Mass Update Descriptive Categories

Descriptive Categories provide a way for you to divide up your student body in to groups for reporting and data manipulation. Using the Assign Global Data - Descriptive Categories window you can assign a Category and sub-category to one student, one or more years of graduation, the whole school or all students in a different sub-category.

Steps

Click on the Tools Menu and select Global.
Click on the Global Menu and select Student. From the Student Menu, select Descriptive Categories.
Click on Assign Category to display the Assign Global Data - Descriptive Categories Window.
Click on the arrow in the Select Category field and select the Category to be assigned.
Click on the arrow in the Select Sub-category field and select the sub-category to be assigned.
Click on the arrow in the Assign Data To field and select the group of students to which you are assigning a category and sub-category. For each option in the Assign Data To field there are corresponding fields below that must be completed. They are as follows:

If you selected Student, use the student search window to generate a list of students to choose from, then click Get List.Click in the box next to the students whose names you wish to assign, and click OK

If you selected Year of Graduation, click in the box next to the years of graduation to be assigned

If you selected Homeroom, click in the box next to the homerooms you wish to assign.

If you selected Gender, click in the box next to the gender you wish to assign.

If you selected Category, click in the Category field and select a category. Then click the box beside the appropriate Sub-Categories listed.

If you selected All Students you do not need to provide any additional information.

Click OK to begin assigning.