{"id":1269,"date":"2026-01-16T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/reversetransfer\/knowledge-base\/considerations-for-exchanging-data-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:54:39","slug":"steps-to-activate-reverse-transfer","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/knowledge-base\/steps-to-activate-reverse-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Activate Reverse Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a summary of the activities for activation and testing the Reverse Transfer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-open-sans-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Setting Up a Reverse Transfer Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Receive and sign the Reverse Transfer service contract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill out the account setup form for Reverse Transfer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the desired file format \u2014 pipe-delimited, EDI, or XML\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If selecting EDI or XML your school must be an active SPEEDE Server user and a Degree-Granting Institution (DGI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If not an active SPEEDE Server user, indicate on the account setup form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Clearinghouse will set up the FTP mailbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Clearinghouse will give Reverse Transfer access to identified users<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-open-sans-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Testing the Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:rtsupport@studentclearinghouse.org\"><strong>rtsupport@studentclearinghouse.org<\/strong> <\/a><strong>to set up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Host will compile a data file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host will upload the file to their RT-FTP(demo) mailbox for testing the file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Clearinghouse will validate the file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Clearinghouse will accept the valid file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host will be notified if the test file was successfully processed or has errors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DGI will receive the test file in the RT-FTP (demo) mailbox \u2014 provided upon request<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the steps to activate Reverse Transfer and begin sharing eligible enrollment data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ht-kb-category":[77],"ht-kb-tag":[78],"class_list":["post-1269","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-1-getting-started","ht_kb_tag-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2993,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269\/revisions\/2993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/dataexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}