Education Credits

Education Credits entered for realtors must contain data in the following fields in order to facilitate the two-way transfer of data between netFORUM and NRDS:

• Group Code–Required Field - This is an alphanumeric field with a character limit of no more than 7 characters. 
• Course Code – Required Field - This is an alphanumeric field with a character limit of no more than 7 characters. 

For Code of Ethics training for new members, enter the code COEN.  For Code of Ethics training for current/existing members, enter code COEC.

Tip: Only those Education Credits that have a course code of COEN or COEC will be transferred between netFORUM Pro and NRDS.

• Course Number – Required Field - This is an alphanumeric with a character limit of 15 characters. 

For Code of Ethics training, this field is used to uniquely identify the course. 

For the COEC course, the format should be the year the member took the course, followed by the cycle.  For example, for Cycle 3 courses (2009 - 2012), the cycle would be C3.  So if a member took the course in 2009, the Course number would be 2009C3.

For the COEN course, it is the year the new member took the course followed by a 1, such as 20061, 20071, etc.

The new fields (Group Code, Course Code, Course Number, and Sponsoring Organization) display on the education credit form and enable linking credits to a product.  This allows credits to be earned based on the purchase of the product or registration of the event.  See the Setting Up Education Credits for an Event topic of netFORUM Pro’s Online Help for more information.  These fields also display on the Self Reported Credits add form.