Note we are embarking soon on new improvements to the ESFA Submissions page - in release 5.08.0 due in Production
Setting up Standards
Against the standard there is a field called "External Standard Code". This is the unique numerical reference that the ESFA uses to reference the standard (sometimes referred to as a LARS code) i.e. Carpentry & Joinery is 239.
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Testing API on your UAT
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Firstly Note:- you do not require an API key for UAT |
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"1" - leading digit
"xxxx" - 4 digits of EPAOrgId
"xxx" - 3 digits of LARS Standard Code (leading 0swill need a leading 0, if under 3 digits e.g. 80 will become 080)
"00 - 09" - 10 unique ulns per standard code
1-EPAOID-LARSID-00to09
Example. For EPA0001, LARS Standard Code = ST023780, and 1st uln in the sequence
uln = "1" + "0001" + "080" + "01" = 1000108001
givenNames = 1000123701Test
familyName = 1000123701 1000108001 (same value as uln)
LARS standard code = 80
The next test ULN would be 10001237021000108002, then 100123703 100108003 etc.
Your EPAO registration number can be found on the Register of End Point Assessment Organisations if you do not know it
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Reporting → Assessment → Certification Overview
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Known error messages returned from ESFA
The most common error messages:-
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This also includes instructions on two different ways to set up standards, in order to accommodate specialism versioning.
If you see this sort of issue within the EPAPro reports - the 'certificate submitted' date does not match the date of 'certificate created' then this is likely to be because the certificates were requested via the ESFA Portal. The ESFAs API cannot currently handle multiple submissions of certificates, for example if they have been re-printed with changes and so there will be an issue with the dates that are in EPAPro vs their online portal.