How To: Load the ODS using Sample XML Data

This article describes the steps needed to populate an Ed-Fi ODS with sample XML data, using the Ed-Fi Console Bulk Loader. The steps can be summarized as:

Step 1. Configure and Build the Ed-Fi Console Bulk Loader

• Ensure that you have an instance of the Ed-Fi ODS / API running locally that has been set up following the Getting Started - Installation Steps.
• Browse to the location of the app.config for the Bulk Load Console project (i.e., C:\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\Application\EdFi.Ods.BulkLoad.Console\app.config).
• Modify the app.config setting DescriptorNamespacePrefix value to be "http://www.edfi.org" instead of "http://ed-fi.org".  This sets the bulk loader up to match the descriptor namespace of the sample data in the data standard repository.
• Build the EdFi.Ods.BulkLoad.Console application.

Step 2. Download Scripts and Sample Data

• Ensure that you have a copy of the sample files for the Ed-Fi Data Standard v2.0 on your local machine. The files are typically dowloaded to C:\Ed-Fi-Standard\v2.0\Samples\Sample XML. You can obtain sample files from Standard Interchange Schema v2.0 - XSD Files or directly from GitHub (here).
• Download the BulkConsoleLoaderScript.zip (to the right) and extract the contents of the ZIP file to a local folder (we recommend C:\Ed-Fi-SampleDataLoad).

Step 3. Run the Load Script and Populate the EdFi_ODS_Empty Database

• From a PowerShell session, navigate to the ZIP file directory (i.e., C:\Ed-Fi-SampleDataLoad).
• Execute LoadEmptyDatabaseWithSampleData.ps1.

• The script will reset your EdFi-Ods-Empty and load all sample data in one script run. The process takes approximately 30 minutes.

  If your local copy of EdFi.Ods.BulkLoad.Console or of the Ed-Fi Data Standard sample files are in a different location than the root of the drive, you can modify the LoadEmptyDatabaseWithSampleData.ps1 script to adjust.

  The script contains two parameters which define the local path to the Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation repository and the Ed-Fi Data Standard repository. These are set by default to "C:\Ed-FI-ODS-Implementation" and "C:\Ed-FI-Standard\v2.0", respectively, but can be changed to be appropriate for your environment.