Release Notes for Regent Award version 4.7.0.0
- Emily Bivona (Deactivated)
- Heather Smith
- Erin Fincham (Deactivated)
- Serhii Sorokyn (Deactivated)
Release | Release 4.7.0.0 |
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Release Date | |
Document Updated | 04/05/2019 |
Executive Summary
Regent Education is pleased to announce Release 4.7.0.0 of the Regent Enterprise Financial Aid Management System.
This release addresses product defects as listed in the “Bugs” section below, and also enhancements including:
- Support for 2019-2020 Processing
- 2019-2020 Pell Schedules
- COD Support
- Phase 1 of R2T4 Automation
- New Nonterm R2T4 Payment Period Length Calculation Option
- Disbursement Option to Confirm Current Attendance
New Configuration Options
The following new configuration options were added in release 4.7.0.0:
- Under Institution Setup, Campus Setup and Program Setup, all of the configuration options previously displayed under a section on the General tab labeled "R2T4 Settings" was moved to a new subtab labeled "R2T4" under the same configuration area.
- Under Institution Setup, Campus Setup and Program Setup added new configuration options to support R2T4 Automation:
- Identify Whether a Potential R2T4 is Required allows Regent Award to automatically determine whether or not a student requires an R2T4
- Offset from DOD for Evaluation of Need for R2T4s allows the school to configure how many days after the student's Date of Determination Regent Award will automatically determine whether or not a student requires an R2T4
- Offset from DOD to Auto-Finalize R2T4s allows the school to configure how many days after the student's Date of Determination Regent Award will automatically determine whether or not a student's R2T4 can be "Finalized" if configured to do so.
- Types of R2T4s to Auto-Finalize allows a school to configure Regent Award to automatically "Finalize" R2T4s that are "Fully Earned / Fully Disbursed."
- Under Institution and Campus Setup, a new configuration option was added, "TSM Alert Disbursement Block," to allow a school to configure whether only positive or both positive and negative disbursements will be blocked for EST when the student has a 7-day Transfer Monitoring hold.
- Under Program Setup, the former "Disb. Rescheduling Method" was renamed "Academic Plan Payment Period Projection Method." The setting's behavior is unchanged, it's simply been renamed to more appropriately describe its functionality.
- Under Program Setup, R2T4 Settings, a new configuration option was added, "Method for Projecting Nonterm R2T4 PP End Date," to allow a school to determine the method to be used by Regent Award for calculating projected payment period end dates for R2T4. An additional new setting, "Days in R2T4 PP when 0 Units Completed," must be entered if "R2T4-Only Payment Period Extrapolation Formula" is chosen.
- Under Fund Setup, a new Alternate FAY value of May 1 - April 30 was added to the "Alternate FAY Schedule" field.
- Under Fund Setup, the following items were added for use by funds that do not have a ruleset: "Enrollment Minimum and Maximum" Range Fields,
"Amounts per Payment Period and per Unit" configuration options with FAY effective dates, a new value of "Distribute Use Payment Period Amounts" was added to the "Award Distribution Options" field. - Under Disbursement Schedule Setup, the option "Confirm Current Attendance Prior to Disbursement" was added to allow the EST process to validate that the student is actively attending a course at the time of disbursement.
- Under Permissions → Enterprise Permissions → Student Permissions → Awards Tab → Add Award Wizard, a new permission was added: "Allow Increasing and Adding Title IV Awards in Finalized R2T4 Periods"
- Allow users to add or increase Title IV awards in enrollment periods affected by a Finalized R2T4 using the Add Award Wizard.
- Under Permissions → Enterprise Permissions → Student Permissions → Awards Tab → Modify Award Wizard, a new permission was added: "Allow Increasing and Adding Title IV Awards in Finalized R2T4 Periods"
- Allow users to add or increase Title IV awards in enrollment periods affected by a Finalized R2T4 using the Modify Award Wizard.
