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Administrative Data Imports

  • Overview of Importing CSV Data Into Faculty Success

    Access to this product feature is dependent on your institution's Watermark agreementBase ☑ | Faculty Accomplishments ☑ | Reviews, Promotion and Tenure ☐ | Web Profiles ☐ It is quite likely that your campus has information in other systems detailing the courses your faculty teach, human resources-related information, and faculty grants. You likely want to bring this i...

  • Formatting CSV Import Files

    Using CSV files to import information to the system saves time for faculty and preserves data quality when importing from other campus systems. These imports could create new records for a new or existing screen, as well as update existing content in bulk. A CSV import is always one activity screen per file. Prepare a new CSV file for import There are two approaches for...

  • CSV Imports: Resolving Import Error Messages

    Access to this product feature is dependent on your institution's Watermark agreementBase ☑ | Faculty Accomplishments ☑ | Reviews, Promotion and Tenure ☐ | Web Profiles ☐ You may encounter error messages when using the CSV Data Import tool. Below is a list of the errors. Expand each error message for additional information and tips for resolving the error. Error: ...

  • Data Import Record Limits

    The CSV Import Tool checks what records are currently in the system to identify potential duplicates. Because of that duplicate detection, the existing records in the system are counted toward the 20,000 record limit. For that reason, you might have fewer than 20,000 records in your file, but you may still get a record limit error when importing a CSV file. To work arou...

  • Helpful Excel Formulas and Tips to Format CSV Data Imports

    When setting up a CSV Data Import, you may encounter data mapping issues when taking information out of one system and importing it into Faculty Success, as different systems tend to capture the same data in different ways. You can speed up your CSV preparation and improve data integrity by using some simple functions and formulas in Excel. Creating Flat Files to Import...

  • How Primary Keys Detect Duplicate Data

    Access to this product feature is dependent on your institution's Watermark agreementBase ☑ | Faculty Accomplishments ☑ | Reviews, Promotion and Tenure ☐ | Web Profiles ☐ When working with data imports in Faculty Success, you may be told to include the primary key for a record. A primary key is a field or combination of fields that is used to uniquely identify each rec...

  • Create New Yearly Data Records Using Export Data and Data Import Utility

    Faculty Success provides the option to administrators to create new Yearly Data records for their users by using the Export Data function and the Instant Data Import tool via the Work Request utility. This process facilitates the necessary updating of Yearly Data information for all users, while providing flexibility to make any changes in the data for any users with ne...

  • Bulk File Imports

    Access to this product feature is dependent on your institution's Watermark agreementBase ☐ | Faculty Accomplishments ☑ | Reviews, Promotion and Tenure ☐ | Web Profiles ☐ In cases where it makes sense to store files for your users in Faculty Success, you can submit a properly labeled ("Bulk File Import for Screen X") General work request to have us bulk upload files (w...