Importing/Conversion of FY11 Assessment Records (Gx)

Available beginning with version 1.5-4 of EMISFFE

In effort to aid those districts who are utilizing a Third Party source system that will not be able to export assessment records using the FA record format, EMISFFE will convert the FY11 Gx record formats into the FA format during the Import process.  The district will extract their assessment data from their source system as flat files.  The extraction file must have an SEQ extension for Importing into EMISFFE.  The resulting extraction file containing the Gx assessment records may then be Imported into EMISFFE.  As the records are loaded/imported into EMISFFE, they will be converted to the FA record type.  Upon completion of the Import process, the district will be able to go the the FA page and see that their assessment records were loaded.

Districts may then use the Extract option of EMISFFE to extract the assessment data which will be in the FA record format (required for FY12 yearend reporting).  The resulting EMISFFE extraction file may then be uploaded to the EMIS-R data collector. 

The conversion from Gx to FA will also work for CSV files if a district chooses to Import the records using a CSV file rather than the flat file.  Note however that there are specific formatting rules for CSV files.