SSID Merge Requests and Deadlines

Deadlines:

October 1 Submission
- Merge requests need to be submitted 2 weeks prior to October 5 to guarantee that a merge request can be completed in time for you to finalize your data.
December 1 Submission
- Merge requests need to be submitted 2 weeks prior to December 7 to guarantee that a merge request can be completed in time for you to finalize your data.
July 1 Submission
- Merge requests need to be submitted 2 weeks prior to June 30 to guarantee that a merge request can be completed in time for you to finalize your data.

We will do our best to complete any merges submitted after the deadline but cannot guarantee that the request will be completed in time for your finalized data.

When requesting a merge, please make sure that all attributes are the same and all LEA’s agree to the merge.

1. Look in the Student History under the Student Location section for all affected LEAs. This will show who will need to be contacted.

2. Contact All LEAs associated with the “to be Merged Away” SSID (larger/newer) and verify it is the SAME EXACT student

3. Use the SSID User Contact List off the SSID web Support tab for LEA contact information.

Merge Request:

Please remember that all primary attributes must be ‘exactly’ the same for both SSIDs, otherwise we will not be able to do the merge, and this can cause delays
Required Primary attributes are first, middle, last name, sex and birthdate
SSID’s are not PII (Private Identifying Information) you are allowed to send these in tickets and emails as long as no names are attached to them.
The lower of the two SSID Numbers will be kept.
The requesting LEA student # needs to be kept.

1. Start at the Help Desk System Home page: https://apphelpdesk.schools.utah.gov/support/home

2. Log in in the upper right-hand corner.Go to Request

3. Click 'Submit a Request'

4. Go to SSID Category

5. Choose SSID Merge request

6. Fill out the SSID merge form