Use focus lists to isolate a group of staff or students in order to look at the data pertaining to them more specifically.
Creating:
- Option 1: From a generated “list” of student or staff names, locate the “Focus List” tab just below the title of the report.


- Create New Focus List
- The title may be edited
- Select Submit
- OR
- Append List to Existing Focus List– This feature will add the students/staff to an already existing focus list
- Browse to a current focus list
- Select Submit to add
- Option 2: From a student’s profile dashboard page, locate the “Focus List” section at the bottom right corner
- Option 3: From the ‘Focus List’ tab (top black menu bar), use ‘Upload Focus List’ to upload a list of TX Unique IDs, Local IDs or SSNs.


- Step 1: Use the drop down to select ‘Focus List Type’:
- Student
- Staff
- Step 2: Use drop down to select ‘ID Type’:
- TX Unique ID
- Local ID’s (Student Only)
- Social Security No.
- Step 3: Title focus list in ‘Focus List Name’
- Step 4: Use ‘Browse’ to find file and ‘Upload’ to load IDs to the data entry box
- NOTE: The file to be uploaded should be a CSV file
- Step 5: Data Entry Box
- Update IDs loaded from CSV file if desired
- and/or
- Type IDs into the blank box with commas separating each number
- Tip: Use for small focus lists
- Update IDs loaded from CSV file if desired
- Step 6: Create Focus List
Utilization:
An ad hoc report may now be created using a Focus List in the Report Center for Student, Assessment, or Staff. The report will ONLY pull data for the staff/students on the Focus List.
- Select a Focus List from the Focus List drop down box.

- Then, create report as usual. (Select Category/Criteria)
Some custom reports also have the option to choose a Focus List as the data source.
Staff/Student Overview tab on Profile/Dashboard – access to profile student or staff details required.

- A Staff or Student can be added to or removed from an already existing focus list from the Staff/Student profile Overview tab.
- The Profile Overview will also show any focus lists for which this person is a member.
Locate:
To find a complete listing of the focus groups created, select “Focus List” from the black menu bar.

From here, options include:

- Edit
- Select members of the Focus list to remove
- Share Focus list with other ODS users including User Groups
- Edit the Title of the Focus List
- Delete the Focus List
- Duplicate the Focus List
- Share the Focus List
- Upload Focus list:
- Add new members to a Focus List
- Upload a Focus List manually – (see above)
NOTE: Click on the title to display members of the Focus List