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...
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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...
Stored Grades Info Object Tags
Below are object tags for stored grades information. These tags can be used to pull specific information, such as a particular stored grade. Object tags can be used with a List Students, Object Reports,...
Period Info Object Tags
Below are object tags for period information. These tags can be used to pull specific information about a student’s classes during a particular period.Object tags can be used with a List Students, Object Reports,...
Smart Pronoun Object Tags
Below are smart pronoun object tags. These will output a him/her, he/she, son/daughter, etc for each student based on the student’s gender. Object tags can be used with a List Students, Object Reports, or Exporting...
School Info Object Tags
Below are object tags for school information.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...