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Vision / Workflow:
Ideally, vendors will implement a real-time (versus batch) identity solution in their software which will allow district/school staff to review matches as they add staff (instead of having to review after a batch upload).
IMPORTANT: Anytime more than one possible match is returned, DO NOT automate the selection of a WISEid based on score or other logic. An LEA user needs to be presented with the possible matches and then manually selected.
Find:
If found:
If the result is a staff type:
If the staff is in the district:
Post /staffSectionAssociation
If the staff is not in the district:
Post /staffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation, /staffSchoolAssociation & /staffSectionAssociation
If the result is a student type:
Post /staff, /staffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation, /staffSchoolAssociation & /staffSectionAssociation
If not found:
Follow the Search process below.
Search:
If found:
If the result is a staff type:
If the staff is in the district:
Post /staffSectionAssociation
If the staff is not in the district:
Post /staffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation & /staffSectionAssociation
If the result is a student type:
Post /staff, /staffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation, & /staffSectionAssociation
If not found:
Create in Identity
/staff, /staffEdOrgEmploymentAssociation, & /staffSectionAssociation
Wisconsin Specific Technical Details:
The first step in creating an identity is to do a search to make sure the identity doesn’t exist already. The search will provide a search key which MUST be provided when doing a create. This is not part of the standard Ed-Fi identity implementation. Additional Wisconsin-specific fields for API requests for each endpoint (GET, FIND, SEARCH, CREATE) are in RED in their respective sections.
FIND
REQUEST
URL: https://apps.dpi.wi.goEdFiWebApiV6/identity/v2/2025/identities/find
HTTP METHOD: POST
BODY: UniqueIds(array[string], optional) : An array of UniqueId (aka WiseIds)
NOTES:
Passing in a list of UniqueIds will perform a search for each one and return a result of 1 or no matches for each UniqueId.
100 UniqueId limit when searching. If the limit is exceeded, an error message is returned stating the request has exceeded the limit.
RESPONSE
NOTES:
The fields in red are specific to WI DPI implementation of Ed-Fi Identity.
The fields Email and LocalPersonId will not be returned if your ApiClient Key doesn’t have access to the corresponding district.
SearchKey is returned, which is required when using the create endpoint. This serves the purpose of requiring a search before creating a new WISEid person record.
The SearchKey is only valid for a create using the same values (FirstName, LastName, Birthdate, etc.) and with the same API Key/Secret.
The SearchKey expires after 10 mins.
The find is limited to 100 WISEids
BODY:
IdentitySearchResponse {
Status (string, optional) = ['Incomplete' or 'Complete'],
SearchResponses (array[IdentitySearchResponses], optional)
Responses (array[IdentityResponse], optional)
UniqueId (string, optional),
Score (number, optional),
LastSurname (string, optional),
FirstName (string, optional),
MiddleName (string, optional),
GenerationCodeSuffix (string, optional),
SexType (string, optional),
BirthDate (string, optional),
BirthLocation (Location, optional),
IsHispanicLatino (bool, option)
RaceCodes (array[string], option), A, B, I, P, W
Locals (array(Local), optional),
educationOrganizationId: 1323,
localPersonId: string,
description: string,
typeDescription: ‘Staff’,
wiseSecureRoleDescription: ‘Principal/Designee’
Names (array[Name], optional), other names
firstName: string,
middleName: string,
lastSurname: string,
suffixDescription: string
ParentGuardianNames (array[Name], optional),
staffassignments: [
schoolYear: 2025,
localEducationAgencyId: 1323,
nameOfInstitution: 'Arrowhead UHS School District',
positionCode: 0000,
positionDescription: ‘Teacher’,
areaCode: 005',
areaDescription: 'Elementary - All Subjects'
InactiveUniqueIds (array[string], option), Old (duplicate) UniqueIds for the staff which were merged to the current UniqueId }
EXAMPLE
REQUEST
URL: https://apps.dpi.wi.gov/EdFiWebApiV6/identity/v2/2025/identities/find
BODY
["7644703248"]
RESPONSE
BODY
{
"status": 2,
"searchResponses": [
{
"responses": [
{
"uniqueId": "7644703248",
"score": 100,
"lastSurname": "staff",
"firstName": "staff",
"middleName": "",
"sexType": "F",
"birthDate": "1969-04-01T00:00:00Z",
"birthLocation": {},
"entityid": 17563,
"racekey": "0007",
"ishispaniclatino": true,
"racecode": "I",
"racecodes": [
"I",
"B"
],
"locals": [
{
"educationOrganizationId": 1323,
"localPersonId": "ffv",
"description": "cds",
"typeDescription": "Student",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Student"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 1323,
"localPersonId": "vfsv",
"description": "cad",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Principal/Designee"
}
],
"names": [
{
"firstName": "staff",
"lastSurname": "staff"
},
{
"firstName": "staff",
"lastSurname": "staff",
"suffixDescription": "I"
},
{
"firstName": "staff",
"middleName": "",
"lastSurname": "staff",
"suffixDescription": "II"
}
],
"parentguardiannames": [
{
"firstName": "asda",
"lastSurname": "acda",
"typeDescription": "Father"
}
],
"enrollments": [],
"staffassignments": [
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 1323,
"nameOfInstitution": "Arrowhead UHS School District"
},
"positionCode": "05",
"positionDescription": "District Administrator",
"areaCode": "0000",
"areaDescription": "No Description Beyond Position"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 1323,
"nameOfInstitution": "Arrowhead UHS School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0050",
"areaDescription": "Elementary - All Subjects"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 4387,
"nameOfInstitution": "Milwaukee School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 4732,
"nameOfInstitution": "Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 10702,
"nameOfInstitution": "Kaukauna Area School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
}
],
"inactiveuniqueids": []
}
]
}
],
"searchKey": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
SEARCH
REQUEST
NOTES
Passing only UniqueId will perform will result in 1 or no matches returned.
