We use Gift ID to import transaction codes/confirmation codes from external sources, such as Luminate online or BBMS. This enables audits between the two systems to ensure that all data has been transferred into RE, and also excludes the possibility of duplicates. Not being able to manually override the Gift ID or write to it via import has huge implications for our data audit processes.
Also, Omatic will use Gift ID on a recurring gift so that future payments can be found and applied to the original setup. If we don't have that field available in NXT gift management, our Omatic import functions fail
To be able to overwrite gift ID when importing into Batch