Getting Started With Data Import

Getting Started With Data Import

What data needs to be imported for Transportant to provide services

Transportant needs to know information about the school bus fleet, the routes and stops it operates on. Additionally, parents and students may use Transportant’s Bus Compass mobile application to see live status information about their school bus, and so Transportant requires information to accurately authenticate those users and to provide status information.
Transportation and student data is used exclusively for these purposes and never shared with third parties. Transportant uses strict information security practices to safeguard student information.

How to send the data

Files can be sent either through Transportant’s HTTP endpoint or by using the dashboard. See the article How to Send Data to Transportant for more information.

Descriptions of data required

Transportant requires data about students and the transportation infrastructure to enable all features. The articles below describe the specific data required, why it is needed, and how it is used. Data is to be provided as CSV files, with explicit headers as the first line. Pictures are to provided in a single zip file, to be described in more detail in the articles below.
  1. students.csv
  2. fobs.csv
  3. guardians.csv
  4. busses.csv
  5. routes.csv
  6. stops.csv
  7. route_stops.csv
  8. ridership.csv
  9. tags.csv
  10. pictures.zip

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