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❏ Enter TSDS Connection Information (Key and Secret).

The Connection tab allows you to maintain the appropriate credentials for accessing your LEA's Individual Operational Data Store (IODS), which is a secure platform used to store data from multiple systems in a central location.

For TEA's step-by-step instructions to generate your Key and Secret, click the link below: https://tea4avcastro.tea.state.tx.us/tsds_training/UpgradeProject/GeneratingKeysandSecretsinTSDSParallelPortal/Generating_Keys_and_Secrets_in_TSDS_Parallel_Portal.pdf

TEA will provide all three fields.

  • Business and Student clients - select SIS/HR/Finance Vendor
  • Business only clients - select HR/Finance Vendor
  • Student only clients - select SIS Vendor


NOTE: For security purposes, this Key and Secret cannot be viewed again after clicking Acknowledged. (If you choose to paste your Key and Secret into a document, be sure to use an app such as Notepad that does not copy formatting. Ensure the Key and Secret is entered into the Contact tab for access to the IODS.)



District Admin TSDS Connections screen

Modify a record:

Field Description
Submission YearType the ending year of the school year for which you will be submitting data. The submission year is edited to ensure a valid year is entered and that code table data is loaded for the year specified.

❏ Click Retrieve.

API URLType your LEA's Ed-Fi Operational Data Store (ODS) address. This field can be a maximum of 255 characters.

For TCC Hosted LEAs, please verify the API URL with your ASCENDER Support personnel.

NOTE: Please verify the API URL entered ends with a forward slash.
KeyType the key. This field can be a maximum of 50 characters.
SecretType the secret. This field can be a maximum of 50 characters.

❏ Click Save.

academy/tsds_connection.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/13 19:45 by apape