1. Slate User Group Integrations and Feeds NERCOMP – April 27, 2009
#NercompPDO3 @sherridris
Survey : bit.ly/nercomp_slate17
Integrations and Feeds

2. Talking Points
Types of integrations
Complexity
Resources
Questions

3. Integration Types
3rd Party
APIs
Feeds (flat files)
Portals

4. Integrations Types at Brandeis
3rd Party
iThenticate – Plagiarism software for essay submissions (Grad)
Vericant (interview - UG)
SlideRoom (App/Portfolio – UG)
API’s
InitialView (interview – UG)
Kira – Video Interview software (Grad)
Data Loads (Format Definitions)
Prospects/Lists/Various Sources
Test Score Searches/Marketing Lists
Common App
Documents
Document Exports/uploads
Feeds (flat files)
SIS integrations via files and batch processing (PeopleSoft)
Applications (UG Admissions)
Test Scores (UG Admissions)
Admitted students (Grad)
Decision Updates
Deposits
Data Warehouse
Student Financial Services
Checklists
Financial Aid Data
Portals
SFS Document Uploads
Alumni Portal
Complexity?

5. iThenticate Download Essays, Writing Samples, etc. (Query in Slate)
Custom SQL :
select
a.[ref] + '_' + lm.[export] + '.pdf' as [pdf:file],
(select
a.[id] as
'stream' as
m.[xml] as [node()]
for xml path('batch'), type) as [pdf:xml]
from [application] a
inner join [person] p on (p.[id] = a.[person])
cross apply dbo.getMaterialsByApplication2(a.[id], p.[id]) m
inner join [lookup.material] lm on (lm.[key] = m.[key])
where (a.[submitted] is not null)
and
(a.[status] IN ('Awaiting Decision'))
(lm.[key] in ('sample', 'sample_2', 'statement'))
order by p.[id], m.[id]
XML Configuration :
<query><key alias="application">a.[id]</key><key alias="stream">m.[stream]</key></query>
iThenticate
Download Essays, Writing Samples, etc. (Query in Slate)
Upload to iThenticate
Process
Download report from iThenticate
Upload results to Slate
View results in the reader
View Results on the Student Record (in the application)

6. iThenticate - Continued
In iThenticate you can then review the passages that were picked up during processing of the materials.

7. Document Exports / Imports
Slate Forums
Importing documents through the Document Import Processor source format
Zip File
Index File
Source Format
Document Import Processor from the Slate Template Library
How is it used at Brandeis?
Two Slate Databases at our International Business School
Admissions
Student Services
Transfer of Matriculated Students from Admissions to Student Services

8. Portals
Alumni Portal
SFS Document Upload Portal

9. Questions? Sherri Drisdelle, BCS, PMP
Associate Director – Professional Services
Brandeis University