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description: Add a semantic data layer to your Education Cloud org. This semantic layer organizes your data into a single, reusable model that calculates metrics consistently across Tableau Next components, agents, and Marketing Cloud Growth campaigns. The Education Cloud semantic data model (SDM) is available in a data kit and with your Tableau Next for Education app.
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# Create a Semantic Data Model for Education Cloud

Add a semantic data layer to your Education Cloud org. This semantic layer organizes your data into a single, reusable model that calculates metrics consistently across Tableau Next components, agents, and Marketing Cloud Growth campaigns. The Education Cloud semantic data model (SDM) is available in a data kit and with your Tableau Next for Education app.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d122122e76 ">To create a semantic data model from the Education Cloud data kit:</td>

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Before you start:

- [Turn on Education Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_enable_education_cloud.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Turn on Education Cloud to support the entire learner experience, including managing applications, scheduling, courses, and facilities.")
- [Set Up Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_set_up_data_cloud_for_education_cloud.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Get your Education Cloud org ready to use Data 360.")
- [Install the C360 semantic model](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.sales_insights_install_c360sdm.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Deploy an Education data kit data stream](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_data_cloud_for_education_deploy_an_education_data_kit_data_stream.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Deploy an Education data kit data stream to collect data from Education Cloud and store it in Data 360.")

The semantic data model contains semantic data objects that interpret data model objects. It forms a layer that gathers all of your Education Cloud data into a unified, comprehensive structure and interprets data points consistently across the platform. This layer of data improves the reliability of Tableau Next reports and dashboards, strengthens the intelligence of AI agent interactions, and powers targeted campaigns in Marketing Cloud Growth, helping teams analyze performance, generate data, and make decisions with confidence.

1. From the App Launcher, search and select **Data Cloud**.
2. Select the **Semantic Layer** tab, and then click **New Model**.
3. In the guided setup, click **Create from Data Kit**.
4. From the list of packages, click **Education Cloud**.
5. Make sure that **sfm\_Education\_Cloud\_SDM** is selected, and then click **Next**.
6. Click **Create**.

To make sure that your semantic model is up-to-date with each release, repeat these steps to create a new Education Cloud SDM. To distinguish the current SDM from previous ones, give the current SDM a distinctive name or delete previous versions.

SEE ALSO

- [Set Up Education Intelligence](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_set_up_edu_intelligence.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To access dashboards, visualizations, metrics, and the Education Cloud Semantic Data Model (SDM), install Education Intelligence.")