MissionBI Connect™ — RE NXT Field Groups as displayed within Power BI Desktop. Click anywhere outside to close.
MissionBI Connect™ — RE NXT Field Groups as displayed within Power BI Desktop. Click anywhere outside to close.
Deliver the complete scope of your RE NXT data directly into Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, or any reporting software — fully managed, automatically refreshed, and always current. No technical staff required.
Product Overview
MissionBI Connect™ for 
delivers your complete RE NXT data in an elegantly organized format, making it simple to locate every record and field you need.
Every field for every RE NXT record type is available — constituents, gifts, actions, events, memberships, opportunities, and more.
Filter and query your data with quick responsiveness during report development, and the same speed carries over to distributed reports.
Hosted on the same secure Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform that Blackbaud selected for NXT. Azure provides 256-bit AES encryption at rest, TLS encryption in transit, role-based access controls, and continuous threat detection through Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Entirely hosted and managed by MissionBI. Zero maintenance, zero upkeep, zero specialized knowledge required from your staff — ever.
Data is organized into intuitive Field Groups aligned with RE NXT record types — immediately navigable for both experienced developers and newcomers.
Every field you need for all RE NXT record types is included. If you ever can’t locate a field needed for a report, we’ll add it at no additional charge.
Works with any reporting software that can connect to a data source:
For technical users, the underlying Azure SQL database can be accessed directly via SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, and similar tools.
Data Structure
Your RE NXT data is organized into Field Groups — each containing all fields for a specific record type, expandable within your reporting tool’s data panel.
MissionBI Connect™ — RE NXT Field Groups as displayed within Power BI Desktop:
Not all field groups are visible in the Power BI image below — the complete list of field groups is shown in full below.
Live Reporting for Your Whole Organization
MissionBI Connect doesn’t just power your report development environment — it serves as the ongoing live data source for every report and dashboard you distribute to your organization. When a board member, administrator, or staff member opens a shared report, it automatically reflects your most current data.
Using report distribution tools such as the Power BI Service and Tableau Online, you can publish and distribute custom reports and dashboards across your entire organization. Every user sees fresh, accurate data — without anyone manually refreshing exports or sending updated spreadsheets.
Power BI Report Distribution
For most organizations, Power BI reports and dashboards are distributed to staff, administrators, and board members through Power BI Service Workspace Apps, Microsoft Teams, or SharePoint. Because MissionBI Connect runs within the native Microsoft Azure environment, it connects seamlessly with all of these platforms — no additional configuration required.
No more emailing spreadsheet attachments. No more “please refresh before the board meeting.” Just live, trusted data — wherever your team needs it.
Does This Sound Like Your Organization?
— But Holding Back Because of Your Custom Reports?If you’ve been delaying the move from on-premise RE7 to cloud-hosted NXT because your custom reports won’t survive the migration, MissionBI Connect solves that completely. All of your custom reports stay 100% connected to your RE NXT data after migration, with full support to re-map reports to the NXT data structure.
Switching to MissionBI Connect delivers a dramatically better experience — continuous automated data refresh, a fully managed hands-free solution, and zero maintenance burden on your team.
Side-by-Side Comparison
Blackbaud offers a free, open-source Power BI connector — but organizations that have tried it know the reality: a complex, IT-dependent setup, significant ongoing maintenance, and real limitations on the data you can access. Here’s how the two approaches compare across every dimension that matters.
The Blackbaud connector is free — but the real cost is in IT time, maintenance burden, data limitations, and reliability risks. MissionBI Connect delivers a complete, always-current, fully managed solution from day one.
Join the growing number of nonprofits that have replaced the connector with a solution that just works.
We guarantee that every field you need for all RE NXT Record Types is included in MissionBI Connect. If there is ever a case where you are unable to locate a field needed for a report, we’ll add it at no additional charge. Contact us to schedule a meeting — we’ll answer every technical question.
No Report Developer on Staff?
MissionBI doesn’t offer report development directly, but we maintain a growing network of experienced report developer partners — typically longtime Raiser’s Edge consultants with deep experience building custom reports using the MissionBI Connect platform.
Skilled in Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, and other reporting tools, our partners can work with your organization to identify, design, and build exactly the reports and dashboards you need.
Ask Us for a Developer ReferralGetting Started
From contract signature to a fully delivered, live solution typically takes one to three weeks. We handle nearly everything.
We schedule a kickoff meeting to gather the information we need and walk you through the process.
We provision your dedicated Microsoft Azure data environment and configure your data pipeline.
Your complete RE NXT data is loaded via the Blackbaud SKY API and organized into Field Groups.
Connect your reporting tool and you’re live. Automatic refresh begins on your chosen schedule immediately.
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Contact us today to discover how MissionBI Connect for can free your team from time-consuming manual exports while delivering powerful, always-current reports to your entire organization.