The Snapshot Flat File provides the ability to integrate using the latest LEARN data objects. Below is a comprehensive list of the supported objects, their UI to Feed Header naming conventions, usage description, and data requirements.
As the data feed is a text file all data is represented as a string. In some cases specific formatting and length are noted. Where required by the field supported values are provided. Required fields are highlighted and noted.
LEARN Objects:
Course/Organization Membership
LEARN Object: User
SIS Object: Person
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_person_key
Description: A unique identifier for a user at the institution. This ID is provided by the institution and is not displayed to users.
It is strongly recommended that the key data be a permanent, non-changing identifier for each user. An example of a good key is a permanent Student ID assigned when the person applies to the institution. Please note that the database cannot merge data between distinct accounts.
Max length 64.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max. length: 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
First Name (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: firstname
Description: The user's given first name.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Last Name (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: lastname
Description: The user's family/last name.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Username (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: user_id
Description: The username used to log into Blackboard Learn. The username must be unique.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Name Pronunciation
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: TBC
Description: Phonetic spelling or pronunciation guide for user’s name.
Max length: 1000. Multi-byte characters accepted.
Password
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: passwd
Description: The password used to log into Blackboard Learn. If a password is not provided in the data feed Learn auto-populates this field with a SHA-512 password for security purposes.
Max length 32. Multi byte characters accepted.
Available
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: available_ind
Description: User account availability within the user interface. If set to no, the user account will appear in gray to the Administrator and Instructors. The user will not be able to log into the system. Values may be "Y" for yes, or "N" for no.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'.
Birthdate
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: birthdate
Description: The user's birth date.
Format: yyyymmdd.
City
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: city
Description: The city name corresponding to the user's address.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Company
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: company
Description: The name of the company for which the user works.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Country
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: country
Description: The country name corresponding to the user's address.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Department
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: department
Description: The name of the department or sub-section where the user works.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Education Level
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: educ_level
Description: The highest level of education achieved by the user.
Supported values: "K-8", "high school", "freshman", "sophomore", "junior", "senior", "graduate school", "post- graduate school"
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: email
Description: The email address of the user. Blackboard recommends that user_email is not null. Users without an email address cannot send email.
Max length 100
Institution Email
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: inst_email
Description: The institution email address of the user. inst_email can be set to Null. No email communications are sent to the inst_email.
Max length 254
Pronouns
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: pronouns
Description: This is the user’s pronouns. Multiple pronoun values are accepted using comma as delimiter.
Max length 1000
Gender
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: gender
Description: The gender of the user.
Supported values: "Not Disclosed", "Male", "Female"
Home Phone
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: h_phone_1
Description: The user's home phone number.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Home Phone (Secondary)
Required: No
Unique: No h_phone_2
Description: An additional home phone number associated with the user.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Job Title
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: job_title
Description: The associated job title for the user.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Middle Name
Required: No
Unique: No middlename
Description: The user's given middle name.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Mobile Phone
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: m_phone
Description: The user's mobile phone or pager number.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Other Name
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: othername
Description: This is the user's alternate preferred name.
Max length: 100.
Password Encryption Type
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: pwencryptiontype
Description: This field sets the password encryption type used to encrypt the password in the database.
Supported values are: MD5, SSHA
Primary Institution Role
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: institution_role
Description: The user's Primary Institution Role, which determines the user's view of the Portal Modules and other items.
See "Manage Institution Roles" in the System Admin panel for the list of valid Institution Roles on the system.
Pronouns
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: pronouns
Description: This is the user's pronouns.
Max length 1000.
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_person_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when a user's EXTERNAL_PERSON_KEY changes.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of user elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.UserReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
State/Province
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: state
Description: The state or province name corresponding to the user's address.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Street 1
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: street_1
Description: The first line of the address of the user.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Street 2
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: street_2
Description: The second line of the address of the user.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Student ID
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: student_id
Description: Generic identifier field. This is a display only field.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Suffix
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: suffix The user's name suffix.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
System Role
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: system_role
Description: The user's administrative role, describing the user's level of system administration privilege. The role of "none" has no system administration or Course creation privileges associated with it, and is the most commonly assigned role. The following strings are acceptable: User Administrator: "account_admin", "accountadmin" or "user_admin" System Support: "system_support" or "syssupport" Course Creator: "course_creator" or "creator" Support: "course_support" or "support" Guest: "guest" None: "none" Observer: "observer" Portal Administrator: "portal_admin" or "portal" System Administrator: "sys_admin", "sysadmin" or "system_admin" eCommerce Administrator: "ecommerce_admin" Card Office Administrator: "card_office_admin" Store Administrator: "store_admin" User defined system roles can be used. Just match the "Role ID" found in Administrator Panel > System Role If one is not given the system defaults to none. Title No No title The title that the user prefers to use.
