Organization Setup
This category represents information about organization class periods and locations (rooms defined in sections). The Organization Setup category includes the following data views and resources:
Note: Organization Setup resources are only published for public schools.
Locations (Rooms)
This view captures the physical space where students gather for a particular class/section. The published view layout includes the School Name, Room Number, Last Publish Date, and Publishing ID.
locations
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
- [Sections]
- [Rooms]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- The school must not be excluded from state reporting.
- The school must have an Ed-Fi State School number.
- The school must have a WISEdata Reporting option.
- The room is assigned to at least one course section based on [Sections]Room.
Resource Output
- A single location record is published for each room or classroom at each school if the room has been assigned to at least one course section.
- A default value of “OPEN” will be published as the classroomIdentificationCode for any course sections where [Sections]Room is blank.
- The location resource is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
- LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).
Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.
Data Element | Description | [Table]Data Type | Stored in [Table]Field | Req’d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
schoolReference A reference to the related School resource. | R | |||
/schoolID | The school associated with this location. | Integer | SchoolId downloaded from State Derived from: [S_WI_SCH_X]EdFi_StateSchoolNumber, or if this field is blank then [Schools]Alternate_School_Number] if greater than 0 Otherwise, [Schools]School_Number | R |
| classroomIdentificationCode | A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a room by a school, school system, state, or other agency or entity. | String | [Sections]Room | R |
| maximumNumberOfSeats | The maximum number of seats the class can maintain. | Integer | [Room]Occupancy_Maximum if greater than 0 [Sections]MaxEnrollment if greater than 0 | O |
Class Periods
This data view represents the designation of a regularly scheduled series of class meetings at designated times and days of the week. The published view layout provides the School Name, Period Name, Period Number, Last Publish Data, and Publishing ID.
classPeriods
Primary PowerSchool Source Data
- [Period]
Selection Criteria
Records are published if the following criteria are met:
- The school must not be excluded from state reporting.
- The school must have an Ed-Fi State School number.
- The school must have a WISEdata Reporting option.
- The period number associated with the period name must be equal or greater than 0.
Resource Output
- A single classPeriod record is published for each unique class period at each school based on the year for the Term selected in the PowerSchool UI.
- The classPeriod resource is not dependent on the prior publishing of other Ed-Fi resources.
- LEAs and Schools may upload (publish) data to the Ed-Fi ODS in real time or on-demand (“Run Now” button).
Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.
Data Element | Description | [Table]Data Type | Stored in [Table]Field | Req’d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
schoolReference A reference to the related School resource. | R | |||
/schoolID | The school associated with this period. | Integer | SchoolId downloaded from State Derived from: [S_WI_SCH_X]EdFi_StateSchoolNumber, or if this field is blank then [Schools]Alternate_School_Number] if greater than 0 Otherwise, [Schools]School_Number | R |
| name | A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a classroom period. | String | [Period]Name | R |