For Developers

Departments Overview

A Department is typically an organizational unit within a school that groups related subjects. Departments can be associated with Schools.

Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringThe UUID for the department.
$filter operators: equals in not in
created_dateDateWhen the department was first seen by Edlink.
updated_dateDateWhen the department was last changed in Edlink.
$filter operators: equals gt lt gte lte
propertiesobjectNon-standard properties that may be of interest to the developer.
namestringThe name of the department.
descriptionstringA description of the department.
identifiersIdentifier[]Additional IDs associated with the object.
school_idsstring[]An array of UUIDs of the associated Schools.

JSON Example

{
    "id": "a43869b2-e519-4231-b9b2-bb5dedabbdb7",
    "created_date": "2021-07-13T17:45:27.570Z",
    "updated_date": "2021-07-13T17:45:27.570Z",
    "properties": {},
    "name": "Department of Mathematics",
    "description": "Home of all Mathmatical and Statistical Studies",
    "school_ids": ["a3303522-8747-456e-8dda-a4079dc32409"],
    "identifiers": [
        {
            "type": "sis_id",
            "value": "151"
        }
    ]
}

Supported Providers

ProviderSupport
aspen✅
classgather✅
classlink✅
oneroster✅
rapididentity✅
genesis✅
sapphire✅
rediker✅
renweb✅
synergy✅
frontline✅
banner✅
tyler✅
ascender✅
aeries✅
blackbaud✅
csv✅
facts✅
powerschool✅
skyward✅
toddle✅
managebac✅
infinitecampus✅