Section Upload (Montana)

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The Section Upload allows districts to import course data. The import uses course information to validate and import data. Acceptable import formats are .TXT and .TSV. See the MT Data Upload article for more information about this tool.

Import Records

See the Uploading Files section of the MT Data Upload article for detailed information about importing records via the MT Data Upload tool.

The Retrieve New Student State ID File option is only relevant to Student Demographic uploads. Please ignore this option when uploading staff data.

Upload Logic 

This report can run against a district’s active year as well as any prior year and in both District Edition and State Edition against District Edition data.

Course data is compared to existing data to determine when to create a new record. Course data CANNOT be imported for existing courses. Data must match exactly on the following in order to successfully import:

  • District Number
  • School Number
  • Calendar Number
  • Course Number

Upload Layout

Header Layout

Data ElementDescription
Record TypeThe abbreviation for the type of file generated. This reports as SU.

Alphanumeric, 2 characters (SU)
DateThe most recent date a change was made on the file or the date the file was generated.

Date field, 10 characters (MM/DD/YYYY)
TimeThe most recent time a change was made on the file or the date the file was generated.

Time field, 8 characters (HH:MM:SS)
VersionThe most current version of the file interface specification and references to the application system. This field reports as MT9.1.

Alphanumeric, 5 characters (MT9.1)

Upload Layout

Data ElementDescriptionLocation
Record TypeThe abbreviation for the type of file generated. This reports as SU.

Alphanumeric, 2 characters (SU)
N/A
District NumberThe unique identifier assigned to the district by the OPI.

String, 4 characters
District Information > State District Number

District.number
School Number The unique identifier assigned to the school by the OPI.

String, 4 characters
School Information > State School Number

School.number
Calendar NumberThe unique calendar identifier.

String, 4 characters
Calendar > Number

Calendar.number
Course NumberThe number assigned to the course.

String, 13 characters
Course > Course Number

Course.number
Section CodeThe section number assigned to the section.

String, 4 digits
Section > Section Number

Section.number
Session Type
The grading period of the section.

String, 2 digits
Section > Session Type

Section.sessionType
Session Number
The session number for grading.

Numeric, 2 digits
Section > Session Number

Section.sessionNumber