{"id":1993,"date":"2022-08-22T16:14:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/knowledge-base\/formatting-and-submitting-a-request-file-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T22:05:07","slug":"the-difference-between-a-graduates-file-and-a-request-file","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/knowledge-base\/the-difference-between-a-graduates-file-and-a-request-file\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between a Graduates File and a Request File"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video below to learn the difference between a graduates file and a request file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"StudentTracker for High Schools: The Difference Between Graduate Files and Request\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCJyGaDi3mY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduates File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A graduates file contains data for all of your institution&#8217;s recent high school graduates. You should submit a graduates file once per year. The Clearinghouse stores the data from your graduates files so we can process it and generate your StudentTracker reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A request file allows you receive a custom cohort report and confirm postsecondary enrollment and graduation data for your non-graduate students. You can submit a request file at any time. The Clearinghouse does not store data from request files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the video below to learn the difference between a graduates file and a request file. Graduates File A graduates file contains data for all of your institution&#8217;s recent high school graduates. You should submit a graduates file once per year. The Clearinghouse stores the data from your graduates files&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[67],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1993","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-submitting-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1993\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.studentclearinghouse.org\/sths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}