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This article outlines a series of configuration steps that must take place in to prepare a Paradigm site for successfully reporting TCSI data.

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In preparation for the production launch of TCSI reporting there are a number of necessary configuration changes that need to must take place before a site is able to successfully start reporting data via TCSI. This article should be used as a checklist to ensure that your Paradigm site is TCSI ready and compliant.

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  • Silverband uses the abbreviation field of the primary accredited Higher Education Provider (HEP) record within Paradigm to authenticate with PRODA. This means the abbrev field must not be changed without first notifying the Silverband support team.

  • This workflow applies to provider records that are not accredited HEP's, including providers that reflect a delivery location, campus or subset of the overall reporting HEP

  • Paradigm only supports provider nesting that is one layer deep as reflected in the examples below:

    • Status
      colourGreen
      titleSUPPORTED
      Provider as a campus of an accredited HEP

    • Status
      colourGreen
      titleSUPPORTED
      Provider as a delivery location of an accredited HEP

    • Status
      colourGreen
      titleSUPPORTED
      Provider as a (department / school / faculty) of an accredited HEP

    • Status
      colourRed
      titleNOT SUPPORTED
      Provider as a faculty of a campus of an accredited HEP

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This screen has been updated to include the TCSI fields. The standard is higher for producing a valid base course is higher under TCSI, compared with HEPCAT.

The following fields are compulsory to form a valid TCSI Course record:

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Paradigm will only send a unit enrolment record to TSCI when the unit enrolment status has been associated with an a valid element 355 option.

The TCSI element 355 will be derived from the existing Paradigm field “Unit Enrolment Status”. This means providers may still have use their own internal enrolment status values while still confirming conforming to the requirements of TCSI reporting. Each provider will need to configure their own mapping between the Paradigm field and the equivalent element 355 option.

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  1. Navigate to SYSTEM > Search Status Type

  2. Enter “ENROLMENT_STATUS” as the search criteria

  3. Click the “Search Status Types” button

  4. Click on the search result ENROLMENT_STATUS

  5. Use the blue pencil icon to edit a data record

  6. Click on the field labelled “HEIMS Unit of Study Identifier” and select the appropriate element 355option355 option

  7. Click the “Save Status Item” button to save the changes

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