reduce delays, improve stability, and better support a high volume of invoices. These enhancements help you spend less time troubleshooting issues and more time focusing on work. There are no workflow changes required to take advantage of this improvement.

Note: Don't see this yet? These improvements are in Limited Availability (LA) and releasing in waves. During the LA, we'll review and implement participant feedback to prepare for general availability.

We’re improving report setup and editing to reduce delays and create a more reliable experience when you add, update, and manage reports.

These updates modernize how report parameter sets and related report details are managed behind the scenes. As a result, report workflows respond faster while preserving the familiar experience you use today.

As this enhancement rolls out, you can:

  • Add report instances with smoother, more consistent performance.

  • Update existing report settings with fewer delays.

  • Work more efficiently with saved report options in web view.

Review the list of updated reports to identify the ones you now add, edit, and generate only with these updates.

These improvements are part of ongoing efforts to increase performance and reliability across reporting workflows.

Generate these general ledger reports with improved speed and reliability. Performance updates reduce delays, improve stability, and support higher report volumes so you spend less time troubleshooting and more time getting work done.

Available reports

  • Balance sheet (Limited Availability)

  • General ledger report

  • Income statement (Limited Availability)

  • Statement of financial position (Limited Availability)

  • Trial balance report

Note: There are no workflow changes required to take advantage of this improvement.

The new Payment Assistant tile on vendor records shows, at a glance, whether a vendor is enrolled in Payment Assistant and how they’re set up to receive payments through REPAY. This makes it easy to quickly confirm a vendor’s payment setup without digging through vendor details.

For enrolled vendors, the tile highlights the payment method and enrollment date. It also surfaces supporting information — such as recent payment activity — so you can better understand a vendor’s overall payment status.

You can review how a vendor receives payments, spot missing or incomplete EFT (electronic funds transfer) details, and take action directly from the vendor record.

In addition, Enrolled delivery method is now available as a new column on the Payments tab in Payment Assistant, making it easier to review payment setup across vendors.

Note: This feature is only available for customers with a Queue subscription (contact your Account Executive for details).

From Export, under Groups, use export groups to bundle up to 20 exports and generate them all with one action. Export groups help you complete recurring tasks, such as month-end close or a board report, without running each export on its own.

Add the users who should receive the results, then select Generate exports. A message confirms the group is processing, and a notification for each export updates in real time so you can track progress and select Download as soon as it's ready. The group's users also receive the output by email.

For more details, see Export Groups.

From Settings, Allocations, under Pools, use Load accounts (or Load projects) to add accounts or projects to an allocation pool all at once, instead of adding them one at a time.

When your pool's basis is Account or Project, select a load method and you can:

  • Load every account or project in the ledger.

  • Search for and select specific accounts or projects to add.

  • Load a contiguous block of accounts or projects from one ID to another.

  • Load accounts or projects that match a saved query.

For more details, see Add or Copy Allocation Pools.

From My receipts in Expenses, receive, reject, or cancel a purchase order line items without opening the purchase order in Payables. Complete receipting tasks faster, reduce navigation between work areas, and keep purchasing activity moving while working from a single location.

For more details, see Purchase Request Receipts.

Note: Don't see this yet? This feature is in Limited Availability (LA) and is releasing in waves. During the LA, we'll review and implement participant feedback to prepare for general availability.

With Deposit Connect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Blackbaud Merchant Services (now part of Blackbaud Integrated Payments), and Financial Edge NXT work together to reduce the burden of manually reconciling a deposit to your general ledger.

After you post gifts in Raiser's Edge NXT, key details from Blackbaud Merchant Services are retrieved and display in Financial Edge NXT including gift amounts, fees, record ID, and the disbursement report. These details are used to create a deposit all within Financial Edge NXT — eliminating the need to manually reconcile disbursed payments with corresponding gift records in Raiser's Edge NXT!

Deposit Connect eliminates the need for manual data entry using spreadsheets, reduces human error, and provides a clear audit trail from gift entry to deposit creation and posting.

To get started, scan frequently asked questions for an overview and key benefits. Next, dive into step-by-step details in our Deposit Connect tutorial. You'll learn how to:

  • Specify account details in Financial Edge NXT.

  • Post gifts in Raiser's Edge NXT.

  • Track journal entry batches, non-disbursed payments, and Raiser's Edge gift info in Financial Edge NXT.

  • Understand Blackbaud Merchant Services and its role in the connected workflow.

  • View deposits generated through Deposit Connect in Financial Edge NXT.

  • Post subledgers and reconcile a deposit to your general ledger in Financial Edge NXT.

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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.