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Importing Students ​

You can import data from a spreadsheet into EnterNOW

The spreadsheet will need to be exported or saved as a csv file

The following fields are required, the rest are optional

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Gender

The following column headers are recognised, they are case insensitive, anything that doesn't match will be ignored.

Student ID Number

  • cm.special(20)
  • local student id
  • id number
  • pupil id
  • student id
  • reference
  • slsnz id number

Remote Unique Identifier (used to match external systems)

  • contactid

Student Last Name

  • legal surname
  • surname (preferred)
  • surname
  • last name
  • family name
  • preferred family name
  • surname (legal)

Student First Name

  • preferred firstname
  • first name (preferred)
  • first name
  • first names
  • preferred name
  • first name (legal)
  • first

Gender (Acceptable Values M or F)

  • gender
  • sex

Date of Birth (Expected format YYYY-MM-DD)

- date of birth (yyyymmdd) - birthdate - dob
**Enrollment Date**
  • first attendance
  • date started here
  • first started school

Year Level

  • year level
  • this year
  • year
**Previous School**
- previous school - previous schools
**Email**
- email
**Phone**
- phone
**Address**
- address
**Suburb**
- suburb
**Town / City**
- town/city - city
**Ethnicity**
- ethnicity
### The following applications should generate files with these headers
**Kamar**
ID Number,Surname (Preferred),First Name (Preferred),Gender,Date of Birth,First Attendance,Year Level,Previous School 1 Name
**Musac**
Local student ID, Family Name, First Names, This Year, Gender, DOB, Date started here, Previous schools
**eTAP**
Pupil ID, Preferred Family name, Preferred name, Year level, Gender, Date of birth, First started school, Previous school
**Surf Life Saving NZ**
ContactID, SLSNZ ID Number, First Name, Last Name, Birthdate, Gender

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