Localization 25.5.0.0 Release Notes
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Mexico Localization 25.5.0.0 Release Notes
New Features and Enhancements
Country | Feature or Product Area | Description |
Mexico | Mexico Name Structure | The recent implementation of Mexico localization, the system automatically activates or deactivates features specific to Mexico based on the country selection made during installation. To align with Mexico's cultural norms, the software adopts a refined approach to name structures. In Mexico, names traditionally consist of First Name 1, First Name 2, Paternal Name, and Maternal Name. You can input names in either Spanish or English, and the system will accurately store and display these names for students, contacts, staff, and teachers in reports and on screens. |
Mexico | Mexico Address Structure | The application is designed to capture and display address formats specific to Mexico, based on the user's country selection during installation. This feature significantly enhances localized support and usability. In Mexico, the address structure adheres to a specific format, which includes the following elements: Building Number, street name, Unit number, neighborhood, Municipality, City, postal code, State, and Country. |
Mexico | Other demographic changes | The system captures essential information for various personas, including students, contacts, staff, and teachers. This information encompasses:
Additionally, for Contacts, the system will collect:
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Mexico | Currency Code | The recent implementation of Mexico localization and currency code configuration in the System Parameters at the District level ensures that the currency code PESO is clearly visible in all monetary transactions, user interfaces, and forms where amounts are recorded or displayed. |
Mexico | Object Reports | Mexico's localization features ten object reports, available in both English and Spanish. These reports incorporate the necessary name and address elements specific to Mexico, along with additional profile attributes tailored for each persona. Power Query Data Access Tags Some fields are not directly accessible from the person tables within student-related object reports. The existing contact information data is unsupported for specific fields. To address this limitation, Power Query DATs have been introduced for Object Reports. |
Mexico | SEP Reports | The SIS now features an integrated reporting capability that produces pre-formatted files in accordance with the submission requirements set by Mexico’s Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) for the SIGED portal. This enhancement facilitates automated report generation for the following educational levels:
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Mexico | International Installer | The installer design integrates essential core components along with country-specific elements, ensuring that the software fulfills both fundamental functionality requirements and the necessary localization and customization needs. |
Known Issues
Reference | Issue Description |
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PSF-117864 | Capture and Manage Identification Documents for Contact and Staff Personas. Support for attaching identification documents for Contacts and Staff is currently not available. |
PSF-104613 | The system does not support searching for students and staff using the Mexican name format. This format consists of First Name 1, First Name 2, Paternal Name, and Maternal Name. |
PSF-104859 | The PowerTeacher Pro Portal does not accommodate addresses and names in localized formats. |
PSF-111556 | The fields capturing additional student details, such as a third name, alternative names, and address, has been moved to PersonCoreFields. These fields are currently not included in the Quick Student Export/Import functionality. |
Configuration Changes
# | Description | Steps |
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1 | Setup default locale | Select District Office, System Management, System Locales, Select Mexico Locale, Select the country and language according to your preference, check the System Default Locale checkbox, and submit. |
2 | Setup right Numeric and Currency Format | Select District Office, System Management, System Locales, Select Mexico Locale, In Currency format dropdown, select #,##0.00 and save changes. |
3 | Setup Currency Code and Symbol | Select District Office, District Management, Display Preferences, Units and Alphabet Filter, Add currency code as MEX and name as PESO. |
4 | Adding Translation for Peso | Select District Office, System Management, Localization, Localize PowerSchool, Go to data, Select Locale as Mexico, select Functional area as PowerSchool Customer Defined data, Select Category as Currency Name, Enter Peso in specific text box and select contains in dropdown , Enter the Translated text and submit the changes. |
5 | To set a mandatory field for Student, Contact and Staff pages |
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6 | Displaying Spanish values in Object Reports for PDF | Select District Office, System Management, Reports, System reports, Report Queue Preference, Check the Use Advanced PDF Processing option. |
7 | Display the courses in the SEP report | Select School Management, Courses and Programs, Courses. Select the course that needs to be displayed in the SEP reports. In the Credit Type, enter SEP. |
8 | Display the school’s academic periods (e.g., by semesters, trimesters, or quarters). | Select School Management, Scheduling, Years and Terms, Edit Terms. Select the semesters or trimesters or quarters that need to display in the SEP report. In the Associated Credit Type, enter SEP. |
9 | Set up to calculate averages by subject category in SEP reports and the Courses sort order in SEP reports | Select School Management, Courses and Programs, Courses. Select the course you want to display in the SEP reports.
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PowerSchool Components
Localization version 25.5.0.0 includes the localized packages for Mexico and depends on PowerSchool SIS Core version 25.5.1.0 or higher. Customers will need to request Cloudops for installing the Mexico Localization package along with PowerSchool SIS Core version 25.5.1.0 or higher.
The Mexico Localization package version 25.5.0.0 is automatically installed when 'Mexico' is selected from the country dropdown list and 'Mexico Common' is chosen from the state/province dropdown during the PowerSchool SIS Core version 25.5.1.0 installation.
If the customer is currently using the standard PowerSchool Core version (without localization enhancements) and wishes not to install the Localization package version 25.5.0.0 or higher, they must inform Cloudops in their request. This will ensure that Cloudops does not select Mexico from the country dropdown list during installation.
If a customer plans to upgrade only to PS SIS Core 25.5.1.0 or higher and not to Localization 25.5.0.0 or higher, they should avoid selecting Mexico as the country during the initial installation. However, if they later decide to upgrade to the Localization package, they can run the Localization installer at that time, select Mexico as the country, and the installer will then install the appropriate localizations for the selected countries.