This article explains how to monitor and correct Oklahoma Unity errors and warnings using the SchoolInsight Unity Verification Summary tool. The data validation tool is designed to help find data that is missing or invalid according to OSDE rules. It’s best practice to try to complete data entry before using the tool. Here is a list of the most common warnings for missing or invalid data. To see a list of SIF objects and the SchoolInsight pages that are designed to manage object data, click here.
Below is the best process to use for managing your state reporting data:
- Add and update your data in SchoolInsight
- Use the SchoolInsight validation tool to monitor errors and warnings
- Check the Unity Verify Data Wizard for additional errors and warnings
- Make corrections to data in SchoolInsight in the easiest and most convenient way
- Update data directly in the validation tool or
- Update data on the page where it is managed
To monitor the number of warnings for all objects:
- Go to each school’s Main > OK SIF Unity > OK Unity Verification Summary
When you enter the Verify Data page, SchoolInsight automatically launches a process to validate your data and summarize the total number of rows, errors, and warning messages per object.
To view messages and make corrections
- Select an Object/Report
- Click on the
left of the Object/Report to expand
- Observe the errors and warnings under the first column
- Use the filter
to see only selected errors/warnings
- Use the filter
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To correct warnings
- Hove your mouse to the end of row until you see the edit icon (
)
- A new page will slide out
- Enter missing data
- To correct warnings by using pages outside of the validation tool, go to the page that is designed to maintain the object that you need to correct. Click here for a list of objects and their associated SchoolInsight pages.
- Hove your mouse to the end of row until you see the edit icon (
Unity SIF Objects
| Object Name | SchoolInsight Feature |
| LEAInfo | Contact SchoolInsight support to make updates |
| SchoolInfo | District/School Main > Ok SIF Unity > OK Unity School Info |
| StaffPersonal | School Main > Instructors > Mass Edit or Edit |
| School Main > Admins > Mass Edit or Edit | |
| StaffAssignment | District/School Main > Employees > Mass Edit or Edit |
| CalendarSummary | District/School Main > Academic Calendars > Edit |
| TermInfo | District/School Main > Grading Periods > Edit |
| StudentPersonal | School Main > Students - Multi View > Mass Edit or Edit |
| School Main > Students - Single View (beta) > Edit | |
| StudentSchoolEnrollment | School Main > Students - multi view > Mass Edit or Edit |
| School Main > Students - Single View (beta) > Edit | |
| StudentContact | School Main > Students - Multi View > More > Mass Edit Contacts |
| School Main > Students - Single View (beta) > Contacts | |
| SchoolCourseInfo | District/School Main > Courses > Course Catalog > Mass Edit |
| District/School Main > Courses > Course - Single View | |
| SectionInfo | School Main > Classes/Sections > Mass Edit or Edit |
| DisciplineIncident | School Main > Discipline > Discipline Incidents > Edit |
Common Warnings
When you start sending data to the OSDE in the beginning of a new academic year, you may experience a high volume of errors. This is due to the amount of data that your staff is adding and changing to get ready for the new year. As the year progresses and as you continue to monitor and make corrections, you will see fewer and fewer warning messages.
Below is a list of common warning messages for each SIF object. These warning messages can be corrected via the validation tool or via the SchoolInsight edit/mass edit pages
SectionInfo
Medium Of Instruction must be provided
Medium of instruction describes the method by which students receive instruction. Examples are face-to-face instruction, virtual/online distance learning, etc. The 9999-Other Medium of Instruction code can be used for any class medium that doesn't fall into the meaning of another code. Examples of classes that can be assigned to the 9999-Other code are those that represent activities such as serving as a teacher’s aid or an office aid, tutoring, and lunch classes.
School Main > Classes/Sections > Edit or Mass Edit
SchoolCourseInfo
Course credits must be provided
Course credit is required for all courses. If a student receives zero credits for a course, enter the number 0. Otherwise, enter the number of credits that the students will earn for the course.
District/School Main > Courses > Course Catalog > Edit or Mass Edit
State Course Code must be provided / State Course code is Invalid
All courses are required to have a state course code. State-defined course codes can be found on the Accreditation section of the OSDE’s website and selecting a grade category under subject codes. If the course is one such as "Planning Period" or "Lunch", make sure that credits are equal to zero and provide a state course code of four zeros "0000".
District/School Main > Courses > Course Catalog > Edit
Instructional Level Code must be provided
Instructional levels describes the rigor of instruction. The Instructional Level is required for any course where course credits have a value greater than zero. To correct this error, you either need to enter an Instructional Level code or change course credits to zero if the student does not receive credit for the course.
District/School Main > Courses > Course Catalog > Edit or Mass Edit
StaffPersonal
Teacher Certificate Number was not Provided / Teacher Certificate Number is Invalid
Enter the teacher certificate number into the instructor State Number data field
School Main > Instructors > Edit
StudentPersonal
Graduation Date is invalid
Required upon graduation. Only students who have already graduated should have this date entered. It is the actual graduation date. OSDE does not expect future or projected dates in this field, so it should be left blank when:
- Projected graduation year is in a future year
- Graduation date is in a future academic year
- The student has exited the district with an exit code other than Graduated-1921, and will not be graduating from the school
To fix this error either correct the date, correct the projected graduation date, or supply an exit code that indicates that the student has graduated.
School Main > Students - multi view > Edit or Mass Edit
Lunch Eligibility Determination was not provided
This field provides information about how a student was determined to be eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Enter a valid Lunch Eligibility Determination code for the student(s).
School Main > Students - multi view > Edit or Mass Edit
Core Curriculum must be entered
This element indicates if a student is enrolled in the core curriculum. The default for this element should be “N”. It is unusual for a student to be enrolled in the core curriculum as this means that parents opted out of College/Preparatory/Work Ready Curriculum. Having said that, if you do have a student who has opted for the core curriculum, set this value to “Y”.
School Main > Students - multi view > Edit or Mass Edit
StudentSchoolEnrollment
School Of Membership code is invalid
School Of Membership code is the state code of the school that will claim a student’s membership and attendance. In SchoolInsight, this is the home school. In cases where the home school is the same as your school, the School Of Membership code is automatically filled in. When the home school is a school other than your school, in other words, an external school, the state code must be entered for the external school on the External Schools page.
To fix this error, enter the state code for all external schools. If all external schools have state codes entered, make sure that they are valid codes.
School Main > Options > External Schools > Edit
CalendarDate
Calendar Date Type_Other Code is Invalid
The Calendar Date Type code indicates when a day on the calendar is a professional day, a parent/teacher conference day, or neither, in which case the code is not applicable. The code is maintained on the calendar in the Report As data field for each date. If the day is not set to full-day inservice or a teacher institute day, the Report As data field must be set to NA. Learn more here about how to report professional and parent/teacher conference days.
To correct this warning, edit the calendar and set the Report As data field to NA for each day that is not a FI-Full Day Inservice or TI-Teacher Institute day.
District/School Main > Academic Calendar > Calendar Day > Edit a month