What designation_id in a giving link matches

In GiveCampus giving forms, available controls depend on your permissions and the interface used by your institution.

In the donation form autofill path, designation and designation_id values are matched against the form's designation display names or backend identifiers, case-insensitively. Despite its name, designation_id is not a direct lookup of an internal database row ID in this workflow. Use the intended offered designation's name or backend identifier and correctly encode the URL value.

A previously saved in-progress donation's designation selection takes precedence over this URL autofill. Test in a fresh session, confirm the designation belongs to this form, and account for its maximum selection count. Shared backend identifiers can match more than one designation, so use an unambiguous offered choice and verify the rendered selection before distributing the link. A CRM fund being active does not by itself prove it is offered on this form.