Max length 100. Multi byte characters accepted.
Website
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: webpage
Description: The URL of the user's personal Web page, if they have one.
Max length 100
Work Phone
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: b_Phone _1
Description: The work phone number associated with the user.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Work Phone (Secondary)
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: b_phone_2
Description: An additional work phone number associated with the user.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
Zip/Postal Code
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: zip_code
Description: The user's ZIP or Postal Code.
Max length 50. Multi byte characters accepted.
LEARN Object: Course and Organization
SIS Object: Course or Organization
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_course_key.external_organization_key
Description: Short name used by the Institution to uniquely identify the Course or Organization section. This is not displayed to users. Can contain only letters, digits, dashes and periods. No spaces or other punctuation allowed. Must be unique for each Course and Organization, and is often the same as the COURSE_ID or ORGANIZATION_ID.
Max length 64. Must be unique. Multi byte characters accepted.
Course ID or Organization ID (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: course_id or organization_id
Description: Short name used by the institution to uniquely identify the Course or Organization (for example, math101_F99 or ChessClub) The following characters may not be used: space ( ) & / ' +
Max length 100. Must be unique and cannot be changed.
Course Name or Organization Name (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: course_name/organization_name
Description: Complete title of the Course or Organization. This is used for display.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish a grouping of Course or organization elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max. length: 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Course View
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: course_experience
Description: Determines which course view will appear for new courses. This field is insert only and can't be updated through the SIS framework.
Supported values: Original, Ultra, or Instructor choice.
Organization View
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: organization_experience
Description: Allows clients to select the experience they want to create their organization in. This field is insert only and can't be updated through the SIS framework.
Supported values: Original, Ultra, or Instructor choice.
classificationId
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: classification_key
Description: This determines the classification (subject area and the discipline) of the course. This is an Id representing the primary key for the classification.
Max length 450
hasDescriptionPage
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: desc_page_ind
Description: This field is currently not supported. Integrations should not use this field.
numDaysOfUse
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: days_of_use
Description: Number of days that Students may access the Course after enrollment. Useful for self-paced learning. This value is only used if the duration is set to 'FIXED' and it describes the number of days the course can be used after creation.
Numeric. For example: 120
serviceLevelType
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: service_level
Description: Not typically used in data feeds. Ignore.
Specifies the type of course.
C = Community = Organization
F = Full = Course
R = Registered = (is not used)
T = Test_Drive = (is not used)
S = System = A course with limited functions to protect data comprising the course.
Supported values: 'F', 'C', 'R', 'T', 'S'
Allow Guests
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: allow_guest_ind
Description: Allows guest access to the Course.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Allow Observers
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: allow_observer_ind
Description: Allows observer access to the Course.
Supported values: 'Y", 'N'
Available
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: available_ind
Description: Establishes Course or organization availability to Blackboard. If use_term_avail_ind is 'Y', this flag is ignored and this course's availability is determined by its associated term available_ind.
Supported values: 'Y", 'N'
Cross Listed Course Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: master_course_key
Description: Parent course EXTERNAL_COURSE_KEY of which this course is a child.
Max length: 64
Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: description
Description: Complete description of the Course.
Max length 4000. Multi byte characters accepted.
Duration
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: duration
Description: This is to indicate if the duration of the course availability is continuous, date range, x days from enrollment, or term-dictated.
Options are:
- Continuous: 'C' = The Course is always accessible.
- Range: 'R' = The Course is accessible in the days between one START_DATE and END_DATE. Either the beginning date or the end date can be left open-ended to make a Course accessible from a certain date or until a certain date.
- Duration: 'D' = N days from enrollment
- Term: 'T' = term-dictated (the associated term's duration controls this course's duration)
Supported values: "C", "R", "D", "T"
Educational Pace
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: pace
Description: Indicates if the Course is Instructor-led or self- paced according to the Student.
Supported values: "Self", "Instructor"
End Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: end_date
Description: Date on which access to the Course ends.
