Importing Customizations into SchoolEngage

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Last updated: yesterday at 9:10 pm by Leo Yoon
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Overview

To utilize custom PowerSchool fields within SchoolEngage, either for reading or writing data, it's essential to perform an export from PowerSchool first.

Steps for Exporting Extensions from PowerSchool

  1. Access PowerSchool: Log in and switch to the District Office view.

  2. Export Page: Go to YOUR_POWERSCHOOL_URL/admin/customization/CreatePackagePage.action, substituting YOUR_POWERSCHOOL_URL with your district's PowerSchool URL.

Note: It may take some time for this page to load.

  1. Plugin Description: Please fill in the required description fields. While these fields are essential for exporting, they are not utilized during the import process, so you can name them as you prefer. The filename is only for your reference and does not affect the import. These fields include but are not limited to Plugin version, publisher name, contact email, and file name.

  2. Select Files: In "Select Individual Files":

    1. Expand the “user_schema_root” folder

    2. Choose all .xml files relevant to your newly added custom fields.

    3. Click Create Plugin Zip File to download the compressed file to your computer.

  3. Preparing File for Upload to SchoolEngage:

    1. Take your newly downloaded .zip folder and extract the files onto your computer

    2. Take the user_schema_root and compress it into a .zip folder

  4. Upload user_schema_root.zip file to SchoolEngage:

    1. In SchoolEngage, navigate to Settings > District

    2. Upload the new user_schema_root.zip file to the Upload Mapsource Extension section

Alternatively, you can upload the .xml file(s) within the user_schema_root folder into the Upload Mapsource Extension section.

Now your new extension field should be available as a form field mapping!