Improve Reporting in FE NXT

The reporting module just received an update and unfortunately it made things more time consuming and less user friendly. Please consider adding the dates to the column view on the statements. The income statements normally have multiple columns and now I have to click on each one to actually see the date. It is so disappointing. I always preferred to run reports in NXT but over the last few years I find that I use the reports more in the database view then NXT. Now that the columns are difficult to view at a glance, I will be running all financials in the database view.

  • jennifer johnson
  • Feb 1 2021
  • Planned
  • Dec 9, 2021

    Admin response

    You now have the ability to see the dates in the reports while creating the report. If there are other areas you wish to see the dates, let us know!

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  • Jennifer Mullaney commented
    April 16, 2021 19:51

    I agree that the new update created so many problems and has made reporting very difficult. Please fix this quickly.


  • Michael Edwards commented
    March 23, 2021 13:41

    I use to run my reports directly to PDF by clicking on the 3 dots to the left of the reports. Now it's not an option just excel data. Need to bring this back!!


  • Paul Wu commented
    March 18, 2021 23:50

    Just experience my first update in Reporting and it really sucks.


    My search terms are not remembered. I have to retype them.

    It takes 1-2 seconds for the characters to display after I type.


    These are serious issues and should automatically roll back to the previous version.


    Are there ever any change logs provided when update occur?

    Does Blackbaud do any testing? Or are we the live testing rats?


    Frustrated in Canada.

  • Bridget Meacham commented
    March 18, 2021 18:47

    AGREED! This change is horrible and makes things really difficult to update.

  • Lori Kriner commented
    March 18, 2021 16:09

    Agreed. I too LIKED using reports in NXT more than the data base view, but since the update they have become more cumbersome. I find it interesting that "dates" is available for GL reports along the left side menu in edit mode, however for income statement reports you have to drill down. Consistency is key, why not have the same availability for ALL reports?

  • Guest commented
    March 18, 2021 12:15

    I was very disappointed as well to see the change made to NXT reporting. This has made it more cumbersome and less efficient to edit and run reports. It's much easier when all the parameters are visible on one page. Please consider changing back before the update.

  • Guest commented
    March 06, 2021 02:57

    Reporting should be done in web view. Web view should be the standard and easiest to use always.

  • Monica Garrison commented
    February 03, 2021 16:17

    Agree entirely with this feedback - except that I personally do not want to do my reporting from the database view, as it is clunky in other ways and the outputs are terrible.