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Using this Quick Guide
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Each of the tabs on the bottom of this guide refer to datasets that are required for the proper functioning of eduCLIMBER. As you'll see below, eduCLIMBER is very flexible in the manner in which it receives data. This document, therefore, represents our preferred formats and naming conventions, but not the only ones we can use.
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File Formats
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We can handle comma-delimited (CSV), tab-delimited, or fixed-width files. If the file is delimited, the first row of the file should always be the column headers, with no extra data at the end of the file such as a row counts or empty records.
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Suggested Column Headers
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eduCLIMBER does not use column positions to determine data locations. Instead, we match our needed data fields to the column headers you have in these files during your site set up. We have indicated our preferred column names in the sheets of this workbook, but you can name them however you feel appropriate. They should, however, be simple and descriptive so that our data analysts can match them to our needs appropriately. The only other requirement is that each column name should be unique.
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Suggested Column Formats
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While we've made suggestions in these sheets on the data formats, eduCLIMBER can handle a wide range of formats for various data types. For example, dates can be provided in any format desired, as long as the format is consistent for that column.
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Importance Level Descriptions
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RequiredRequired for eduCLIMBER to function.
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Required*Significant functionality will be lost if this data is not present.
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Recommended
Additional sought after information that either gives more feature functionality or better troubleshooting.
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