What is Initial Load Mode?
The SAIS-generated student identifier (SAIS Student ID) is required for the Student Enrollment when Enrollment Activity Code is not E3 or E6 or E15 and Enrollment Activity Code indicates that the student is not new to Arizona and Enrollment Date falls outside Initial Load Date Range. When SAIS-generated student identifier (SAIS Student ID) is missing for certain Enrollment codes and Enrollment Date falls outside Initial Load Date Range, the Student Detail system will reject those records with validation error. Some enrollment activity codes (e.g., E1) are used for returning students. Normally, a returning student would have a SAIS Student ID. However, since this is the first year that Student Detail is online, you will have returning students without SAIS Student IDs. Therefore, the Student Detail system has a feature called Initial Load Mode. Initial Load Mode allows you to enter two dates for each school, a start date and an end date. When you submit data, whose Enrollment Date falls
