Category: PowerSchool Tips

Stored Grades Info Object Tags

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

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

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

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...

Term ID Definitions

Term ID Definitions

This article discusses how termIDs are created and how to determine the exact ID of a year, semester, quarter, etc. TermIDs can be broken into 2 parts: The hunderds which represent the year The...

Understanding Advanced Searches

Although searching for a last name like Smith is useful there are many other ways to search in PowerSchool. This article is the starting point for learning about advanced searching. There are also many...

PowerSchool Searches – Enrollment

PowerSchool Searches – Enrollment

You can search for students in PowerSchool &amp; export data using field names but there are also built inquiries and functions in PowerSchool to assist with searches and exports. Format: *as_of=<date> Example: *as_of=2/1/2006 Result:...

Birthday Searches in PowerSchool

Birthday Searches in PowerSchool

You can search for students in PowerSchool &amp; export data using field names but there are also built inquiries and functions in PowerSchool to assist with searches and exports. Birthday Search 1. Format: Birthdays...

Exporting from PowerSchool

Exports from PowerSchool are used to move data into Excel for reporting and also when other systems need PowerSchool data. Create a selection of students by clicking or searching on the Search Students page....