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Learn how to navigate, directly export databases, and understand table relationships in PowerSchool for effective data management. Discover over 200 tables, their structures, and common and unique relationships for seamless information retrieval. Access the Data Dictionary on PowerSource for detailed field contents.
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NJ User Exchange – April, 2013 Navigate Direct Database Export (DDE)Lisa CahallPowerSchoolSolutions
PowerSchool is a relational database which consists of many smaller databases or Tables connected together Each Table contains specific information related to that Table i.e. the Teachers table contains information about the teachers Relational Database
Think of it as a large spider web. Some tables connect directly while others do not. Relational Database
The PowerSchool Tables are the “backend” of the database. They contain all of the information for schools, students, attendance, grades, etc. What are PowerSchool Tables?
The PowerSchool database contains over200 tables (Not all tables are visible through DDE) Each record in a table is assigned a unique ID number Tables relate to each other using these unique ID numbers PowerSchool Table Structure
It contains basic student information - Name, date of birth, address, phone, gender, custom student fields, etc. This table then relates to other tables containing class schedules, grades, assignments, standards grades, attendance, etc. Example 1: Student’s Table (001)
Each table has a unique number which tells PowerSchool which table to use when it retrieves information.
Students - Student demographic information Courses - Detailed course information Teachers - Teacher information CC - Current Class information Schools - School information Sections - Section information StoredGrades - Historical Grades Logs - Student log entries Commonly used Tables
You can download the Data Dictionary (a directory of tables and field contents) directly from PowerSource. https://powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.com Search for article # 5933. How do I know what’s in the tables?
Students [1] and Schools [39] The Students table contains a field called SchoolID This ID relates to the ID in the Schools able Using this ID you can retrieve information from the Schools table Table Relationship
StoredGrades [31] - Schools [39], Students [1], Terms [13] Sections [3] - Schools [39], Courses [2], Teachers [5] CC [4] - Students [1], Teachers [5], Terms [13], Sections [3], Schools [39]. Courses [2] StandardsGrades[99], Standards [53], Students [1] Logs [8], Schools [39], Students [1], Teachers [5] Other Table Relationships
