Casper Focus SIS Integration

[Skippiarmstrong]

I realize that this is new. That being said, is there a way or going to be a way to load all the student and teacher info into the system using a .csv file, from a SIS?

[nsdjoe]

I saw this posted in the Focus webinar comments:

Q: Will Student Information Systems (SIS) be supported for creating classes for Casper Focus?
A: Casper Suite 8.7 includes an API for Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting classes and can be used to integrate data from an SIS into the JSS. JAMF Software is currently working with multiple SIS systems to provide out-of-the-box solutions for managing classes.

[john_miller]

Hello! Just wanted to comment quickly to let everyone know that an SIS Importer has just been posted.It is available in JAMF Nation under the Third-Party Products, here:

https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProduct.html?id=248&view=info

The SIS Importer does not connect directly an SIS, but utilizes a text output for content. @nsdjoe is correct, that we're looking into solutions for more tight integration with your SIS as well.

As always, feel free to let us know if there are any questions, and what we can do to help.

[larrysteinke]

Any ideas how to solve this issue?

I have followed all the instructions in the SIS Importer docs but cannot seem to get any progress. Nothing is imported, even from the simplest of text files.

Aug 1, 2013 4:13:17 PM - Running SIS Importer...
Aug 1, 2013 4:13:17 PM - SIS Importer stopped with errors: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.jamfsoftware.conduit.plugins.sisplugin.SISPluginCore.connect(Unknown Source) at com.jamfsoftware.conduit.core.ConduitPluginManager.doConnect(Unknown Source) at com.jamfsoftware.conduit.core.ConduitController.doConnect(Unknown Source) at com.jamfsoftware.conduit.gui.MainController.doConnect(Unknown Source) at com.jamfsoftware.conduit.gui.JSSConduitWindow$9.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)