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End of Year 2018-2019/Beginning of Year 2019-2020 documentation and software versions are not yet available. You will be notified via RSS feed once updates have been released. |
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The following document will guide you through the End of Year procedure for MCS DataCenter. |
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Do I need to be running a particular version to perform an End of Year?
Version 89.0.0 or higher is required to run the End of Year process. The current version number can be located by looking in the upper left of the application.
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If this happens and you have already upgraded to DataCenter 79.0.0, you will need to contact Support to rollback to the previous version and correct the error(s) before continuing. Therefore, it is recommended you check for duplicate site codes prior to upgrading to the latest version.
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Are there other considerations for running an End of Year?
1) Once the End of Year process has been run, all other applications that communicate with DataCenter will continue to communicate with the previous year's database until each End of Year process is performed. If any upgrades or setting changes need to be pushed out to these applications, you will need to login to the prior year's DataCenter database to affect these changes.
2) If you do not want SIS special circumstance in Franklin to import back in from the SIS file you must make sure the scheduled tasks have been disabled in the Microsoft Task Scheduler. Failure to first disable jobs in the MS Task Scheduler could result in the circumstances becoming re-enabled when the Franklin Beginning of Year process is run.
What should I do if I am unsure how to proceed?
In the event you have any questions or are unsure how to proceed before or during this process, it is recommended that you contact Support for assistance.
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Inactivate Schools, Grades, and/or Tracks (Optional - Newton and Franklin users)
Inactivating Schools, Grades, and/or Tracks will cause records to be inactivated and then permanently deleted during End of Year processes.
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From the Admin tab, select the Maintenance option.
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Locate and click on School Maintenance.
For each school that is no longer active, click in the Inactive box. Then, click Ok.
Info title Duplicate Site Code Maintenance While inactivating schools, review site codes to ensure there are no duplicates. If duplicate site codes exist, you must make corrections before continuing to the next step. If you do not make corrections, you will receive an error.
Info title Jump to New Row Jump to New Row has been added to DataCenter. This allows you to jump to the last row of the school maintenance list in order to add new schools and is especially useful for Districts who have many schools to maintain.
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- Locate and click on Grade Maintenance.
- For each grade that is no longer active, click in the Inactive box. Then, click Ok.
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Locate and click on Tracks.
- For each track that is no longer active, click in the Inactive box. Then, click Ok.
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Enable End of Year process (Required)
From the Admin tab, select the District Setup.
Your District should be highlighted with an arrow pointing at the name. If you do not see it upon the window opening, use the scroll bar to locate it. If your District is not checked, click on it to select it.
- Click in the Enable End-of-Year Process box. Then, click Ok.
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Run the End of Year Process (Required)
- Locate and click on the Admin tab, then select the End of Year Process option.
A warning message will pop up stating the following message:
Warning The end of year process will create a new datacenter database after backing up the old database.
All other MCS Software packages will then communicate to the OLD database until they perform an end of year process; at which time they will begin communicating with the NEW database.
You must be certain that you want to start a new school year before proceeding. Press <OK> to proceed with the end of year process; or, <CANCEL> to quit this screen without taking any action.
Read the warning and check the box declaring that you understand the procedure. Then, click Ok.
You will see a series of processes run while End of Year attempts to complete.
Once the End of Year process has completed, a window will appear notifying you if the process was successful. Click Ok to finish.
Exit out of DataCenter.
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- From the Admin tab, locate Maintenance and select School-Year Maintenance.
- Insert a new record for the upcoming school year. Then, click Ok to save changes.
- Select the blank bottom row in the graph.
- In the column titled Description, enter information for the upcoming school year (e.g. 2017-2018 SY2019-2020 School Year).
- Enter the actual Start Date and End Date for the upcoming year in the cells provided. You should enter the days and months as two digits and the year as four digits (e.g. 07/0125/20172019).
- In the SchoolYear column, use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate year. For the 20172019-2018 2020 school year, you would select SY2017 2018 SY2019 2020.
- In the Attached to DB column, use the drop-down menu and select MCS_DATACENTER.
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You have successfully completed End of Year processes for DataCenter. You may now close the program.