SIF Agent for Follett Destiny™
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The SIF Agent for Follett Destiny is a full-featured agent for Follett Software Company's
next-generation resource management system. It's the perfect way to synchronize Destiny's
patron database with any student information system that supports the industry-standard
Schools Interoperability Framework.
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Using SIF's publish and subscribe infrastructure, the Destiny SIF Agent
imports student, staff, enrollment, and picture data into the Destiny database and
works behind the scenes to keep it up-to-date in real time. For districts that want to
exchange circulation status with other applications like data warehouses and telephony
systems, the agent can publish checkout, fine, and overdue information for students and
staff. All over the secure and reliable SIF infrastructure.
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As a partner of Follett Software Company, Edustructures is the only company
authorized to deliver a SIF Compliant solution for Destiny customers. Contact
Edustructures Sales as 1-877-790-1261 to learn more.
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How It Works
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The Destiny SIF Agent is an add-on service that enhances Destiny with the full suite of
data integration capabilities made possible by the Schools Interoperability Framework.
It synchronizes with one or more SIF Zones to exchange student, staff, and picture data
from the student information system. All common zone topologies are supported, including
district zones, school zones, and aggregate zones. As records are added, changed, and
deleted in the student information system, the Destiny SIF Agent is notified of each
and updates the patron database accordingly in real-time. Administrators can control
which types of events are processed by customizing the Access Control permissions of the
zone integration server or changing the publish and subscription options of the agent.
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In addition to synchronizing with student, staff, and picture records, the Destiny SIF
Agent can also publish library patron status information, including fine, checkout, and
overdue information for each patron.
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The agent is centrally installed on a server at the district office, usually on the
same computer that houses the Destiny application or the SIF Zone Integration Server.
Fully cross-platform, it supports the Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 operating
systems as well as Linux, NetWare, Solaris, and Mac OS X.
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Features
- Works with any SIF-enabled student information system by exchanging data
over the secure and reliable SIF infrastructure
- A graphical Synchronization Wizard handles importing student, staff,
enrollment, and picture records into the Destiny database in 5 easy steps
- Subscribes to changes in student, staff, enrollment, and picture data to
keep those records up-to-date in Destiny whenever they're added, changed, or
deleted in the student information system
- Automatically transfers patrons in Destiny when students and staff are
transferred to a new home school in the student information system
- Publishes circulation data over the SIF infrastructure, including fine,
checkout, and overdue status for each patron
- Cost-effective per-school licensing
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SIF Features & Capabilities
- SIF Compliant
- Supports all zone topologies, including district, school, and aggregate zones
- Supports "school-within-a-school" scenarios by allowing administrators to combine multiple schools from SIF into a single Destiny site
- HTTP and HTTPS transport protocols
- Push and Pull messaging modes
- Runs as a background service on the Windows platform
- Graphical Administration Console
- Fully customizable field mappings and SIF preferences
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SIF Data Objects
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- LibraryPatronStatus
- SchoolInfo
- SIF_LogEntry
- StudentPersonal
- StudentPicture
- StudentSchoolEnrollment
- RoomInfo
- StaffPersonal
- StaffAssignment
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Requirements
- Follett Destiny 5.0
- Java 1.4.2 or later (available free of charge)
- Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Linux, Solaris, NetWare 6.5 or
later with Java 1.4, and Mac OS X 10.2 or later with Java 1.4
- Edustructures SIFWorks Enterprise ZIS or other zone integration server
- A SIF-enabled student information system or other provider of student, staff, and/or student picture data
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