SACE Data Extracts (SA)

Overview

The SACE Data Extracts (SA) program is used to extract Student data in the CSV (comma-separated value) file format required by the SACE Board for the South Australian Certificate of Education.

General tab

Fields from the 'General' tab can be used as selection criteria to filter the data that will be included in the CSV file. These tabs are similar to those displayed in TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students.

If the gender options in your TASS database are different to what the SACE Data Extract requires, you may be prompted to use the 'Map Genders' (grey cog) icon at the top of the screen. When clicked, the ‘Gender Mapping’ modal screen will be loaded. In the Gender Mapping column enter that code that you would that gender to appear as in the CSV file. Click the 'Update' button when complete. The expected SACE data is ‘M’ or ‘F’.

User Defined tab

Use the fields on this tab to further filter the students who will be included in the export.

Process tab

This tab is used to enter information that will be included in your report and to choose the file format.

Student Residential Address

There are 2 options:

Use Communication Rules (Lives With Communication Type)
Select Addresses from the 'Primary Copy Address' picklist.

The residential address data in the CSV file is based off of the ‘Lives With’ Communication Type on TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students on the ‘Addresses & Comm Rules’ tab.

If the student ‘Lives With’ multiple parents at multiple addresses, the address chosen for the report will be selected by Parent Code then Address Number.

You should choose the 'Use Communication Rules' option to correctly report this data, as the 'Select Addresses' option may not correctly report Parent Information for Split Families. Contact the Professional Services team if you do not have Communication Rules enabled.

Select 'GO' to proceed and create the upload file.

SACE CSV File Format

Field #	SACE Field	Max Field Length (Characters)	Value	TASS Program/Field Name
1	Contact School Number	3	Mandatory	The ‘SACE School Number’ entered on the ‘Process’ tab mentioned above.
2	Registration Number	7	Optional	NULL.
3	Student Code	8	Mandatory	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. 'Student Code'.
4	Title	4	Optional	NULL.
5	Given Names	45	Mandatory	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. ‘First Name’ + ‘Other Name’
6	Family Name	45	Mandatory	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. ‘Surname’
7	Gender	1	Mandatory If the Genders defined in your TASS database do not align with SACE data expectations, the values for this field will be derived from the ‘Map Genders’ (grey cog) icon on the 'General' tab. The expected SACE data is ‘M’ or ‘F’.	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. ‘Gender’
8	Date of Birth	10	Mandatory Format must be DD/MM/YYYY	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. ‘Date of Birth’
9	Phone Country Code	3	Optional	NULL.
10	Phone Area Code	4	Optional	NULL.
11	Local Phone Number	10	Optional	NULL.
12	Street Address Line 1	30	Mandatory	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records > Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'Address Line 1' The residential address data in the CSV file is based off of the ‘Lives With’ Communication Type on Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students on the ‘Addresses & Comm Rules’ tab. If the student ‘Lives With’ multiple parents at multiple addresses, the address chosen for the report will be selected by Parent Code then Address Number.
13	Street Address Line 2	30	Optional	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records > Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'Address Line 2'
14	Street Address Line 3	30	Optional	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records > Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'Address Line 3'
15	Suburb	45	Mandatory	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records > Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'Town/Suburb'
16	State	3	Mandatory For overseas addresses, this value will be “OS”	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records > Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'State'
17	Post Code	The expected data is char 4 which is the length of Australian postcodes; however, longer postcodes can be entered and the full value will be included in the data.	Mandatory For overseas addresses, this value will be “OSOS”	TASS.web Student Admin > Parent Records Parents on the 'Addresses’ tab. 'Postcode'
18	Home Group	8	Optional	NULL.
19	Year Level	2	Optional Valid values are in range 8-13	TASS.web Student Admin > Student Records > Student Information > Students. ‘Year Group’
20	Street Address Line 4	30	Optional	NULL.
21	TAFE ID	10	Optional	NULL.
22	ED ID	13	Optional	NULL.
23	AB/TR Ind	1	Optional	NULL.
24	Email Address	100	Optional	NULL.