The Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Blackbaud FE NXT data from .NET applications. Rapidly create and deploy powerful .NET applications that integrate with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT account data including Accounts, Budgets, Projects, and more!
Blackbaud FE NXT
Blackbaud FE NXT .NET Connectivity Features
- Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
- Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
- Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
- Connect to live Blackbaud FE NXT data, for real-time data access with the Blackbaud FE NXT JDBC Driver
- Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
- Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
- Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Blackbaud FE NXT Connector.
Target Service, API
The driver connects to Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT API. Nonprofit accounting.
Schema, Data Model
Models FE NXT modules as relational tables. Fund accounting structure.
Key Objects
Accounts, Journal Entries, Vendors, Projects, and Grants. Nonprofit financial data.
Operations
Full CRUD operations on financial data. Complex fund accounting queries.
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authentication with Blackbaud. Environment and legal entity selection.
See what you can do with Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET provider
Use Blackbaud FE NXT from SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) multi-dimensional cubes. Keep your analytical data modeling and access to any source including cloud and on-premises.
The Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Blackbaud FE NXT using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Blackbaud FE NXT to your mission -critical applications or create easy side-by-side applications.
You can connect from ADO.NET compliant low-code development tools:
You can connect Blackbaud FE NXT from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:
Standard ADO.NET Access to BlackbaudFENXT
The Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Blackbaud FE NXT data from any .NET application. Simply use Blackbaud FE NXT Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Blackbaud FE NXT hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.
Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.
The Blackbaud FE NXT Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: BlackbaudFENXTConnection, BlackbaudFENXTCommand, BlackbaudFENXTDataAdapter, BlackbaudFENXTDataReader, BlackbaudFENXTDataSource, BlackbaudFENXTParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Blackbaud FE NXT data in an easy, familiar way.
For example:
using (BlackbaudFENXTConnection conn = new BlackbaudFENXTConnection("...")) {
string select = "SELECT * FROM Accounts";
BlackbaudFENXTCommand cmd = new BlackbaudFENXTCommand(select, conn);
BlackbaudFENXTDataAdapter adapter = new BlackbaudFENXTDataAdapter(cmd);
using (adapter) {
DataTable table = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(table);
...
}
}
ADO.NET Provider Performance
With traditional approaches to remote access, performance bottlenecks can spell disaster for applications. Regardless if an application is created for internal use, a commercial project, web, or mobile application, slow performance can rapidly lead to project failure. Accessing data from any remote source has the potential to create these problems. Common issues include:
- Network Connections - Slow network connections and latency issues are common in mobile applications.
- Service Delays - Delays due to service interruptions, resulting in server hardware or software updates.
- Large Data - Intentional or unintentional requests for large amounts of data.
- Disconnects - Complete loss of network connectivity.
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Blackbaud FE NXT solves these issues by supporting powerful smart caching technology that can greatly improve the performance and dramatically reduce application bottlenecks.
Smart Caching
Smart caching is a configurable option that works by storing queried data into a local database. Enabling smart caching creates a persistent local cache database that contains a replica of data retrieved from the remote source. The cache database is small, lightweight, blazing-fast, and it can be shared by multiple connections as persistent storage.
Caching with our ADO.NET Providers is highly configurable, including options for:
- Auto Cache - Maintain an automatic local cache of data on all requests. The provider will automatically load data into the cache database each time you execute a SELECT query. Each row returned by the query will be inserted or updated as necessary into the corresponding table in the cache database.
- Explicit Cache - Cache only on demand. Developers decide exactly what data gets stored in the cache and when it is updated. Explicit caching provides full control over the cache contents by using explicit execution of CACHE statements.
- No Cache - All requests access only live data and no local cache file is created.
This powerful caching functionality increases application performance and allows applications to disconnect and continue limited functioning without writing code for additional local storage and/or data serialization/deserialization.
More information about ADO.NET Provider caching and best caching practices is available in the included help files.
Visual Studio Integration & Server Explorer
Working with the new Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.
As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Blackbaud FE NXT data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.
It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Source
- Configure the basic connection properties to access your Blackbaud FE NXT account data.
Explore all of the data available! Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Blackbaud FE NXT data from Visual Studio.
- After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Source.
- These constructs return live Blackbaud FE NXT data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!
Developer Integration: Databind to Blackbaud FE NXT
Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Blackbaud FE NXT is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.
Developers are free to access the Blackbaud FE NXT ADO.NET Provider in whatever way they like best. Either visually through the Visual Studio Winforms or Webforms designers, or directly through code.
- Developers can connect the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Source directly to form components by configuring the object's smart
tags.
- Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Blackbaud FE NXT Data Source. Then, select the
feed, view, or services you would like to connect the object to.
Done! It's just like connecting to SQL Server.
- Once the object is bound to the data source, applications can easily interact with Blackbaud FE NXT data with full
read/write (CRUD) support.
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