Format: yyyymmdd
Enforce Language Pack
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: locale_enforced
Description: A flag that determines if the language pack is enforced when a user accesses the Course. If the language pack is not enforced, the user may view the Course using their preferred language pack.
Supported values: 'Y','N'
Enrollment Access Code
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: enroll_access_code
Description: This is the access code for students to use when enrolling to the course.
Max length 50.
Enrollment End Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: enroll_end
Description: Date that enrollment is no longer available to Students.
Format: yyyymmdd
Enrollment Start Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: enroll_start
Description: Date that enrollment may begin.
Format: yyyymmdd
Enrollment Type
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: enroll_option
Description: Determines the enrollment method.
Supported values: "instructor", "self", or "email".
Fee
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: fee
Description: Fee associated with this Course or Organization.
Numeric. 11 characters, 2 decimal places. Eg 1500.00
Institution Name
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: institution_name
Description: The name of the institution.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Language Pack
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: locale
Description: Identifier for the preferred language pack. The value is expressed as xx_XX, for example, the French language pack is represented by fr_FR
Max length 20.
Locked Out
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: lockout_ind
Description: Indicates if access to the Course or Organization has been restricted. If set to "Y" access to the Course or organization will be restricted based on the END_DATE and START_DATE.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Maximum disk usage (soft limit)
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: soft_limit
Description: Soft limit on course quota. This setting triggers warning emails when course folder storage reaches the soft_limit specified and course quotas are in effect.
Numeric. eg: 10MB would be 10485760 bytes.
Primary Association Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: external_association_key
Description: The external key of the node with which the course should be primarily associated. The course uses that node's tool setting defaults to create its own settings. This is the same field as "external_association_key" from the Course Association feed; except this association is the "primary" one... meaning it will copy its Tool setting defaults on course creation.
The proper minimum required headers for creating courses that are meant to be associated with an Institutional Hierarchy node are:
external_course_key
course_id
course_name
external_association_key
primary_external_node_key
Primary Node Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: primary_external_node_key
Description: This is the same field as "external_node_key" from the Course Association feed; except this is the primary association.
The proper minimum required headers for creating courses that are meant to be associated with an Institutional Hierarchy node are:
external_course_key
course_id
course_name
external_association_key
primary_external_node_key
Max length: 256
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_course_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when a Course's or Organization's EXTERNAL KEY changes.
Max length 64. Must be unique. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of user elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.CourseReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
Show In Catalog
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: catalog_ind
Description: Establishes whether the Course or Organization appears in catalog.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Source Course Copy key.Source Organization Copy Key
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: template_course_key.template_organization_key
Description: External key of content source for copy operations.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Start Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: start_date
Description: Date on which access to the Course section begins.
Format: yyyymmdd
Term
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: term_key
Description: Associated EXTERNAL_TERM_KEY
Max length 256.
Use Term Availability
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: use_term_availability_ind
Description: Flag to follow associated TERM for availability of course. If Y then the term for available_ind, startdate, and enddate are used; if N then the course settings are used.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
LEARN Object: Course and Organization Membership
Courses and Organizations require the same fields. Header will be specific to whether a course or organization is being created — note the differences when constructing data feeds.
SIS Object: Course or Organization Memberships (Enrollments and Staff Assignments)
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Course Batch Uid or Organization Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_course_key or external_organization_key
Description: This is the same key used to identify the Course or Organization.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
User Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_person_key
Description: This is the external_person_key used to identify the user.
Max length: 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
hasCartridgeAccess
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: hascartridgeaccess
Description: This field is not supported and targeted for removal. Ignore. New integrations should not use this field if existing integrations utilize this field they should cease to do so.
Available
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: available_ind
Description: Establishes enrollment availability in Blackboard Learn.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Image URL
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: Image_URL
Description: This field is not supported and targeted for removal. Ignore. New integrations should not use this field if existing integrations utilize this field they should cease to do so.
Include In Roster
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: roster_ind
Description: Flag indicating whether user is displayed in roster.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Introduction
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: intro
Description: Introduction information for User Home Page within the Course.
Max length 4000. Multi byte characters accepted.
Notes
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: notes
Description: Information pertinent to this user that may impact the course or organization participation.
Not limited. Multi byte characters accepted.
Personal Information
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: pinfo
Description: Personal Information for User Home Page.
Not limited. Multi byte characters accepted.
