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Provincial Reporting 20.7.2.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2020 Provincial Reporting Releases for release dates.

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PSSR-237324Add a new Other Course Information type to New/Edit Section pages

On the New/Edit section pages, a new value '3 - Upgrading Credit Course' checkbox is added to the existing 'Other Course Information' section to allow schools to identify secondary courses that were upgraded by students during the summer.

This new value is only visible to Summer, Night, and CTCC schools for 20192020 term onwards. Also, it is only applicable to summer courses where class start date >= June 25. The value can be selected only if the Course Delivery Type is one of the following: 1 – Regular 2 - Independent study 16 - Correspond/Self-study 18 - E-learning - not through provincial LMS 19 - E-learning through provincial LMS. otherwise, an error message is displayed.

PSSR-237323Add a new Other Course Information value to Historical Grades pages

On the New Single Entry and Edit Historical Grades pages, a new value '3 - Upgrading Credit Course' checkbox is added to the existing 'Other Course Information' section to allow schools to identify secondary courses that were upgraded by students during the summer.

PSSR-231692CTCC Submission – Diploma Segment is generating in the wrong school

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.6

In the case of umbrella setup, Diploma Segment is generated at the umbrella school but not generated at the CTCC facility the student belongs to. Report has been enhanced to look for CTCC Facility/School selected for the student and report Diploma Segment under this school.

PSSR-238956Edit Historical Grades Page - Ministry Developed Content Checkbox not saving

The Ministry Developed Content checkbox is not saved when the Edit Historical Grades page is submitted. This issue has been fixed.

PSSR-233576New OnSIS Details Verification Reports

OnSIS Verification - Details Report: Version 1.0

A new verification tool is implemented to compare the aggregation of OnSIS information for funding sections, which will allow you to verify data reported to OnSIS. To view the verification data, a new OnSIS Verification - Details Report is created. This report will include the different sections required for verification. Section C1 - Enrolment by Attendance type is the first to be implemented.

The report can be run from the district and school levels, and for the different submissions ( October, March, and June) for elementary and secondary schools. Saving OnSIS XML is a pre-requisite step of running this report.

Documentation for this report will be released at a later date.

PSSR-229288New OnSIS Summary Verification Reports

OnSIS Verification - Summary Report: Version 1.0

A new verification tool is implemented to compare the aggregation of OnSIS information for funding sections, which will allow you to verify data reported to OnSIS. To view the verification data, a new OnSIS Verification - Summary Report is created. This report will include the different sections required for verification. Section C1 - Enrolment by Attendance type is the first to be implemented.

The report can be run from the district and school levels, and for the different submissions ( October, March, and June) for elementary and secondary schools. Saving OnSIS XML is a pre-requisite step of running this report.

Refer to OnSIS Verification Summary - Section C1 for details.

PSSR-238490OnSIS CTCC - Extract New Other Course Information Type

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.5

Report updated to set OTHER_COURSE_INFO/TYPE to '3', If a student upgraded the course over the summer. The report checks first if '3 - Upgrading Credit Course' checkbox is selected for the course on the record of the historical grades and if not selected, it checks if it is selected on the course section.

PSSR-231382OnSIS Elementary & Secondary reports - Add new feature to store XML files in permanent tables

OnSIS Elementary School Submission: Version 13.6
OnSIS Secondary School Submission: Version 15.4

A new feature to save OnSIS XML files in tables has been added to reports. Those tables will be used to generate OnSIS verification reports and can be used by boards to create their own queries to validate OnSIS XML files before submitting the data to the ministry. A new SAVE XML checkbox was added to the reports input parameters when selected the STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT segment data is saved to S_ON_STU_XML_ SCHOOL_ENROL_C table. This feature will be implemented in phases. Other segments will be added in future releases. Refer to the online help for table structure and feature details.

PSSR-237321OnSIS Night, Summer - E Extract New Other Course Information Type

OnSIS Night submission version 8.8
OnSIS Summer submission version 6.4

Reports are updated to set OTHER_COURSE_INFO/TYPE to '3', If a student upgraded the course over the summer. Reports check first if '3 - Upgrading Credit Course' checkbox is selected for the course on the record of the historical grades and if not selected, it checks if it is selected on the course section.

PSSR-235889OnSIS Secondary Submission: XML Validation - New Rule

OnSIS Secondary School Submission: Version 15.4
The OnSIS Secondary School Submission - XML Validation - is enhanced to include the following validation rule:
PS000014 - A student has earned their SHSM but has not earned their OSSD.

PSSR-233809Provincial Reports Page - Group OnSIS Verification and Validation reports under one section

OnSIS Data Validation: Version 2.3
International & Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) Summary Report: Version 1.8
International & Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) Details Report: Version 1.7

Reports are displayed under the new 'OnSIS Validation/Verification Reports' section in the following order:

  1. OnSIS Data Validation
  2. International & Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) Summary Report
  3. International & Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) Details Report
PSSR-236012Update Reports to Print New Genders.

Additional References: PSSR-235939, PSSR-235944,  PSSR-236002, PSSR-23600, PSSR-236006, PSSR-236007,  PSSR-236008 , PSSR-2360049, PSSR-236010, PSSR-236011

Ontario Student Transcript: Version 6.7
Ontario Student Status: Version 7.1
Office Index Card: Version 3.8
Potential Ontario Scholars: Version 2.9
Daily Attendance Record: Version 2.8
Continuing Education: Summer School Register: Version 4.2
Continuing Education: Register of Enrolment in Correspondence Self-Study e-Learning Courses: Version 3.3
Continuing Education: Register of Enrolment in the Literacy and Numeracy Program: Version 3.8
Register of Enrolment in the International & Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) Program: Version 3.8
Continuing Education: Register of Enrolment in Continuing Education Credit Courses: Version 4.0
Continuing Education: Register of Enrolment in Adult Indigenous Language Instruction: Version 3.5

Update Reports to use common function PSSR_ON_Common.GetStudentGenderReportValues to print gender. The function returns gender valid values M, F, N, or S. A blank value will be printed if the student's gender is 'Exclude from Reporting'. 'I' will be printed for Invalid gender values.

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