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Preventing changes to customizations

To prevent other customizers from making changes to a custom schema [>>] the District Administrator can install an owner key on his or her computer. The owner key is a file available from Pearson that serves two purposes: to identify the creator of the customized schema and to prevent other customizers from making changes to the creator's schema.

When an administrator installs the owner key, PowerSchool SMS locks existing customized schema, preventing changes from being made directly in the schema by anyone but the schema creator; new custom schemas created after an owner key is installed are locked as soon as they are created. Any customizer who is not the creator sees a lock icon beside the custom schema; he or she can extend the schema, but cannot edit it directly or delete it.

The panels and fields on the pages [>>] in a locked schema cannot be edited or deleted; however new panels can be added with new fields.

To restrict changes to customizations:

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Contact a Pearson representative to request an owner key. Pearson will send a file named "cToolsPackage.key".

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On the computers on which you will create the customizations, copy the file "cToolsPackage.key" to c:\csl.

If the administrator opts out of using an owner key, PowerSchool SMS uses the district number as a creator ID to identify the owner of a customization. We recommend that the administrator update the district number in PowerSchool SMS to a number meaningful to the school district so that the customization can be easily identified.

To update the district number [You can do this if your role is District Administrator.DA]:

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In the Admin menu, click District Setup. The District Setup page appears.

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Under District, click Profile. The District Profile page appears.

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For District Number, enter letters and/or numbers up to a maximum of nine.

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Click Save.

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