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B2B Student

B2B Student is a module within One which enables the import of student data from schools to the Local Authorities via the Wonde API.

The following requirements need to be set up in order to use B2B Student:

| Setup & Permissions | v4 Online | v4 Client |

Select from the following options for more details:

| Licences | System Defaults | Integration Service | Bases |

To view or amend system defaults:

1. Log in to One Education Client and select Administration.
2. Select System Admin | System Administration.
3. Select the System Defaults tab.

Maximum age for incoming unmatched students

The B2B_S_AGE parameter controls the maximum age for incoming students to be displayed in the Unmatched Student tab. Whatever age is set, any incoming students older than the defined age will not be displayed in the Unmatched Student tab. The default age is 18, meaning incoming students over 18 will not be displayed.

From the System Defaults tab:

1. Scroll down and select the B2B_S_AGE parameter or search using the Filter option.
2. In the Value field, enter the maximum age for incoming unmatched students.

Parameter code	Description	Parameter Value
B2B_S_AGE	B2B:S v.4 Search Age (Max)	18

  

Minimum age for a child to be considered a carer

The Carer_Min parameter controls the minimum age a child must be in order that they can be considered for carer matching. If a child is equal to or older than the CARER_MIN age, then they can be matched, either manually or automatically, as a carer for an incoming child.

From the System Defaults tab:

1. Scroll down and select the Carer_Min parameter or search using the Filter option.
2.  In the Value field, enter the maximum age at which a child can be considered a carer.

Parameter code	Description	Parameter Value
Carer_Min	Minimum carer age for matching	18

  

Set the parameter to enable B2B caching

To enable the cache for B2B Student import of data from schools, the B2BHCACHE parameter needs to be set to True.

From the System Defaults tab:

1. Scroll down and select the B2BHCACHE parameter or search using the Filter option.
2. In the Value field, enter T.

Parameter code	Description	Parameter Value
B2BHCACHE	Hash Cache Enabled by Config	T

  

Set the parameter to enable GUID Matching

To enable the GUID matching for B2B Student import of data from schools, the GUIDMATCH parameter needs to be set to True.

From the System Defaults tab:

1. Scroll down and select the GUIDMATCH parameter or search using the Filter option.
2. In the Value field, enter T. This is the default option.

Parameter code	Description	Parameter Value
GUIDMATCH	Match using external GUIDs	T

  

Scheduled Task Filters

Populate Enrolment Status where this is missing

Enrolment Statuses for each student are not always shared or maintained by the school MIS.  To reduce the number of conflicts requiring action, the following system defaults are available. They allow a default value to be set if a value is missing from the incoming data. Also works in scenarios where an L value is received. The incoming L value is treated as though it were missing.

Parameter	Default value	Comment
B2B_ES	False	Set to True to change incoming blank or invalid values (such as L) to the value set in the B2B_ES_V parameter.
B2B_ES_V	C (Current)	Can be set to any valid Enrolment Status value as defined by CBDS.

Default Leaving Reason

Leaving Reasons for each student are not always shared or maintained by the school MIS. To reduce the number of conflicts requiring action, the following system defaults are available. They allow a default value to be set if a value is missing from the incoming data.

Parameter	Default value	Comment
B2B_LR	False	Set to True to change incoming blank or invalid values to the value set in the B2B_LRDV and B2B_LROV parameters.
B2B_LRDV	UK (Unknown)	Used if the student’s leaving date is between 01 September and 31 May (During school term time).  Can be set to any valid Enrolment Status value as defined by CBDS.
B2B_LROV	UK (Unknown)	Used if the student’s leaving date is between 01 June and 31 August (Outside of school term time).  Can be set to any valid Enrolment Status value as defined by CBDS.

Exclude old Exclusions data

Old exclusions data can be ignored for previous academic years in imports. This is for data generated by the B2B Wonde integration.

The following system defaults are available:

Parameter	Default value	Comment
B2B_I_EXC	False	Set to True to ignore incoming Exclusions data older than the number of academic years defined in B2B_I_EXW.
B2B_I_EXW	2	The number of academic years to include in incoming B2B files (in academic years).  Older data is discarded without being included in the corresponding B2B import file.  Must be a whole number.

