I am seeing that Blackbaud has seemingly moved ahead with https://financialedge.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FENXT-I-3414 which allows a user who has created an import to use the "three dot" menu to run an import, whether or not the "Validate data only" checkbox is checked.

I cannot disagree more with how this was implemented as it renders that entire checkbox useless. In addition, it creates a danger for misclicks where a file might be imported twice.

If this "feature" must remain, some ideas on how to make it a little safer:

• Update the language to indicate the checkbox is not being respected, e.g. Import, ignoring "validate only" checkbox

• Have a secondary pop-up, e.g. You selected Import, but "validate data only" is selected. Do you want to continue with an import?

• Remove the Validate Data Only checkbox and instead, probably from the three dot menu, have a way to "Activate" and "Deactivate" the import.