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 12 as a reference, fill out the Test Windows template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 12 provides the guidelines for filling out the Test Windows template that you can download from the Upload Test Windows page.

Table 12: Columns in the Test Windows Upload File.

Column Name	Description	Valid Values
INSTITUTIONTYPEa	Type of institution to which the test window applies.	One of the following: D—Window applies to LEAs. S—Window applies to schools.
INSTITUTIONIRNa	LEA’s or school’s ID.	For LEA-level windows, a LEA ID that exists in TIDE. For school-level windows, use DD-SS, where DD is the LEA ID and SS is the school ID. The institution must be associated with the user uploading the file.
WINDOWNAMEa	Name for the test window.	Up to 35 printable characters.
TESTNAMEa	Test included in the test window.	One of the available test names from the drop-down list in the template.
WINDOWSTARTDATEa	Date test window starts.	Timestamp in MMDDYYYY format.
WINDOWENDDATEa	Date test window ends.	Timestamp in MMDDYYYY format.
ACTIONa	Indicates if this is an add, modify, or delete transaction.	One of the following: Add—Add new window. Update—Edit an existing window. Delete—Remove existing test window.
aRequired field.