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Re: banner-blackboard integration

Mike; Thanks for your response. I still need more help. How will I get a list of current users_ID with their batch_uid so that I can add the new batch_uid? I will use snapshot because I need to change all current accounts. Should I use flat file integration?? Thanks again...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Nuha Barhoum on 2 Sep 2012

SIS Integration Framework, flat files and complete refresh

Hello all, I have been working with the SIS Integration for a little over a month now. We have a Banner SIS, and at first I tried an XML based integration. I was partially successful, but then we upgraded to SP8, and I started all over with the flat file format. Although I really like the GUI based "Snapshot"...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Patrice Bruneau on 31 May 2012

Re: 9.1 Snapshot Data - XML or Flat File

Thank you for your response Mike. I did try my Vista XML files changing a few lines and adding a few BB tags. They worked quite well. This change was quick to modify from my current Vista data processes. The only real issue that I had was figuring out the roletype as noted on p 127 of the Learn 9.1 Advanced...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Janet Cairns on 25 Jul 2011

9.1 Snapshot Data - XML or Flat File

I use XML files to import and update data into Vista. Now converting to 9.1 and reading the documentation and posts I am wondering of the advantages and disadvantages of using XML versus flat files for importing and changing data using Snapshot in 9.1. I receive data in both formats from my SIS. I can...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Janet Cairns on 21 Jul 2011

Re: Snapshot tool for deleting courses

Hi Michael, Thank you for your quick reply :)! I figured it out and indeed it still does not work. I created a support call @ blackboard. Thank you for your help!

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Oracle DBA's on 27 Jun 2011

How do you specify a custom Institution role using X_BB_INSTITUTION_ROLE?

In Blackboard, we have added a few custom institution roles. When I'm trying to update a user's primary institution role using SS and XML, I seem to be limited to specifying the role by a number. The example shows this: <X_BB_INSTITUTION_ROLE>0 <!-- Institution Role. 0-Student, 1-Faculty...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Aaron Henderson on 16 Mar 2011

Re: Cross listed courses

Hi Glen, Someone mentioned more about the merge tool. We are looking at cross listing courses with our snapshot; however, I would like a bit more info about how the merge tool works. Do you have a good link to that for Blackboard 9.1? Thanks, Tom

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Thomas Robb on 19 Jan 2011

STAFF_SNPSHT issue

I am trying add faculty using snapshot_override STAFF_SNPSHT but it is failing with error "Header does not contrain required key fields". My faculty list header is same as student (USR_SNPSHT). same header works for USR_SNPSHT but not STAFF_SNPSHT. What am i missing? EXTERNAL_PERSON_KEY,USER_ID...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Suresh Acharya on 30 Jul 2010

Applying Course Templates

Hi, We have developed a number of template courses that are then applied to the courses we run. What we are wondering is if tehre is a way to re-apply a course template overwritting the existing content? What we have found so far is that by using the snapshot process with the field ownership set to snapshot...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Nathan Davies on 11 Jun 2010

Removing Disabled Courses

Hi, I work for a group of secondary schools in the UK and we are in the early stages of using Blackboard and we are currently faced with a couple of issues. I'll address them in two separate mails so here's the first: Purging courses via the DSM. We have got ourselves into a place where we have...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Nathan Davies on 11 Jun 2010