MEPID Import (Massachusetts)

PATH: MA State Reporting > MEPID Import

The MEPID Import is used to import files from the state for educators who do not have MEPIDs, stored in the Staff State ID field of Demographics.

MEPID Import 

Importing a File

  1. Click Browse to select a file to be imported.
  2. Once a file is chosen, click Upload to import the file. A report generates indicating how many staff members have unknown or errors in their records.

Errors and Warnings

If data cannot be uploaded properly, the import file generates an error report describing each record that could not be uploaded.

Errors occur when one of the following is true:

  • The file name was not found.
  • The import file does not contain the necessary information.
  • There is not a matching Staff Number, License Number, First Name, Last Name, and/or MEPID.

Upload Layout

Expected Element Name Description Type,
Format, and
Length 
Campus Database Campus Interface
MEPID The Massachusetts Education Personnel Identification number. Alphanumeric, 30 characters Person.stateID Census > People > Demographics > Person Identifiers > Staff State ID
First Name The legal first name of the individual. Alphanumeric, 30 characters Identity.firstName Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > First Name
Middle Name The legal middle name of the individual. Alphanumeric, 30 characters Identity.middleName Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > Middle Name
Last Name The legal last name of the individual. Alphanumeric, 30 characters Identity.lastName Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > Last Name
Date of Birth The date on which the individual was born.

Date, 10 characters

MM/DD/YYYY

Identity.birthDate Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > Birth Date
Gender

Identification of the individual as male, female, or non-binary.

  • If Gender = N in the import file, logic checks for a flag where Code = "GndrNB" (Program Admin > Flags > Flags Detail > Code) and State Reported = checked (Program Admin > Flags > Flags Detail > State Reported).
Alphanumeric, 1 character

M, F, or N
Identity.gender

Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > Gender

Program Admin > Flags > Flags Detail > Code

Program Admin > Flags > Flags Detail > State Reported

License/Certification Number The number assigned by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at the time the individual received their license. Alphanumeric, 20 characters Employment.
licenseNumber 
Census > People > District Employment > Employment Information > License Number
Local Employee Number The number used by the local district to identify an employee. Alphanumeric, 20 characters Employment.
employmentID 
Census > People > Demographics > Person Identifiers > Local Staff Number