Ed-Fi Tools Home

Welcome! This is the central documentation site for Ed-Fi Tools, which are a collection of software and services that support and enhance Ed-Fi Technology.

Product list:



Analytics

Analytics Middle Tier



Product: Analytics Middle Tier
Support For:
Tech Suite Three

The Analytics Middle Tier (AMT) is a collection of SQL views that enable data analysts to better understand and access data in an Ed-Fi ODS / API while building reports and analytics.

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Data Standard Tools

MetaEd IDE


Product: MetaEd, Ed-Fi Data Standard
Support For:
Tech Suite Three

MetaEd is a technology framework that uses an Ed-Fi-aligned domain specific language (DSL) to auto-generate software, database, and data standard artifacts.

A version of MetaEd called the MetaEd IDE supports the generation of Ed-Fi Extensions and all related artifacts. The MetaEd IDE is freely available to licensees.

The internal Ed-Fi Alliance team uses MetaEd to define and produce core components such as the Ed-Fi Standard Interchange Schema (XSD files), the Ed-Fi ODS (SQL Scripts), and technical documentation from a single source definition written in the MetaEd DSL.

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ODS / API Applications & Tools


Admin API


Product: Ed-Fi Admin API
Support For: Tech Suite Three, Admin API 1: ODS/API 5.3 - 6.x, Admin API 2: ODS/API 7.x

The Ed-Fi Admin API is an API-based interface to administrate system-level operations for the Ed-Fi ODS / API.  Icon created by Björn Andersson from Noun Project.

Admin App


Product: Ed-Fi Admin App
Support For:
Tech Suite Three, ODS/API 5.x - 6.x

The Ed-Fi ODS / API Admin App is a web-based administrative interface for the Ed-Fi ODS / API. The Admin App is available as a standalone application, and is also available for deployments on Docker.

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Data Import


Product: Data Import
Support For:
Tech Suite Three

Data Import is a tool that simplifies the loading of CSV data to the Operational Data Store (ODS) of the Ed-Fi ODS / API. It currently supports Ed-Fi ODS / API versions 3.1 and higher.

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Platform Utilities


Product: Ed-Fi ODS / API
Support For:
Tech Suite Three

The Ed-Fi ODS / API platform releases contain various tools and utilities created for use with the Ed-Fi ODS / API platform.

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Deployment & Upgrade Tools

Docker Deployment



Product: Docker Deployment
Support For:
 Tech Suite Three

The Ed-Fi ODS Docker deployment scripts install and configure components of the Ed-Fi ODS / API for Suite 3 v6.1 on Docker containers. The Docker Compose files provided automate the numerous configuration steps required to get the ODS / API up and running on Linux containers backed by PostgreSQL 11. 

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Ed-Fi Exchange Tools


For more tools, produced both by the Ed-Fi Alliance and by partners, see the Ed-Fi Exchange.