Uploading Test Windows

If you have many test windows to add, edit, or delete, it may be easier to perform those transactions through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.

To upload test windows:

1.From the Test Windows task menu on the dashboard, select Upload Test Windows. The Upload Test Windows page appears.

2.Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records, and using Table 16 as a reference, fill out the Test Windows template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 16 provides the guidelines for filling out the Test Windows template that you can download from the Upload Test Windows page.

Table 16: Columns in the Test Windows Upload File.

Column Name	Description	Valid Values
District or Schoola	Type of institution to which the test window applies.	One of the following: D—Window applies to districts. S—Window applies to schools.
District and/or School IDa	District’s or school’s ID.	For district-level windows, a district ID that exists in TIDE. For school-level windows, use DD-SS, where DD is the district ID and SS is the school ID. The institution must be associated with the user uploading the file.
Window Namea	Name for the test window.	Up to 35 printable characters.
Test Namea	Test included in the test window.	One of the available test names from the drop-down list in the template.
Window Start Datea	Date test window starts.	Timestamp in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss OR a MMDDYYYY format.
Window End Datea	Date test window ends.	Timestamp in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss OR a MMDDYYYY format.
Actiona	Indicates if this is an add, modify, or delete transaction.	One of the following: Add—Add new test window or edit existing test window. Delete—Remove existing test window.
aRequired field.