Open Data Protocol (OData) for Queries

OData enables you to import data from ResearchPoint into other business intelligence and reporting tools in order to consume, share, analyze, and manipulate the data. OData is available from any query in the system.

Warning: If your ResearchPoint site has been upgraded to the Blackbaud Omnibar with single sign-on support and you want to use the OData feature, do not sign in or create a ResearchPoint account with Google authentication. You can still use a Google email address, but choose to authenticate your account with Blackbaud. If you use Google, OData permissions will not work. When you use Google, we do not have access to their authentication information. As a result, we can't authenticate you as having permission to access in ResearchPoint. If you already have a single sign-on account that you authenticate with Google and you use OData, we request you contact our Customer Support to help you switch your account.

You can share dashboards and charts created with OData with any user, regardless of their Blackbaud permissions. However, because users must enter their Blackbaud credentials when they consume the data, any data refreshes respect the user's security permissions.