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• {fay}

Automatically inserts the Federal Award Year of the smart form (e.g. 2024-2025).

• {YearDescription}

This is the smart form Name

Note: This is a legacy field that was used when all smart forms were FAY scope but is still available for use.

• {YearCode}

This returns a special int essentially (max year of FAY)-2020. So for 2023-2024 FAY, the year code would be 4.

• {InstitutionExternalId}

This returns the Institution External ID from Regent

• {LocationName}

This is a legacy shortcut that is no longer used.

• {LocationExternalId}

This is a legacy shortcut that is no longer used.

• {CampusName}

This returns the Campus Name from Regent

• {CampusExternalId}

This returns the Campus External ID from Regent

• {SiteName}

This returns the Site Name from Regent

• {SiteExternalId}

This returns the Site External ID from Regent

• {ProgramName}

This returns the Program Name from Regent

• {ProgramExternalId}

This returns the Program External ID from Regent

• {ProgramType}

This returns the Program Type from Regent

• {sectionCode}

This returns the Section Code from Regent

• {groupCode}

This returns the Campus ID from Regent

• {questionCode}

Question values are referenced by using the following notation {questionCode}

• UpperCase

• Returns string

• Converts the argument to UPPER CASE.

• Example: SnapUtility.UpperCase("yes") returns "YES”

• Trim

• Returns string

• Removes leading and trailing whitespace.

• Example: SnapUtility.Trim("   Hello   ") returns "Hello"

• EqualOfAny

• Returns boolean

• Performs TrimUpper and checks if the first argument is in the list of remaining arguments Note: This function is case insensitive.

• Example: SnapUtility.EqualOfAny("Hi", "Does", "hi", "exist") returns true.

• IsNumber

• Returns number

• Check to see if the first argument is a number. If it is not, the second argument is returned.  

• Example: SnapUtility.IsNumber("Dog", -1) returns -1

• CheckNumber

• Returns number

• Check to see if the first argument is a number. If it is not, the second argument is returned.  

• Example: SnapUtility.IsNumber("Dog", -1) returns -1

• CompareDate

• Returns number

• Check to see how the two dates compare.  If the first date is after the second date, the function will return a positive number.  If the second date is after the first one, the function will return a negative number.  If the dates are the same, the function will return 0.  If the arguments cannot be resolved to dates, the function returns NaN.  eg: SnapUtility.CompareDate('07/19/2013', '08/01/2013') returns -1.

• IsCurrentDateBetween

• returns boolean - Checks to see if the current date falls in a range (non-inclusive).  eg: SnapUtility.IsCurrentDateBetween('01/01/2013', '01/01/3000') returns true.

• IsCurrentDateBefore

• returns boolean - Checks if the current date falls before a specified date.  eg: SnapUtility.IsCurrentDateBefore('01/01/2013') returns false.

• AddDaysToDate

• - returns Date - Adds a specified number of days to the specified date.  eg: SnapUtility.AddDaysToDate('01/01/2013', 9) returns '01/10/2013'.

4/4/2024

• Added new ‘Make Queryable’ field

• Updated helptext for Data Type field

• Separated the ‘Date’ Data Type into two:

  • Long Date

  • Short Date

4/8/2024

• Added Revision Number