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What's New - Learning Standards Sync Utility

This section provides an overview of what's new for Learning Standards Sync Utility releases.

Learning Standards Sync Utility v 1.1 (Latest Release)​

The following improvements. and fixes were made in the Learning Standards Sync Utility 1.1 release.

Updates​

  • The sync CLI command now supports retrieving only the Academic Benchmark standards that have changed during synchronization. This new behavior is enabled by default after an initial sync.
  • Server-side proxy updates were made to resolve learning standard sequencing issues between parent and child standards, which were causing download issues.
  • A changes CLI command has been added that provides information regarding the availability of Academic Benchmark standards changes.
    • The output from the changes command is optionally available in a JSON format for scripting integration.
$output = .\EdFi.Admin.LearningStandards.CLI.exe changes --ab-connect-id demo --ab-connect-key "12345678910" --ed-fi-url "https://api.ed-fi.org/v2.6.0/api/" --ed-fi-key "RvcohKz9zHI4" --ed-fi-secret "E1iEFusaNf81xzCxwHfbolkC" --ed-fi-version 2 --ed-fi-school-year 2020 --output json --unattended

if($LASTEXITCODE -le 0) {
    # Skip validation outputs, then convert the payload.
    $json = $output[2..500] | ConvertFrom-Json

    if ($json.changesAvailableInformation.available -eq $true) {
       # Notify someone that changes are present and then run sync?
        Write-Output "Changes Available."
    }
} else {
    throw $output
}
  • AB Vendor Claimset for Ed-Fi ODS/API implementations using a Postgres database.

Learning Standards Sync Utility v 1.0​

The following release notes were issued with the initial release of Learning Standards Sync Utility v1.0.

  • The Ed-Fi Learning Standards Sync Utility is a tool for system administrators for synchronizing learning standards between the AB Connect API and a specified Ed-Fi ODS / API instance. Using the tool requires active credentials for both the target Ed-Fi ODS / API instance and the AB Connect API. The Sync Utility application provides a command-line interface (CLI) to set parameters and define options.
  • Getting Started provides instructions and a how-to overview for using Learning Standards Sync Utility v1.0.