Direct Cert Import

This program will import the Direct Cert file that the district must get from the DOE site. It will import Free/Reduced lunch codes based on information gathered by the DOE.

1. You must have access to the Direct Cert file via your computer whether it is saved to you computer, on a shared drive on you network, or on an external drive.
2. On the left, go to the Student Master module.
3. Expand Loaders and select Direct Cert Import.
4. If you need instructions for setup values to be used, follow the link for Standard Setup Options.
5. Click Choose File and select the file downloaded from DOE.
6. Indicate whether you want to do each of the following actions by checking the item(s) necessary:
   • Update Lunch Code
   • Skip Students with State/Food Stamp Mismatch
   • Match on two of three elements.
7. Click OK and you will get a warning that previous lunch codes will be removed.
8. Respond Yes to proceed; respond No to stop the process.

Definitions of Column Headers

• Last Name--Student's last name
• Suffix--Student's suffix such as Jr., II, III, etc.
• First Name--Student's first name
• Middle Name--Student's middle name
• SIDNO--Local ID number
• Data Changed--new data entered, existing data replaced

Buttons at the Bottom of the Report

1. Setup: Click to go back to the Setup box.
2. Print: This button allows the user to print the screen information in a variety of formats. See link below.
3. Help: Opens the JCampus documentation which includes written instructions and/or videos.

To Print this document use the following steps

Standard Print Options.