Primary instructor
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: primary_instructor
Description: Indicates membership is a primary instructor. Member must be a course role with the flag "treat as instructor." If member is not an instructor or does not have this flag, the option does not appear. If assigning a course role where the course role doesn't have the "treat as instructor" flag, a Y in the membership record is rejected.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Receive Email
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: receive_email_ind
Description: Flag whether email is enabled for this user.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.MemberReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Role
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: role
Description: The user's role in the Course.
Supported values: "Instructor", "teaching_assistant", "course_builder", "Grader", "Student", "guest", "none"
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
Website 1 Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_description_1
Description: Description for user website
Max length 255
Website 1 Name
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_name_1
Description: Name used in link to user website
Max length 100
Website 1 URL
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_url_1
Description: URL used in link to user website
Max length 100
Website 2 Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_description_2
Description: Description for user website
Max length 255
Website 2 Name
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_name_2
Description: Name used in link to user website
Max length 100
Website 2 URL
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_url_2
Description: URL used in link to user website
Max length 100
Website 3 Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_description_3
Description: Description for user website
Max length 255
Website 3 Name
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_name_3
Description: Name used in link to user website
Max length 100
Website 3 URL
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: link_url_3
Description: URL used in link to user website
Max length 100
LEARN Object: Term
SIS Object:Term
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_term_key
Description: Short name used by the Institution to uniquely identify the Term. This is not displayed to users. Can contain only letters, digits, dashes and periods. No spaces or other punctuation allowed..
Max length 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of Term elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Name (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: name
Description: Name of the term.
Max length 333
daysOfUse
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: days_of_use
Description: Number of days that Students may access the Course after enrollment. Useful for self-paced learning.
Numeric.
Available
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: available_ind
Description: Determines Term availability. If set to 'N', the associated objects will not be available.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: description
Description: Description of the Term
Not limited.
Duration
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: duration
Description: Schedules term availability window.
Options are:
- Continuous: The Term is always accessible.
- Range: The Term is valid in the days between one START_DATE and END_DATE. Either the beginning date or the end date can be left open-ended to make a Term valid from a certain date or until a certain date.
- Fixed: The Term is valid for a set number of days (DAYS_OF_USE).
Supported values: Continuous, Range, Fixed
End Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: end_date
Description: This is the date that the term stops to be available to access.
Format: yyyymmdd
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_term_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when a terms EXTERNAL KEY changes.
Max length 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.TermReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following:
- Enabled: Normal access to the record.
- Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed.
- Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
Start Date
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: start_date
Description: This is the date that the term begins to be available to access.
Format: yyyymmdd
LEARN Object: Secondary Institution Role Association
SIS Object:User Secondary Institution Role
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Secondary Institution Role Id (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: role_id
Description: The identifier for the secondary institution role for this association.
User Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_person_key
Description: The user external_person_key (batch_uid) to be used for this association.
Max Length 64.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.SecondaryInstRoleReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed manually by the administrator in the future. The row is not deleted automatically via a task.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
LEARN Object: Observer Association
SIS Object:Observer Association
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length: 256. Multi byte characters accepted.
Observed Student (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_user_key
Description: The user external_person_key (batch_uid) to be used for this association. A unique identifier for a user with the Institution Role of Student at the institution. This ID is provided by the institution and is not displayed to users.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Observer (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_observer_key
Description: The observer external_person_key (batch_uid) to be used for this association. A unique identifier for a user with the system role of Observer at the institution.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.AssociateObserverReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
LEARN Object: Category
SIS Object:Course Category
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
dataSourceBatchUid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of category elements.
Multi byte characters accepted.
title (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: title
Description: The name of the category as it will appear to users within the UI.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_category_key
Description: Must be unique. Please note that this field corresponds to the Category Mnemonic field in the UI.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: description
Description: Category description.
frontPageInd
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: frontpage_ind
Description: Determines whether or not the category is displayed on the front page of the catalog.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
isAvailable
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: available_ind
Description: Establishes category availability within Blackboard Learn.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
isRestricted
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: restrict_ind
Description: Flag whether Course or Organization is restricted to members.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
parentBatchUid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: parent_category_key
Description: The EXTERNAL_CATEGORY_KEY representing the Parent category of which this category is a child.
Max length 64.
rowStatus
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed. String.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_category_key
Description: Designates replacement for the current key.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.CourseCatReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
LEARN Object: Category Membership
SIS Object: Category Membership
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Disable
Learn Fields
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Description: Auto populated. Do not use in data feeds.