FirstName, LastSurname, and Birthdate are required (unless UniqueId is present).
Values provided by all name fields are case insensitive.
The following fields affect score: UniqueId, FirstName, LastSurname, MiddleName, Birthdate, Suffix (Exact Match), LocalPersonId, EducationOrganizationId.
The following fields boost score:
6 point boost for an exact match on FirstName, LastSurname, and Birthdate.
3 point boost for an exact match on LastSurname and Birthdate.
The EducationOrganizationId is highly recommended and it helps determine if Email and LocalPersonId should be returned for ApiKeys that are associated with more than one Education Organization. If the EducationOrganizationId field is omitted, not valid, or is not authorized for the associated ApiKey, then the default Education Organization associated with the ApiKey will be used to determine if the Email and LocalPersonId should be returned. The fields Email and LocalPersonId are only returned if they are associated with final determining EducationOrganizationId.
URL: https://apps.dpi.wi.gov/EdFiWebApiV6/identity/v2/2025/identities/search
HTTP METHOD: POST
BODY
IdentitySearchRequests (array[IdentitySearchRequest], optional)
UniqueId (string, optional),
LastSurname (string, Required),
FirstName (string, Required),
BirthDate (string, Required),
MiddleName (string, optional),
GenerationCodeSuffix (string, optional),
SexType (string, optional),
LocalPersonId (string, optional), A string uniquely identifying the student (or staff) for the Vendor Software (aka LocalPersonRowKey)
EducationOrganizationId (integer, required): It’s highly recommended that vendors send the EducationOrganizationId with the request. The the EducationOrganizationId field helps determine if Email and LocalPersonId should be returned for ApiKeys that are associated with more than one Education Organization. If this field is omitted, not valid, or is not authorized for the associated ApiKey, then the default EducationOrganizationId associated with the ApiKey will be used to determine if the Email and LocalPersonId should be returned. The fields Email and LocalPersonId are only returned if they are associated with final determining EducationOrganizationId.
RESPONSE
NOTES:
The fields in red are specific to WI DPI implementation of Ed-Fi Identity.
The fields Email and LocalPersonId are only returned if they are associated with final determining EducationOrganizationId (see additional notes above about the request field EducationOrganizationId).
SearchKey is returned, which is required when using the create endpoint. This serves the purpose of requiring a search before creating a new WISEid person record.
The SearchKey is only valid for a CREATE when using the same request parameters that were passed in the SEARCH (FirstName, LastName, Birthdate, etc.) and with the same API Key/Secret.
The SearchKey expires after 10 mins.
CONFIDENCE SCORE LOGIC
If one exact or very close match results from a search (excludes synonyms) based on the core search fields provided in the request match, then a score of 100 will be generated. So 100 is a Best match - exact or very close match.
If more than one exact or very close match exists based on the core search fields provided, a score of 80 + (Lucene score * .1) will be generated for each match. So any score >80 and <100 is in this range and is a Good match.
Results that are not an exact or very close match to the core search fields but are > 3 in the Lucene scoring system will be given a score of 50 + (Lucene score * .1). So any score >50 and <80 is in this range and is a OK match.
Results having a Lucene score less than 3 will not show up in the results (no changes from the original scoring rules. Anything with a score less than 50 is omitted).
The sort order can be done from either score OR order of results returned by Identity API as they are the same descending order
Only the top 30 score matches per person maximum will be returned. Even if scores are above the cut off they will be omitted if not in the top 30 results for that person.
