The Drop Lapsed Members tool is an essential membership management feature that is currently only available in Database View and should be brought to Raiser's Edge NXT.

Organizations with active membership programs rely on this utility to efficiently move memberships from Lapsed to Dropped based on the configured rules for each membership category. This is a critical data hygiene function that keeps membership records accurate, improves reporting, and supports renewal and retention workflows.

At our museum, we use this process regularly to maintain a clean and reliable membership database. Without this tool, staff must manually update memberships one at a time or continue relying on Database View for a single essential administrative task. If memberships remain in a perpetual Lapsed status, reporting becomes less meaningful, renewal workflows become more difficult to manage, and data becomes increasingly inaccurate over time.

As more membership functionality moves into NXT, having the Drop Lapsed Members utility available there is essential. It would eliminate a major dependency on Database View and allow membership teams to fully manage their programs within the modern web experience.