Allow Default Tribute Settings in RENXT Web View Batches

Add the ability to set default Tribute information in RENXT Web View gift batches, similar to the functionality that exists in Database View. This would allow users to apply a single honoree/memorial tribute, tribute type, acknowledgment status, and acknowledgees to all gifts within a batch when the tribute information is the same.

Many organizations receive groups of gifts made in honor or memory of the same individual. When entering these gifts in a batch, users currently must manually add and configure the same tribute information on every single gift record in Web View.

Database View allowed users to set batch-level defaults for:

  • Honor/Memorial designation

  • Tribute record

  • Tribute type

  • Acknowledgment status

  • Acknowledgees

This significantly reduced repetitive data entry and ensured consistency across all gifts in the batch.

Although Web View batches now support tributes, there is no way to apply a default tribute to multiple gifts.

For every tribute gift entered, users must:

  1. Click Apply Tribute

  2. Click + Add Tribute

  3. Search and Select for the honoree

  4. Type and Select the tribute type

  5. Update acknowledgment status if needed

  6. Select the appropriate acknowledgee(s) if needed

  7. Click Save

  8. Click Done

This results in 6–8 additional clicks and data-entry actions per gift when the tribute information is identical across the entire batch. The current process creates substantial repetitive work that was previously unnecessary in Database View.

Implementing default tribute settings at the batch level would:

  • Reduce repetitive clicks and data entry

  • Improve processing efficiency for gift-entry staff

  • Save significant time when entering large tribute batches

  • Reduce the risk of data-entry errors and inconsistencies

  • Create parity with Database View functionality

  • Improve overall user experience in RENXT Web View

  • Emily Marshall
  • Jul 29 2026
  • Reviewed: Voting Open
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  • Teddi Taylor commented
    24 Sep 18:04

    I agree! The resistance Blackbaud is experiencing from db view users is due to building functionality that fundamentally ignores the realities of our jobs. I have a hard time believing these updates made it through EAP without receiving this kind of feedback. We should be able to set this up in batch configuration.

    Additionally, searching for tributes within the honoree record should support the tribute description instead of just tribute type. We have a record for tributes that are not constituents (they didn't designate a gift to us in their obituary or we don't have acknowledgee info), so there's a really long list of tributes in there and almost all of them are "in memory of" tribute types, which makes the search useless. Obviously this is a workaround for the insane requirement of Blackbaud to increase our constituent record count by requiring a tribute record to be a full constituent record. Nothing like adding hundreds of deceased records to your database every year!

  • Guest commented
    18 Aug 17:31

    Agreed