As of Jan 31st 2016 all DSS-funded organisations in Australia are now required to submit minimum project data regarding clients, cases, sessions and assessments through the DSS Data Exchange portal, using either the Bulk Upload or Web Services model.
Organisations implementing the Home and Community Care (HACC) and Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) are among those required to comply.

1. For each CSV file, match CSV fields to the standard DEX fields (columns in CSV files may be in any order)
2. Import each CSV file into Csv2Dex - data is checked for integrity, with sensible error messages
3. Match the internal lookup data (from the files just imported) to DEX standard lookup items. For example, DEX Gender must be MALE, FEMALE, INTERSEX, NOT STATED, whereas your internal data might be M, F, ?
4. You're done! Process the data into a DEX-ready XML file, or upload directly with Web Services

• future uploads can use the same CSV field matching templates, so if CSV format has not changed, new data uploads can be accomplished with a few mouse clicks
• internal-to-DEX-matched lookup data is preserved over time and need not be re-entered again for new data uploads
• all historical data uploaded is preserved, even if data file format changes, providing an audit history

• Communicare
• PCIS / My eHealth
• MedicalDirector
• BP (Best Practice)
• any other software able to create CSV (comma separated text, also sometimes called 'excel format') export files