If a person has a Multiple Birth indicator = Y always send to match review no matter what you get above. Could be a twin with a similar name.
BODY
IdentitySearchResponse {
Status (string, optional) = ['Incomplete' or 'Complete'],
SearchResponses (array[IdentitySearchResponses], optional) }
Responses (array[IdentityResponse], optional) }
UniqueId (string, optional),
Score (number, optional), Anytime more than one possible match is returned, DO NOT automate the selection of a WISEid based on score or other logic. An LEA user needs to be presented with the possible matches and then manually select(see the confidence score logic above)
LastSurname (string, optional),
FirstName (string, optional),
MiddleName (string, optional),
GenerationCodeSuffix (string, optional),
SexType (string, optional),
BirthDate (string, optional),
BirthLocation (Location, optional)
IsHispanicLatino (bool, option)
RaceCodes (array[string], option), A, B, I, P, W
Locals (array[Local], optional),
Names (array[Name], optional), other names
ParentGuardianNames (array[Name], optional),
staffassignments: [
schoolYear: 2025,
localEducationAgencyId: 1323,
nameOfInstitution: 'Arrowhead UHS School District',
positionCode: 0000,
positionDescription: ‘Teacher’,
areaCode: 005',
areaDescription: 'Elementary - All Subjects'
InactiveUniqueIds (array[string], option), Old (duplicate) UniqueIds for the student which were merged to the current UniqueId }
SearchKey (guid, optional),
EXAMPLE
REQUEST:
[
{
BirthDate: "1969-04-01T00:00:00Z",
FirstName: "staff",
LastSurname: "staff",
EducationOrganizationId:"1323"
}
]
RESPONSE:
BODY:
[
{
"status": 2,
"searchResponses": [
{
"responses": [
{
"uniqueId": "7644703248",
"score": 100,
"lastSurname": "staff",
"firstName": "staff",
"middleName": "",
"sexType": "F",
"birthDate": "1969-04-01T00:00:00Z",
"birthLocation": {},
"entityid": 17563,
"racekey": "0007",
"ishispaniclatino": true,
"racecode": "I",
"racecodes": [
"I",
"B"
],
"locals": [
{
"educationOrganizationId": 1323,
"localPersonId": "ffv",
"description": "cds",
"typeDescription": "Student",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Student"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 1323,
"localPersonId": "vfsv",
"description": "cad",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Principal/Designee"
}
],
"names": [
{
"firstName": "staff",
"lastSurname": "staff"
},
{
"firstName": "staff",
"lastSurname": "staff",
"suffixDescription": "I"
},
{
"firstName": "staff",
"middleName": "",
"lastSurname": "staff",
"suffixDescription": "II"
}
],
"parentguardiannames": [
{
"firstName": "asda",
"lastSurname": "acda",
"typeDescription": "Father"
}
],
"enrollments": [],
"staffassignments": [
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 1323,
"nameOfInstitution": "Arrowhead UHS School District"
},
"positionCode": "05",
"positionDescription": "District Administrator",
"areaCode": "0000",
"areaDescription": "No Description Beyond Position"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 1323,
"nameOfInstitution": "Arrowhead UHS School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0050",
"areaDescription": "Elementary - All Subjects"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 4732,
"nameOfInstitution": "Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 10702,
"nameOfInstitution": "Kaukauna Area School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
},
{
"schoolYear": 2022,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 4387,
"nameOfInstitution": "Milwaukee School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0808",
"areaDescription": "Early Childhood Special Education"
}
],
"inactiveuniqueids": []
},
{
"uniqueId": "7344377073",
"score": 51.41398,
"lastSurname": "staf",
"firstName": "staf",
"middleName": "s",
"generationCodeSuffix": "IV",
"sexType": "M",
"birthDate": "2000-12-21T00:00:00Z",
"birthLocation": {},
"entityid": 747020,
"racekey": "0037",
"ishispaniclatino": false,
"racecode": "W",
"racecodes": [
"W"
],
"locals": [
{
"educationOrganizationId": 1323,
"localPersonId": "sc",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Educational Support"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 7533,
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "None"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 7738,
"description": "Uploaded on 2019-01-04",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "None"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 12337,
"description": "Uploaded on 2018-03-29",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "Teacher"
}
],
"names": [
{
"firstName": "staff",
"lastSurname": "staff"
},
{
"firstName": "staffff",
"middleName": "s",
"lastSurname": "staffff"
},
{
"firstName": "jovie",
