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If this is set up for your school, changes you make in your SMS to data for Students, Student Attributes, Contacts, Contact Attributes, Student Lists, Staff Users, User Groups and Student Photos can reflect in EdSmart, typically the following day unless otherwise requested. This means you don't need to manually change the data in EdSmart, just change it in your SMS. Here is a collection of articles about Synching your school's data with EdSmart.
Next option: Importing data in bulk from your SMS via CSV file.
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