The SFF files that you
prepare and submit must be:
§ saved
as CSV (comma delimited) files
§ named
a variation of the original file names (users.csv,
class.csv, classassignments.csv, demographics.csv)
with the following allowances:
o may be uppercase
or lowercase
o may be singular
or plural
For
example: All of the following file names
are acceptable: user.csv, users.csv, USER.csv,
or USERS.csv
§ combined
and compressed into a single zipped file prior
to upload and named according to the following
rules:
o Valid
values: alphanumeric (A–Z, a–z, 0–9), dashes (
- ), underscores ( _ )
o Must
not contain
special characters (except dashes and underscores)
o For
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) site file
submissions (automated imports), spaces
are not allowed (Import Management accepts
zipped files with spaces, but the SFTP site does
not.)
§ complete
snapshots of your organization's data
Note:
Imports using the SFF
templates require that all data be included at
the time of the import. Your submitted import
files are considered full year-to-date data files,
so every import file replaces the last one imported.
For example, if you import 500 users today and
15 tomorrow, then that triggers the removal of
485 users. Always submit full files for all locations
if using SFF.