"lastSurname": "jainie"
},
{
"firstName": "staf",
"middleName": "s",
"lastSurname": "staffff"
},
{
"firstName": "staf",
"middleName": "s",
"lastSurname": "staf"
}
],
"staffassignments": [
{
"schoolYear": 2023,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 1323,
"nameOfInstitution": "Arrowhead UHS School District"
},
"positionCode": "96",
"positionDescription": "Paraprofessional",
"areaCode": "0891",
"areaDescription": "Instructional - Special Education - Early Childhood"
}
],
"inactiveuniqueids": []
},
{
"uniqueId": "8871731351",
"score": 50.9907156,
"lastSurname": "s",
"firstName": "staff",
"sexType": "F",
"birthDate": "1969-04-01T00:00:00Z",
"birthLocation": {},
"racekey": "0035",
"ishispaniclatino": false,
"racecode": "B",
"racecodes": [
"B"
],
"locals": [
{
"educationOrganizationId": 7738,
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "None"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 16008,
"description": "Uploaded on 2022-08-25",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "None"
},
{
"educationOrganizationId": 16008,
"description": "Uploaded on 2022-08-18",
"typeDescription": "Staff",
"wiseSecureRoleDescription": "None"
}
],
"names": [],
"staffassignments": [
{
"schoolYear": 2023,
"localEducationAgency": {
"localEducationAgencyId": 16008,
"nameOfInstitution": "Plum City School District"
},
"positionCode": "53",
"positionDescription": "Teacher",
"areaCode": "0300",
"areaDescription": "English"
}
],
"inactiveuniqueids": []
}
]
}
],
"searchKey": "f281a42e-810a-4c44-b3ce-ff508bee6784
CREATE
REQUEST
NOTES:
SearchKey from SEARCH endpoint call is required when using the CREATE endpoint. This serves the purpose of requiring a search before creating a new WISEid person record.
The SearchKey is only valid for a CREATE when using the same request parameters that were passed in the SEARCH (FirstName, LastName, Birthdate, etc.) and with the same API Key/Secret.
The SearchKey expires after 10 mins.
The fields in red are specific to WI DPI implementation of Ed-Fi Identity.
URL: https://apps.dpi.wi.gov/EdFiWebApiV6/identity/v2/2025/identities
HTTP METHOD: POST
BODY
IdentityCreateRequest {
SearchKey: (GUID, required),
LastSurname (string, required),
FirstName (string, required),
MiddleName (string, optional),
GenerationCodeSuffix (string, optional),
SexType (string, required),
BirthDate (string, required),
BirthLocation (Location, optional),
RaceCodes (array[string], required ), A, B, I, P, W
IsHispanicLatino: (bool, required),
EntityId: (numeric, optional)
Names (array[Name], optional), other names
ParentGuardianNames (array[Name], optional) : At least one 'Parent/Guardian' record is required for each person record when they have a 'Local Person ID Key Type' that equals 'Student' }
Location {
City (string, optional),
StateAbbreviation (string, optional),
InternationalProvince (string, optional),
Country (string, optional),
County (string, optional) }
Local {
EducationOrganizationId (integer, optional): it’s highly recommended that vendors send the EducationOrganizationId with the request. This should be the LocalEducationAgencyId and not the SchoolId.
LocalPersonId (string, required), : A string uniquely identifying the student (or staff) for the Vendor Software (aka LocalPersonRowKey)
Description (string, optional), : A description of the person local row key - ex. Manually created wise id
Email (string, optional),
TypeDescription (string, required), : Either Student or Teacher
WiseSecureRoleDescription (string, optional) : A role federation role Ex Student or Teacher }
Name {
FirstName (string, optional),
MiddleName (string, optional),
LastSurname (string, optional) }
RESPONSE
NOTES:
The fields highlighted in red are specific to WI DPI implementation of Ed-Fi Identity.
The fields email and LocalPersonId will not be returned if your ApiClient Key doesn’t have access to the corresponding district.
BODY:
UniqueId (string, optional): This is the same as a WISEid
EXAMPLE
REQUEST:
{
"BirthDate": "1989-08-07T16:19:03.147Z",
"FirstName": "Test",
"LastSurname": "Staff",
"SexType": "X",
"SearchKey": "a1118d32-f5ea-4b3a-b91e-6022f12317fe",
"EntityId": 14570,
"RaceCodes": [
"A"
],
"IsHispanicLatino": false,
"Locals": [
{
"EducationOrganizationId": 1323,
"LocalPersonId": "test-1234-staff",
"TypeDescription": "Staff",
"WiseSecureRoleDescription": "Teacher"
}
]
}
RESPONSE:
BODY:
6318826111
Data Type Enumerations:
SEX TYPES
F
M
X
LOCAL PERSON TYPES
Staff
Student
PARENT TYPES
Guardian
Father
Mother
Other
RACES
A
Asian
I
American Indian or Alaska Native
P
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
B
Black or African American
W
White
SUFFIXES
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
Sr
Jr
SJ
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