Rediker Software Support

If conversion services are purchased, Rediker Software will electronically convert existing student and staff names and demographic data provided the following conditions are met:

1. The customer is responsible for exporting any and all data from their existing student information system. Rediker Software assumes no responsibility for accessing and exporting demographic data from your current system.

2. The customer must provide to Rediker Software the exported demographic data in the following electronic file format…

a. Standard ASCII file format (Comma separated, Tab separated, fixed width, etc.)

c. Additional electronic documentation must be provided that describes in detail the data contained in each field of the ASCII export file.

d. The old student ID# is strongly recommended as a part of the ASCII export file. This ID# will be MANDATORY for any historical data conversions performed by Rediker Software.

e. The following fields (in this order) are mandatory for a data conversion. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING FIELD ORDER MUST EXIST IN THE FILE SENT TO REDIKER EVEN IF THE FIELD IS BLANK

STUDENT FIELD ORDER	STAFF FIELD ORDER
LAST NAME	LAST NAME
FIRST NAME	FIRST NAME
MIDDLE NAME	MIDDLE NAME
MAIN PARENT/GUARDIAN1	POSITION
MAIN STREET	STREET
MAIN CITY	CITY
MAIN STATE	STATE
MAIN ZIP	ZIP
MAIN PHONE	PHONE
HOMEROOM	HOMEROOM
SEX	OLD STAFF ID#
BIRTHDAY
OLD STUDENT ID#
GRADE LEVEL

3. Any and all field data listed after “OLD STUDENT ID#” will be placed into AdminPlus fields in the order given in the import file

4. If the above conditions are verified, Rediker Software will perform the demographic data conversion within 4-6 weeks from receiving the ASCII file in the proper format.

5. Contact Rediker Software, Inc. 1-800-213-9860 for pricing or any questions regarding this service.

Historical Course and Grade Data Conversion

If Historical Course and Grade Data Conversion services are purchased, Rediker Software will electronically convert existing historical course and grade data into Administrator’s Plus format provided the following conditions are met:

1. The customer is responsible for exporting any and all historical course and grade data from their current system. The format of the export file MUST be as follows…

a. Comma or tab separated, or fixed width. Data fields must be…

OLD_STUDENT_ID#	OLD_COURSE_#	SCHOOLYEAR	SEM1_GRADE	SEM2_GRADE	FINAL_GRADE
0218374	A123r	2003	80	89	86

i. OLD_STUDENT_ID# - this would be the unique student id# from the old system. THIS OLD STUDENT ID# MUST ALSO BE ENTERED AS FIELD DATA INTO ADMINISTRATOR’S PLUS.

ii. OLD_COURSE_# - this would be the course id# from the old system. THIS OLD COURSE # MUST BE ENTERED INTO THE “ALIAS” FIELD WHEN CREATING YOUR SCHOOL’S MASTER COURSE LIST IN ADMINISTRATOR’S PLUS.

iii. SCHOOLYEAR – this would be the school year for the grade received (ex. 1999-2000)

iv. SEM1_GRADE – IF your school is a semester grading school, then this would be the Semester 1 grade for the course

v. SEM2_GRADE – IF your school is a semester grading school, this would be the Semester 2 grade for the course

2. The customer MUST create their Master Course List in Administrator’s Plus PRIOR to any conversion.

3. Each newly created course in Administrator’s Plus MUST have the OLDCOURSE# entered into the “ALIAS” field.

4. The customer must enter the appropriate amount of CREDIT and WEIGHT for each course when creating the Master Course List in Administrator’s Plus.

5. Once the Administrator’s Plus Master Course list is complete, it must be sent to Rediker Software along with the ASCII file for conversion.

6. Once the ascii file(s) is received and verified by Rediker Software, the customer can expect historical data conversions completed 2-3 weeks after receiving the file(s).

7. Contact Rediker Software at 800-213-9860 for pricing or for any questions regarding this service.