Category Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_category_key
Description: The EXTERNAL KEY (batch_uid) for the category to which to add the course/organization.
Max Length 64.
Course Batch Uid or Organization Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_course_key
Description: external_organization_key The EXTERNAL KEY (batch_uid) for the course or organization being categorized.
Max Length 64.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Multi byte characters accepted.
Is Available
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: available_ind
Description: Establishes category availability within Blackboard Learn.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.CourseCatMemReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
Row Status
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: row_status
Description: Sets the value of the record to one of the following: Enabled: Normal access to the record. Disabled: Record is visible in some areas of the UI, but may not be changed or accessed. Deleted: Record is scheduled to be removed.
Supported values: "enabled", "disabled", "deleted"
LEARN Object: Hierarchy Node
SIS Object: Hierarchy Node
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Purge
Learn Fields
These are the minimum required headers for creating an Institutional Hierarchy node:
- external_node_key
- data_source_key
- parent_node_key
- name
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_node_key
Description: Identifier used by the Institution to uniquely identify the hierarchy node. This is not displayed to users. Can contain only letters, digits, dashes and periods. No spaces or other punctuation allowed.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Parent Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: parent_node_key
Description: Parent external_node_key (batch uid) for this node.
Max length 64.
Name (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: name
Description: Node name
Max length: 255
Description
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: description
Description: Description of the node
Max length: 1000.
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_node_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when a Node's EXTERNAL KEY changes.
Max length 255. Must be unique. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.NodeReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
LEARN Object: Hierarchy User Association
SIS Object: User Association
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Purge
Learn Fields
The minimum required headers for associating users to an Institutional Hierarchy node are:
- external_user_key
- external_node_key
- external_association_key
- data_source_key
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_association_key
Description: The association id, which is the unique identifier of the user to node association. Often a concatenation of the User Batch Uid and Node Batch Uid values to ensure uniqueness when a user can be assigned to more than one node.
Max length 64.
Node Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_node_key
Description: The node for this association, which is also the Node Identifier which can be found in the 'Edit Node' area in the GUI
Max length: 64.
User Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_user_key
Description: The user external_person_key (batch_uid) to be associated with this node.
Max length: 64.
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_association_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when an association's EXTERNAL KEY changes.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.UserAssociationReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
LEARN Object: Hierarchy Course Association
SIS Object: Course Association
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Purge
Learn Fields
The minimum required headers for associating courses to an Institutional Hierarchy node are:
- external_course_key
- external_node_key
- external_association_key
- data_source_key
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: external_association_key
Description: Each course and node association must have a unique value that identifies this relationship. The Batch Uid is the unique identifier for the course-node relationship.
Max length 64.
Course Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_course_key
Description: The course external_course_key (batch_uid) to be associated with this node.
Max length 64.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Node Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: external_node_key
Description: The node for this association.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Primary Association Indicator
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: is_primary_association
Description: Flag designating this association as the primary association when others may be specified.
Supported values: 'Y', 'N'.
Replacement Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: Yes
Header: new_external_association_key
Description: This field is used only on the rare occasions when an association's EXTERNAL KEY changes.
Max length 64. Multi byte characters accepted.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.CourseAssociationReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
LEARN Object: Goal Association
SIS Object: Goal Association
Default Insert/Update behavior: Smart Inserts or Updates
Default Delete Behavior: Purge
Learn Fields
Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: Yes
Header: This has no header, it is auto populated. Ignore in integration feeds.
Description: A unique identifier for the relationship between the course and the goal (standard).
Max length 64.
Course Batch Uid (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: course_key
Description: The unique identifier (external_course_key) for the course to which the goal (standard) will be associated
Max length 64.
Data Source Key (Required) Supplied by the integration or the data file.
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: data_source_key
Description: Key used to establish grouping of user elements. Note this may be provided by the integration configuration and thus would not be required in the file.
Max length 255. Multi byte characters accepted.
Sub Goal Set (Required)
Required: Yes
Unique: No
Header: std_sub_doc_key
Description: The unique identifier for the goal (standard) to associate to a course.
Max length 64.
Replacement Data Source Batch Uid
Required: No
Unique: No
Header: new_data_source_key
Description: New key used to establish grouping of data elements. Replaces existing data source associating data with the group designated by the specified replacement data source key. Note: The UI mapping field for Replacement Data Source Batch Uid is 'script.flatfile.GoalAssociationReplacementDataSourceBatchUid'
