Ed-Fi Dashboards v2.0 Release

Overview

The goal of this group is to provide feedback on needs and processes for adopting the Ed-Fi Dashboards v2.0 upgrade. The work will assist the Alliance and community in the release plan and the development of ancillary materials. 

Members

• Reese Robinson, Delaware DOE
• Don Daily, Michigan TRIG Project
• Travis Paakki, Portland Public Schools
• Holly Glover, Arkansas DOE
• Abigail Rose, Pennsylvania DOE
• Brittany Blaze, Yes Prep Public Schools

Conveners

• Chris Moffatt, Ed-Fi Alliance
• Itzel Torres, Ed-Fi Alliance

Activities

The activities of the SIG will center around three webinars, where core information will be presented, followed by discussion and feedback.

Close out Summary

Improved Performance 

• Dashboard data is available next business day for 1M student data set runs.
• Efficient data reads/writes.

Improved Error Handling

• Error logging is configurable by severity levels.
• Data exceptions do not stop a build, error handling service logs exception data without attempting to write.
• ETL Log database includes error data and exception detail to help troubleshoot.

Build Reliability

• Data issues from one district, a student or a school do not affect other groups.

Maintainable / Extensible Dashboards

• New configuration options, less reliance on custom code for simple changes.
• Extensible ETL architecture, reusable services.

Improved Documentation/Sample data

• Metric logic and business rules are documented and linked to all the metrics they apply to. 
• New ETL development guides and technical articles.