Sandbox Refresh

For districts that are part of:

  • A state or federally linked edition: BIE, KY, MT, NV, SD
  • Campus Cloud
  • A consortium:  LGCA, Meta Solutions, ARCC, Edison, Camelot, Ottawa, CCRESA, Centennial BOCES, Nassau BOCES

District Technical Support Contacts can request sandbox refreshes using the Manage Updates tool, which can be accessed from the right side of the Community home page under Update Requests. Technical contacts can also access this tool via the Support dropdown menu in the Toolbar.  Hover over Support to open the menu, then click to select Update Requests.

Please note that the Time Zone set for your CampusID will impact the Time selected for this update.  Default setting is Central Time.  To check or change your Time Zone, click your name at the top in the Community toolbar and select Location.

  1. Click the Request an Update button. This will cause a new view to appear in the Update Request tool.

  2. Choose a Site. Select Production/Sandbox.  This option will only do a sandbox refresh for a district that is linked to update as part of a group.  Production data is not impacted.

  3. Select the Preferred Date. Refreshes will be scheduled on a first come/first serve basis. Campus Hosting reserves the right to change the date.  Refreshes can be requested beginning 24 hour out.
  4. Select the Time of refresh.  Please note that this will be based upon the Time Zone set in your CampusID profile.  To view or change this field, click your name in the Community toolbar, and select Location.
  5. For linked districts, the DB Refresh is always set to Yes.
  6. Click Submit.

Once an update has been requested, the request will be displayed in the Your Updates gadget list view. Campus Hosting will send an email notification indicating that the request has been accepted, and noting any necessary date changes.