Multi-Doc importing is used when you want to upload documents that are not already within the SchoolFront system into employee's personnel folders. This tool allows you to upload these documents based off of some type of identification (typically the Employee ID) located within the documents.
Applicable Roles
- Administrator
- HR Admin
- HR Team
Pre-requisites
Contents
Multi-Doc Process Form
The first step to complete a New Multi-Document Import, is either confirming a Multi-Doc Process Form exists or creating one. This should already be configured for your district but if not, the following steps will assist you:
Navigate to: Process Forms / Form Category Management
- Select New Form Category
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In the blank details section - select "Multi-Document Import" as the Form Type in the drop-down menu
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Type "Multi-Document Import" in both the Name and Description
- Click Insert
Now that the Multi-Doc Import category is created, the next step is to create the process form.
Prepare Form
Navigate to: Process Forms / Form Management
- Select "New Process Form"
- From the Process Category drop-down, select "Multi-Document Import"
- Enter the Form Name
- Type a brief Form Description
- Check the box "Enabled"
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Select the appropriate Destination Personnel Folder
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Scroll down to the Parsing section of the form (skip the display options and introduction paragraph)
- Identify the Parsing Start Line
- Identify the Parsing Type (strings or character position)
- Enter the Parsing Start String (whatever is in the document)
- Select 1 of the 3 Employee Identifiers that matches the Parsing Start String - Whichever is used, the way it is entered in the original document is EXACTLY how it should be entered in Parsing Start String with spaces/special characters included
The original source MUST have one of these 3 identifiers on the document that will correlate to the SchoolFront employee identifier; the majority of the Multi-Doc's will use the Employee Number/Employee ID
Employee Number
Teach ID
Social Security Number
If the employee(s) identifiers appear on multiple pages, then the Parsing Start String and Parsing End String must be used; If the identifier does not appear on multiple pages, then the Multi-Page Identifier is used for a start and end point.
- Click Insert
Customize Form
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In the Details tab, click Template Builder
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In the Template Builder, add whatever is needed to the form after "Multi-Document Import Parsed Document" it as shown in the example
IMPORTANT: Do not delete "---Multi-Document Import Parsed Document---" section in the template
For further instructions on building a template please reference, Using the Template Builder (Forms & Notifications) – SchoolFront.
Signature Option
If the form requires signatures/approvers:
- Click the "Approvers" tab
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Click "New Form Approver"
- Enter the Approval Start Level
- Enter End Approval Level
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In the Approver Type drop-down, select "Employee / Candidate"
- Click Save
For further information on approvers and other options in Approver Definition, please see Process Forms: Approvers – SchoolFront.
Email Notification
To set up email notifications for the Multi-Doc Importing:
- Select the tab "Email Rules"
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Select Employee / Candidate by clicking on the pencil icon:
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Next check the box Email on Submission
- Select the Notification Category and Notification Template
- Click Save
For more information on email notifications please reference, Process Forms: Email Rules – SchoolFront