Replicate Multiple Blackbaud FE NXT Accounts via the CData Sync CLI

CData Sync for Blackbaud FE NXT is a stand-alone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. Both Sync for Windows and Sync for Java include a command-line interface (CLI) that makes it easy to manage multiple Blackbaud FE NXT connections. In this article we show how to use the CLI to replicate multiple Blackbaud FE NXT accounts.

Configure Blackbaud FE NXT Connections

You can save connection and email notification settings in an XML configuration file. To replicate multiple Blackbaud FE NXT accounts, use multiple configuration files. Below is an example configuration to replicate Blackbaud FE NXT to SQLite:

Windows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
 <DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
 <DatabaseProvider>System.Data.SQLite</DatabaseProvider>
 <ConnectionString>SubscriptionKey=MySubscriptionKey;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;</ConnectionString>
 <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
 <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
 <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
 <TaskSchedulerStartTime>09:51</TaskSchedulerStartTime>
 <TaskSchedulerInterval>Never</TaskSchedulerInterval>
</CDataSync>

Java

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<CDataSync>
<DatabaseType>SQLite</DatabaseType>
 <DatabaseProvider>org.sqlite.JDBC</DatabaseProvider>
 <ConnectionString>SubscriptionKey=MySubscriptionKey;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;</ConnectionString>
 <ReplicateAll>False</ReplicateAll>
 <NotificationUserName></NotificationUserName>
 <DatabaseConnectionString>Data Source=C:\my.db</DatabaseConnectionString>
</CDataSync>

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, create an app to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties.

See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.

Configure Queries for Each Blackbaud FE NXT Instance

Sync enables you to control replication with standard SQL. The REPLICATE statement is a high-level command that caches and maintains a table in your database. You can define any SELECT query supported by the Blackbaud FE NXT API. The statement below caches and incrementally updates a table of Blackbaud FE NXT data:

REPLICATE Accounts;

You can specify a file containing the replication queries you want to use to update a particular database. Separate replication statements with semicolons. The following options are useful if you are replicating multiple Blackbaud FE NXT accounts into the same database:

You can use a different table prefix in the REPLICATE SELECT statement:

REPLICATE PROD_Accounts SELECT * FROM Accounts 

Alternatively, you can use a different schema:

REPLICATE PROD.Accounts SELECT * FROM Accounts

Run Sync

After you have configured the connection strings and replication queries, you can run Sync with the following command-line options:

Windows

FinancialEdgeNXTSync.exe -g MyProductionFinancialEdgeNXTConfig.xml -f MyProductionFinancialEdgeNXTSync.sql

Java

java -Xbootclasspath/p:c:\sqlitejdbc.jar -jar FinancialEdgeNXTSync.jar -g MyProductionFinancialEdgeNXTConfig.xml -f MyProductionFinancialEdgeNXTSync.sql