Custom Bus Fields?

[kmurphyewct]

My district is transitioning to PS from Rediker and I am having a hard time figuring out how to make the transportation page work for me. Here is a screenshot of what Rediker had, which I would like to mimic. Is this possible? If so, how can I do that? 

[HeatherWeist]

@kmurphyewct  - You can definitely create custom fields and a custom page. Are you pulling data from another source, or will someone in your district be entering/importing the data? 

[kmurphyewct]

@HeatherWeist If we can create fields that are identical, we can probably do an import. Do you know if it is possible to create custom fields that look identical to my picture?

Do you know where I can get some good tips/info on how to create the custom page? I am not our SIS Administrator, but I work very closely with him, so together, we can probably knock that out. 

[HeatherWeist]

@kmurphyewct  - Yes, you can create custom fields to be what you are looking for. You will use Page &  Data Management > Manage Database Extensions. Once the fields are created, you can use Custom Student Screens to create the screen for the data to be entered or imported into. 

[kmurphyewct]

@HeatherWeist Would you be able to give me a little more help on details as to how to create the free-text fields? We got the custom page created, now we just need to insert the fields and label them. 

[HeatherWeist]

@kmurphyewct - Did you use Custom Student Screen to create your page? When you created the fields, you should have selected those as string fields. This allows you to input any text in those fields up to the number of characters you chose at set up. 

[kmurphyewct]

@HeatherWeist The issue I am having at this point is that we do not have the custom student fields created yet in PS and when we search, we do not have the option to create custom student fields. Any ideas? 

[HeatherWeist]

@kmurphyewct  - You are not able to access Page &  Data Management > Manage Database Extensions?

Go to District > System Setup > Page and Data Management (Under Data Management) > Manage Database Extensions (Under Database Management)

Let me know if you still can't access it. 

[Holls71]

Were you able to get this set up? We are new to PowerSchool and would love to have this exact screen in PowerSchool as well. 

Holly Russo

Data Specialist

Portland Public Schools 

[kmurphyewct]

Hi! Yes, we did. We ended up creating a custom page and called it EWPS Transportation. The fields are searchable and exportable, so it was exactly what we needed. 

[Holls71]

This is the error message I get when adding the page: 

[Holls71]

This is perfect! Would you be willing to share this with me? 😬  I tried to create a custom page but it was giving me an error message. I looked in the Community Exchange Page to download one of the custom pages, but they were not like your page which is exactly what I want to create.