Exclude old SEND Needs data

Old SEND/SEN Needs data can be ignored for previous academic years in imports. This is for data generated by the B2B Wonde integration.

The following system defaults are available:

Parameter	Default value	Comment
B2B_I_SN	False	Set to True to ignore incoming SEND/SEN Needs data older than the number of academic years defined in B2B_I_SNW.
B2B_I_SNW	2	The number of academic years to include in incoming B2B files (in academic years).  Older data is discarded without being included in the corresponding B2B import file.  Must be a whole number.

Exclude old SEND Status data

Old SEND/SEN Status data can be ignored for previous academic years in imports. This is for data generated by the B2B Wonde integration.

The following system defaults are available:

Parameter	Default value	Comment
B2B_I_SS	False	Set to True to ignore incoming SEND/SEN Status data older than the number of academic years defined in B2B_I_SSW.
B2B_I_SSW	2	The number of academic years to include in incoming B2B files (in academic years).  Older data is discarded without being included in the corresponding B2B import file.  Must be a whole number.

Seed Attendance Data

There are three opt-in steps that can be applied to attendance strings coming from Wonde.  

There are risks associated with each of these steps however, that your authority will need to be aware of and manage appropriately.  If your authority isn’t comfortable with the associated risks, or you don’t want to add this data into your attendance strings, you don’t need to take any action.

From the System Defaults tab:

1. Scroll down and select the B2B_T_ parameters or search using the Filter option.
2. In the Value field, enter True to opt in or False to opt out.

Parameter code	Description	Parameter Value
B2B_T_TERM	Seed Attendance Term Dates?	False
B2B_T_WKND	Seed Attendance Weekends?	False
B2B_T_ZS	Seed Attendance Z Codes?	False

   

Seed Weekends with #s

To add #s to all weekend sessions (Saturday and Sunday), you can opt in by using the B2B_T_WKND parameter.  This sets the default value for every weekend session to # (hash) for all attendance strings importing via Wonde.

This is always the first of the possible seeding steps to be applied when enabled.

There may be risks associated with this step, so you are encouraged to consider all of the possible risks. This includes (but may not be limited to) the default marks for children who attend school on weekends showing as # (hash) instead of - (hyphen). This may impact reports and CME teams.

Seed Half-Term Dates with #s

To add #s to all half-term sessions as recorded in the Bases module, you can opt in by using the B2B_T_TERM parameter.  This sets the default value for every session falling outside a term (half-terms, as well as end of terms) to # (hash) for all attendance strings importing via Wonde.

When enabled, it is always applied after the weekend step (if enabled), and before the Z-code step (if enabled).

There may be risks associated with this step, so you are encouraged to consider all of the possible risks. This includes (but may not be limited to) the data in your Bases module not reflecting the exact dates observed by your schools. Thismay impact reports and CME teams.

Seed Sessions Before Children Joined A School with Zs

To add Zs to all attendance strings where a child joins a school after the start of or leaves a school before the end of the academic year, you can opt in by using the B2B_T_ZS parameter.  This sets the default value for every session falling before the child’s recorded start date, and every session falling after the child’s recorded leaving date as Z for all attendance strings importing via Wonde.

When enabled, it is always applied after both the weekend step (if enabled), and the #s step (if enabled).

There may be risks associated with this step, so you are encouraged to consider all of the possible risks. This includes (but may not be limited to) the default value for all missing marks for children who leave the school and return, showing as # (hash) instead of - (hyphen). This is especially relevant for Traveller families, as well as children who try Elective Home Education, and may impact reports and CME teams.

After the seeding steps

After all of the seeding steps have been applied (where enabled), the data originating from the school’s register will be added, overwriting any seeded values as necessary.

Opting in

If you wish to opt in to any of these processing steps, you need to change the relevant value to True.  Any attendance tasks that are scheduled after the point of changing the value then reflect the additional processing.  Attendance strings that have already been imported are not updated to reflect your opt-in decision, so you may wish to delete existing attendance data and reset your scheduled tasks, so that the next import includes the entire academic year.

Opting out

The default position is that all LAs are opted out of this processing.  If you decide to opt out after opting in, you can change the relevant values back to False within the System defaults table.  All future attendance scheduled tasks then reflect this decision.