PowerSchool ERP System Administration

Aesop Export File Format

The Aesop application produces the file format described in this section. While the Load Aesop Attendance page provides a choice of file formats, the recommended file format is pipe-delimited. For information about other file formats, contact PowerSchool. The Aesop delimited export file should have the following characteristics:

  • Fields are terminated by the pipe (or comma) delimiter.

  • Blank or empty fields are represented by inserting the chosen delimited. No space exists between the delimiters that represent the blank field.

  • Decimal points in fields defined as decimal in type are explicit.

  • Integer fields can contain digits only.

  • A leading negative sign indicates negative values.

  • Dates must be formatted MM/DD/YYYY.

The standard fields in the Aesop export file are listed in the table below. For information on fields available for custom processing, contact PowerSchool.

Aesop Export Fields

PowerSchool ERP Program Record Fields

Field Order

Format

Notes

Absence confirmation number

abs_confrm_no

1

CHAR(9)

New field length = 9

Worker identification number

empl_no

2

INTEGER(9)

Employee Number

Worker first name

empl_fname

3

CHAR(30)

First name

Worker last name

empl_lname

4

CHAR(30)

Last Name

Worker type description

empl_desc

5

CHAR(30)

Not used by standard program. Various custom uses to determine absence hours and sub units worked.

Employee budget external ID

empl_bud_code

6

CHAR(30)

Not used by standard program. Various custom uses for setting sub_orgn and acct.

Substitute ID number

sub_id

7

INTEGER(9)

Substitute employee number

Substitute first name

sub_fname

8

CHAR(30)

First name

Substitute last name

sub_lname

9

CHAR(30)

Last name

Entitlement description

pay_code, lev_desc

10

CHAR(3)/(20)

Aesop leave description

Absence start time

abs_strt_time

11

HH:MM

Not used

Absence end time

abs_end_time

12

HH:MM

Not used

Absence date

abs_date

13

MM/DD/YYYY

Date absence

Shift description

shift_desc

14

CHAR(30)

Not used; available for site custom

Shift number of days

shift_no_days

15

CHAR(3)

Not used; available for site custom

School number

school_no

16

CHAR(5)

Not used; available for site custom

Substitute budget code

sub_bud_code

17

CHAR(30)

Not used; available for site custom

Substitute budget description

sub_bud_desc

18

CHAR(30)

Not used; available for site custom

User-defined

abs_notes

19

CHAR(255)

Not used; available for site custom

Substitute pay code

sub_paycode

20

CHAR(20)

Not used; available for site custom

Substitute full day pay rate (extended)

sub_payrate

21

DEC(999.999)

Not used; available for site custom

External absence entitlement code (alternate pay code)

absence code

22

CHAR(3)

Program reads the first 3 characters of Aesop file Field – 22 if Field 10 is not numeric

Substitute hours worked from absence record

sub_hours_worked

23

DEC(99.99)


Absence duration calculation

abs_duration

24

DEC(99.999)