Single Data Return (SDR)

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Last updated 28 April 2025
Last updated 28 April 2025

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This page contains resources for preparing, uploading and submitting your Single Data Return (SDR) and Indicative Enrolment Collection (IND) in DXP Ngā Kete.
This page contains resources for preparing, uploading and submitting your Single Data Return (SDR) and Indicative Enrolment Collection (IND) in DXP Ngā Kete.

For more information about the SDR, see About the Single Data Return.
Resources for completing SDR and IND data submissions
Data Specification for the Single Data Return: * Includes data codes, descriptions, field specifications and validation rules, Source of Funding (SoF) codes and a detailed log of all changes between years or document versions (Appendix B).

Validation rules for the SDR and IND: Lists the error and warning validation rules that apply to the SDR and IND.

Additional Data for the August 2025 SDR:  Final-year Fees Free and other data specified in the documents here are required for the first time in the August 2025 SDR. They will be integrated into a new version (v1.1) of the data specifications in early May 2025 just after the April SDR submission.  

Reference data for SDR Data Specifications: Lists values for specific fields referred to in the Data Specifications. Reference data is aligned to the Stats NZ definitions (where possible).

Delivery classification and funding category codes: Lists codes you must assign to each course.

Process and guidance for the SDR: An overview of the requirement to submit data and the Single Data Return (SDR) process.

Generic enrolment form 2025: * Updated to include the learner IRD number and other changes.  

* Before 2025 data specifications were contained in the SDR Manual and published on the Ministry of Education (MoE) website. See the MoE website for previous versions of the SDR Manual and generic enrolment forms.
SDR and IND upload files
This table provides SDR file names and examples of the .CSV upload files.

For a guide to CSV files, see Guide to CSV files v0.2 (PDF 409 KB).

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