The Ed-Fi “Classic Dashboards” are no longer supported through the Ed-Fi Alliance. You can still receive support and maintenance through the Ed-Fi vendor community. Please look at any of the vendors’ dashboard solutions on the Registry of Ed-Fi Badges or the Ed-Fi Starter Kits if you are looking for a visualization solution to use with the Ed-Fi ODS. This documentation will remain available to assist existing Classic Dashboard implementers.

Getting Started

This document outlines the steps necessary to download, configure, and run the sample Ed-Fi Dashboards application.

Audience

This document is for technical professionals who work with educational data, including business analysts, database administrators and software developers.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following technologies is required for installing and configuring the software components necessary to execute and develop with the dashboards software:

  • Microsoft Windows configuration activities
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) 8 / IIS 10
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (Developer, Standard, or Enterprise Edition)
  • SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
  • Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 (Professional Edition or better)
  • ASP.NET MVC 3 / C#
  • NuGet (Package Manager)
  • Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)
  • PowerShell (Included with Windows 8 and 10)
  • Windows Server 2012 or 2008 R2