GiveGab has partnered with Importacular to offer an easy solution to integrate your giving day data with Raiser’s Edge through the free Importacular plug-in which includes:

If you are hosted with Blackbaud, the plug-in will be listed by default in the plug-ins area of Raiser’s Edge. If you can’t see them, ensure that you are logged in Raiser’s Edge (rather than BBNC).

If you are self-hosted, you can download the plug-in once you have registered for an account with Zeidman Development (the developers behind Importacular) here.

Yes! Importacular is compatible with both Raiser’s Edge and Raiser’s Edge NXT.

You can reach out directly to Importacular’s extremely responsive and helpful team at development@zeidman.info. They are familiar with GiveGab’s data structure, have example giving day data reports, and will be able to assist you.

The Gifts, Addresses, and Constituents tabs are free to use with Importacular. Other tabs such as Events or Attendance have a per module price, which can be obtained from Zeidman Development for a low annual fee (development@zeidman.info). That said, to import your GiveGab data, you’ll only need to use the Gifts, Addresses, and Constituents tabs.

The below instructions provide a high level overview of using Importacular to import your giving day data. You can watch a complete video walkthrough in this 15 minute video here.

1. Export your giving day donor data from your partner dashboard as a CSV file.

2. Launch the Importacular plug-in within your Raiser’s Edge, and select the “File (CSV or Excel)” option as your import source.

3. Select your CSV file and upload it by clicking “Retrieve Data.” This will pull your data into Importacular.

4. You’ll be prompted to select a mapping template. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to upload the special GiveGab mapping template designed by Importacular and tailored to GiveGab’s giving day data report. Click the “Template” tab, then select “Import Template” to upload this .xml file. You can download the template for free as an .xml file here.

5. Before proceeding with the upload, click the pencil icon to configure your mapping to the template. You need to open this and make edits before importing, to ensure the settings work for you as well as add in any codes or information unique to your organization (for instance, appeal codes).

6. Within the mapping functionality, you’ll be able to configure your mapping and align your constituent, address, and gift data to the fields within your Raiser’s Edge. The Importacular video walkthrough provides a deep dive into setting up this data mapping. Below are examples of the different mapping settings.

7. Create a new control report as an .xlsx file type by clicking the binoculars icon.

8. The control report will let you review your data import and mapping, as well as match the data in your file, to your data in Raiser’s Edge.You’ll also be able to validate your data before importing using this control report by checking the “Validate Data Only” checkbox and then pressing the “Validate Now” button.

Once your data has been matched and validated, you’re ready to import your data! Press the “Import Now” button to load all of your giving day data into Raiser’s Edge.