Credits Attempted by Student

[aobarzanek]

How do I create a report that will show me how many credits a student is attempting?

[BishalG]

Hi,

A PowerSchool SIS admin can use the potentialcrhrs or ~(*potential_credit_hours) DAT code to pull Credits attempted by a student in a report.  I recommend reaching out to your district's Designated Support Contact who should be able to provide you further information on using DAT codes to create reports.

[aobarzanek]

Thank you, but I mean for each trimester - not total. Is there a way to run a report that tells me how many credits a student is attempting in a specific trimester?

[MuskanS]

Hi! @aobarzanek,

Thank you for the clarification.  PowerSchool SIS admin can add the StoreCode ID or the date range in the DAT statement to pull Credits attempted by a student for each trimester in a report.

For example: ~(*potential_credit_hours;T1)

[aobarzanek]

Thank you - Can this report be pulled while the student is currently in the trimester - or does the trimester have to be over?

[ThomasRe1b]

So when using the ~(*potential_credit_hours) data access tag, keep in mind that it draws from potential credit stored with historical grade records. 

So if you just use ~(*potential_credit_hours), it will return the cumulative total of potential credit hours from all historical grade records from all years.

If you use ~(*potential_credit_hours;Q1), it will return the cumulative potential credit hours from all Q1 historical grades from all years.

If you use ~(*potential_credit_hours;Q1;2019), it will return the cumulative potential credit hours from Q1 of the 2019-20 school year only.

[galentremblay]

This seems like it is still only pulling historical data - how can I see what the student is currently attempting THIS semester - using ~(*potential_credit_hours;Q1;2021) it returns 0 credits. 

[ThomasRe1b]

Yes, that data access tag only pulls from stored grades.  What you could do is to store grades using a bogus store code, such as store your Q1 grades using 'A1' (or any made-up store code you want) using the Potential Credit Only option.  You could then use ~(*potential_credit_hours;A1;2021) to pull a list of potential credit for your selection of students.  You could later delete the A1 grades using DDA once the A1 grades have served their purpose.

[Vance]

Hi Bishal,

Where is this DAT documented officially? I found credit_hours but not potential_credit_hours.

Thanks,

Vance

[SAFFIYAT]

Hi @Vance

This is not documented anywhere yet. However, previously we have seen instances where using ~(*potential_credit_hours) DAT code helped admins to pull Credits attempted by a student in a report that gives the total credits attempted.

[Vance]

Thanks, @SAFFIYAT. I was referencing this DAT in another thread and hoped there was official documentation to point to. I wasn't aware of any either but thought I would check. Thanks for confirming it is undocumented.

[BrandonMcKKK]

What kind of credits are you talking about?

[KritiS]

Hi @BrandonMcKKK 

Thank you for the query!

The credits being referred to are the Potential credits and the Earned Credits. Potential Credit is the amount of credit assigned to a course and a student can potentially earn by completing the course. However, Earned credit would be the amount of credit that a student earns when completing a course. The student may earn the amount of credit assigned to the course (potential credit), or less depending on the student's performance.