PIMS Manual_Vol 1_V1.0 - Sayre Area School District

Pennsylvania Information
Management System
Pennsylvania
Department of Education
Rules
1. SCHOOL YEAR DATE is the date of the last day of the school year in ISO format: YYYY-06-30
2. Code Column: K1* - COURSE CODE LONG must be supplied
3. COURSE CODE LONG checked first; if null, COURSE CODE is checked
4. New clients recommended to use COURSE CODE LONG
5. Code Column: K2* - SECTION CODE LONG must be supplied
6. SECTION CODE LONG checked first; if null, SECTION CODE is checked
7. New clients recommended to use SECTION CODE LONG
8. SEMESTER should match the Semester column in the COURSE Table for the relevant course code record - the appropriate value may be
null
9. Code Column: M* - PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR ID must be supplied else the record is rejected
10. STAFF NAME can be used if STAFF Table has not been loaded
11. INSTRUCTOR fields should be filled with the unique Staff IDs from the STAFF Table
12. CLASS PERIOD is the period of the School Day during which the class meets; recommend using CLASS PERIOD LONG
13. The columns identified with an NCES code are recommended to follow the NCES Non-Fiscal Data Handbook V4.0
14. Code Column: K - component of primary key, U - value is updated if row exists, M - a value must be supplied
15. Code Column: When enclosed within parentheses - e.g. (K,M) - the value is assigned by eScholar
16. Only delimited files are accepted.
Load Sequence/Dependencies
Load Sequence/Dependencies
COURSE
STAFF
Version 1 Page 59
Published 7/21/2010