SS&E Datafeed Priority: an Overview

Customers beginning implementation often ask which Student Success & Engagement (SS&E) datafeeds are essential. While every datafeed provides valuable information, some are required for a successful base implementation. Feeds of priority 1 through 3 are recommended for all clients; the remainder are optional depending on how much data the client wishes to see in the system.

For complete definition of datafeeds, please see the SIS Import Definitions article.

For more information on implementing the SS&E data integration, please see the SIS Integration Overview

Priority 1 - Required for Integrations

Data Feed Feed Description
academicCalendar Term information, including year, type, and important dates for each term/semester.
course Generic course information, typically from the course catalog.
courseSection Specific course sections that exist for a particular academic calendar.
department The academic departments at the institution. These departments are referenced by course records.
person Person record, including demographic information. The Person feed is used to create all people, regardless of role, who will be using or engaged through your Student Success & Engagement system. All other person feeds, such as Person Address and Transcript, are based on users provided in this file
transcript High-level/summary information for a student's transcript.
transcriptCourse Enrollment and coursework information for a student. Includes latest registration for a given student in a given section.
academicCalendar Feed Description
course Term information, including year, type, and important dates for each term/semester.
courseSection Generic course information, typically from the course catalog.
department Specific course sections that exist for a particular academic calendar.
person The academic departments at the institution. These departments are referenced by course records.
transcript Person record, including demographic information. The Person feed is used to create all people, regardless of role, who will be using or engaged through your Student Success & Engagement system. All other person feeds, such as Person Address and Transcript, are based on users provided in this file

Priority 2 - Required for Config/Training

Data Feed Feed Description
degree
degreeProgram
phoneType The available phone types in the SIS
program

Priority 3 - Required for Key Feature Use

Data Feed Feed Description
personDegreeProgram
personPhone
transcriptDegree

Priority 4 - Recommended for General Feature Use

Data Feed Feed Description
academicLevel
highSchool
hold
personHighSchool
personHold
personHold_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
personStudentType
personTag
studentType

Priority 5 - Optional

Data Feed Feed Description
addressType
applicationType
building
courseSection_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
courseSectionDeliveryMethod List of available delivery methods for a course section, specific to the institution.
courseSectionDeliveryMethod_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
courseSectionScheduleElement
courseSectionScheduleElement_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
location Locations or Campuses of the institution.
location_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
major
note
noteType
personAddress
personApplication
personFafsa
personFinancialAid
personFinancialAidAward
personLocation
personPhone_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
personVeteranType
subscription Used to assign additional follower relationships to a student.
tag This feed creates new tags in SS&E, it does not assign the tags to a person. See the personTag feed.
test The test feed should include the generic test (SAT, ACT, etc.).
testScore
testScore_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
testType The testType should include the type of test (SAT Reading, SAT Composite, etc.)
transcriptCourse_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
transcriptCourseAttendance Attendance records for each meeting of a given section
transcriptCourseStatusHistory
transcriptDegree_allIds Used when data may be deleted from the SIS without any record of it remaining. A list of all valid Ids is sent, and SS&E removes data for any records not included in the AllIds list.
veteranType
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