The TPDM (Teacher Preparation Data Model) technology solution is made up of the Ed-Fi ODS (Operational Data Store), a companion API (Application Programming Interface), with extensions for TPDM, referred to collectively as the Ed-Fi ODS / API with TPDM.
This documentation outlines the steps necessary to download, configure, and deploy the Ed-Fi ODS / API with TPDM in a variety of environments.
Audience
This documentation is for technical professionals who work with educational data, including business analysts, database administrators, and software developers. The primary audience is developers and hosts of ODS / API platforms, but developers of client applications may find this information useful.
During installation the ODS/API installation code will create both a minimal template and a populated template. The minimal template has the descriptors that the alliance provides as default and the populated template will have sample data as well. Because TPDM is an extension project in the ODS/API, TPDM specific default descriptors and sample data can not be loaded until post install, below we provide both downloads of the minimal and populated templates as well as instructions for loading them using the bulk load utility.
Creating a TPDM Minimal Template (Loading TPDM Descriptors Using the Bulk Load Client Utility)
A SQLServer version of the minimal template database can be download from the following link