Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 25 June 2025
Last updated 25 June 2025
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This page contains information about the transition to DXP Ngā Kete.
This page contains information about the transition to DXP Ngā Kete.
SDR full transition
The Single Data Return (SDR) – and registers – transition to DXP Ngā Kete in February 2025, after tertiary education organisations (TEOs) complete their December 2024 SDR in Services for Tertiary Organisations (STEO). The March Indicative and April SDR are the first returns to be completed in DXP Ngā Kete. TEOs continue to use STEO up to 21 February 2025 (except for pilot TEOs, which already use DXP Ngā Kete).
SDR transition timeline
Here are the key dates for the SDR transition.
Key dates
Use STEO:
Use DXP Ngā Kete:
Up to 20 February 9.00pm
Submit register change requests and process trial SDR uploads (for the April SDR)
All TEOs – use for commitments, Other Fund Actuals and document sharing
Pilot TEOs only – submit register change requests and process trial SDR uploads (for the April SDR)
20 February 9.00pm to end of day 24 February
STEO is shut down and the STEO icon is removed from TEC website
Access to DXP Ngā Kete is disabled
Full transition to DXP Ngā Kete: The DSR team will migrate data and prepare DXP Ngā Kete registers and SDR for all TEOs
From 25 February 9.00am
Access to DXP Ngā Kete is restored with the new Registers and SDR
Submit qualification, course and delivery site change requests and process trial SDR uploads (for the 2025 April SDR)
1–6 March
Submit March Indicative Return (IND)
14–29 April
Submit April SDR (11 April is the extract date for the April 2025 SDR)
Data migration includes:
all SDR and IND submissions
qualifications, courses and delivery sites and change requests
course change requests where the total fee is within the 2025 Annual Maximum Fee Movement (AMFM) tolerance, all of which will have auto-approved status applied
Note:
Qlik apps will not be updated over this period.
First-year Fees Free reports and data submissions remain on Workspace 2 and are not impacted by SDR transition.
SDR webinars
To learn more about the SDR transition to DXP Ngā Kete, you can register to attend webinars.
