Provider Configuration
Primary accredited Higher Education Provider (HEP) record
All Paradigm sites that are required to report data via TCSI will need to include a provider record that represents the primary reporting HEP. This provider record must be assigned ONE of the following provider roles:
Parent Reporting Provider
BE ADVISED:
The “Parent reporting provider” field for the primary HEP provider record in Paradigm must be set to the primary HEP provider. In this way, the primary record is a parent of itself.
NOTE:
The following workflow needs to be completed for ALL providers that are connected to one or more of the following data types that are linked to Higher Education accredited courses or programs:
One of the triggers used to identify TCSI data within Paradigm is whether a specific record is associated with an accredited Higher Education Provider (HEP). This is achieved using the field “Parent Reporting Provider” found on the Provider Edit screen, see Add a Provider Record.
Dual sector providers
Providers who operate within both Higher Education and VET sectors will need to have 2 primary provider records within Paradigm: one for Higher Education and one for VET.
New required fields for TCSI providers
Parent reporting provider
Element 610 - Effective to date (optional, submitted only when known)
Implications
Silverband uses the abbreviation field of the primary accredited Higher Education Provider (HEP) record within Paradigm to authenticate with PRODA. This means the abbrev field must not be changed without first notifying the Silverband support team.
This workflow applies to provider records that are not accredited HEPs, including providers that reflect a delivery location, campus or subset of the overall reporting HEP
Paradigm only supports provider nesting that is one layer deep as reflected in the examples below:
SUPPORTED Provider as a campus of an accredited HEP
SUPPORTED Provider as a delivery location of an accredited HEP
SUPPORTED Provider as a (department/school/faculty) of an accredited HEP
NOT SUPPORTED Provider as a faculty of a campus of an accredited HEP
Workflow
1. Choose Providers > Search menus on the side.
2. Use the search fields to load the primary HEP of your Paradigm site
3. Scroll down the page and locate the field labelled “Parent Reporting Provider”
4. Select the primary HEP from the available option(s)
5. Update any missing required fields from the list defined above
6. Click the “Save Details” button to save the changes
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