Cloud-safe tailoring and customizations for iMIS
The following table illustrates the approved and unapproved methods of customizing iMIS for your organization for the following versions:
- iMIS EMS Enterprise
- iMIS EMS Professional
- iMIS 20/20 Advance Program
Be sure you are following the allowed methods to avoid errors or other potential negative impacts to your organization.
Tailoring and customizations cannot be achieved either by direct SQL access to iMIS schema to perform queries, imports, or any type of data manipulation that cannot be performed in the iMIS User Interface or by standard programming languages that do not utilize the
Allowed method | Not allowed method | |
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Create custom views | iMIS Business Object Designer | Direct SQL access |
Custom data calculations |
iMIS Business Objection Designer/Expression Builder |
Direct SQL access: SQL Views, Triggers, Stored Procedures |
Create custom tables | iMIS Panel Designer | Direct SQL access |
Data import |
iMIS Contact Importer, Donation Importer, Workbook Converter |
Direct SQL access: Custom triggers on tables, SQL updates and imports |
Third party integrations and bridges | iMIS RESTful API | Any access not using the iMIS RESTful API |
Searches in iMIS | iMIS Intelligent Query Architect (IQA) | Direct SQL access |
Automation | iMIS Process Automation | Any method that requires direct SQL Data access, such as triggers or stored procedures |
Custom payment gateways |
All gateways outlined here:Gateways , or ASI Approved |
Any payment gateway not approved by ASI |