Load Errors and Warnings
The following errors and warnings could appear during the validation of a load. The resolution steps come directly from Pearson. All errors must be resolved. Warnings should be corrected if possible. Error The file...
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Enroll a Student After School Has Ended and Before EOY
When students are added to PowerSchool after the school year has ended but before end-of-year (EOY) processing has taken place, these students need to be entered in a very specific manner in order for...
Parent Searches in PowerSchool
Parent searches are much different than student and staff searches. This document provides details on searching for parents as well as instructions on running the Mass Comm Guardian Search when on minimal guardian data...
Searching & Browsing for Staff
Similar to the Students Search, users can both browse and search for staff members. The PowerSchool start page defaults to the Students Search screen. Click the Staff tab at the top or click Staff...
Roles & Access in PowerSchool
What is PowerSchool? Who can access it? How does the person’s role change the data that they can work with? PowerSchool is a web-based application that all users can access through a web-browser at...
Enrollment Status Definitions
Enrollment statuses in PowerSchool are stored as numbers. The table below provides translations for the numerical enrollment status (enroll_status) of students in PowerSchool. Enroll_Status Definition -1 Pre-registered 0 Active 1 Inactive 2 Transferred out...
Multi-Layered PowerSchool Searches
Sometimes you may wish to search for multiple groups of students at the same time. For example, all free or reduced lunch students. If you wanted to limit your results more than just applying...
Smart Search
Did you know that you can make searching PowerSchool easier? Enabling Smart Search will generate a list of all names and PowerSchool fields that match what you are typing into the search bar. For...
The Decode Object Tag
In some cases, the data stored in a PowerSchool field can be confusing to someone that does not typically work with the data or the data could just be made easier to read on...
Credit Hours Object Tags
Below are credit hour object tags. Object tags can be used with a List Students, Object Reports, or Exporting data. Typically, when using list students or exporting student data, the user can only export...