Return to File Formats & Field Values
For fixed width format, the total header record length is 1250 bytes. For Excel/text tab delimited format, the total header record length is eight columns.
All fields in the header record are required.
| Excel Column | Field Name | Characters | Bytes | Format | Description |
| A | Record Type | 2 | 01-02 | Alphanumeric | Type of report.
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| B | School Code | 6 | 03-08 | Number | Department of Education FICE code (OPEID) |
| C | Branch Code | 2 | 09-10 | Number | School branch code suffix. 00 if none. |
| D | Academic Term | 15 | 11-25 | Alphanumeric | Your institution’s name for the academic term you’re reporting (e.g. Fall 2023, 1st Quarter 2024, or 1st Semester 2024). |
| E | Standard Report Flag | 1 | 26 | Y/N | Whether the report is a standard report.
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| F | Certification Date | 8 | 27-34 | Date (YYYYMMDD) | Date your institution certified the enrollment data. |
| G | Reporting Level | 1 | 35 | Letter | Level of report.
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| H | Filler | 1215 | 36-1250 | Alphanumeric | Blank in Excel; filled with spaces in fixed width format. |