We are also having problems with the long awaited software. Someone at SLC
said that she thought that the deadline had been extended to 14 April -
although it wasn't really her area just the only person we managed to get
through to!
Christine Lowther
At 14:00 29/03/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Colleagues - now that the database software has arrived, I find I have
>serious problems. The SLC helpline people, while polite and clearly
>trying hard, are not experts (they received the help information
>themselves today too). While I'm waiting for them to ring me back with
>some answers, I thought I'd check (a) if all institutions are having the
>same problem and (b) if any of you can help me.
>
>1 There are loads of items of missing data against each
>course/programme apart from attendance dates, eg method of attendance,
>qualification. Can anyone advise me on a way to load data into the
>software from an Excel spreadsheet instead of typing it?
>2 The course code field does not have the UCAS code in it, as the help
>information implies it will. It has a 6-digit number. This field is
>protected against updating, so if the data is to be indexed by UCAS
>code, it appears that I will need to add ALL the course information
>again from scratch. If this is the case, importing from Excel will be
>even more useful!! Is your course code data the same? Any advice?
>
>Thanks for any help or comments
>
>Chris Little
>University of Bath, email [log in to unmask]
>
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