Admin and User Guide Updates
As part of the 4.7.0.0 Release, the following Admin Guide pages were added/updated:
- Institution Setup
- Institution Setup Data Elements
- Campus Setup
- Campus Setup Data Elements
- Program Setup
- Program Setup Data Elements
- Disbursement Schedule Setup
- Disbursement Schedule Setup Data Elements
- Fund Setup Data Elements
- Document Setup Data Elements
- Project Contour
- Permissions
- Regent Award Task Triggers
The following User Guide pages were also added/updated:
- Exporting COD Records
- Project Contour - Program Data Requirements
- Disbursement Overrides Error Code List
- Batch Packaging
- Remedial and Repeat Courses NEW
- Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GTEG) NEW
- Return of Title IV (R2T4) NEW
- R2T4 Wizard - R2T4 Tab NEW
- Return to Title IV (R2T4) for Modules
- Including Funds in the R2T4 Calculation
- Automated R2T4 NEW
- Packaging with a Finalized R2T4 NEW
- R2T4-Only Payment Period Extrapolation Formula NEW
- Regent Award Reports: Student - R2T4 NEW
- Regent Award Reports: R2T4 Automated Process Results Report NEW
- Message Classes Supported By Regent Award
- Add An Individual Award using the Add Award Wizard (AAW)
- Modify An Individual Award using the Modify Award Wizard (MAW)
- Viewing Document Requirement
The following Knowledge Base pages were also added/updated:
- Triage Self-Help Guide NEW
- Attributes Document (SBL Data Dictionary)
- Student Batch Load (SBL) - Schema
Enhancements
The following enhancements are included in this release:
Key | Product Selection | Functional Area | Release Note |
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RS-13363 | Regent Award | Annual Federal and State Reporting | Title: Export FAFSA and FAFSA Tab Removed from Regent Award Tickets: RS-13363; Description: |
RS-14428 | Regent Award | COD | Title: COD 2019-2020 Annual Updates Tickets: RS-14427; RS-14428; RS-12835; RS-15118; RS-15163; RS-15016; RS-15017; RS-15153; RS-15155; RS-15142; RS-15063; RS-15479; Description: |
RS-13022 | Regent Award | Configuration/Setup | Title: Award Year Based R2T4 Configuration Options Removed from Institution, Campus, and Program Setup Tickets: RS-13022; RS-14998; RS-14999; RS-15000; Description: |
RS-15092 | Regent Award | Data Views | Title: Data View Updates to dataExtract_Task_View and dataExtract_TaskActivity_View Tickets: RS-15092; Description: The dataExtract_Task_View and dataExtract_TaskActivity_View are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The Data View Data Dictionary has been updated to reflect the new view version. It can be found at the following location in the Customer Zone Data Dictionary: Regent Award Data View Data Dictionary. |
RS-14695 | Regent Award | Data Views | Title: Data View Updates for Task Setup Data Views Tickets: RS-14695; Description: A new version of the dataExtract_Task_Config_View has been created in order to add additional fields to the view. The new version is titled dataExtract_Task_Config_View_v001. In addition, the following related new data views were created:
The dataExtract_Task_Config_View is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The Data View Data Dictionary has been updated to reflect the new view version. It can be found at the following location in the Customer Zone Data Dictionary: Regent Award Data View Data Dictionary. |
RS-14231 | Regent Award | Data Views | Title: Data View Updates to dataExtract_ISIR_View and dataExtract_ISIRCorrection_View Tickets: RS-14231; Description: The dataExtract_ISIR_View and dataExtract_ISIRCorrection_View are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The Data View Data Dictionary has been updated to reflect the new view version. It can be found at the following location in the Customer Zone Data Dictionary: Regent Award Data View Data Dictionary. |
RS-15535 | Regent Award | Data Views | Title: Client Data View needed for the MPN Data Model Tickets: RS-15535; Description: The Data View Data Dictionary has been updated to reflect details on this new view. It can be found at the following location in the Customer Zone Data Dictionary: Regent Award Data View Data Dictionary. |
RS-15219 | Regent Award | Documents | Title: Improvements to Downloading Attachments from the Documents Tab Grid Tickets: RS-15219; Description: When a document has multiple attachments associated, users will have the ability to hover over the paperclip icon to show a list of the multiple attachments. The user will also have the ability to select an attachment from that list to download. |
RS-14633 | Regent Award | Documents | Title: New Data Views in support of Multiple Document Attachments Tickets: RS-14633; Description: The Data View Data Dictionary has been updated to reflect the new view version. It can be found at the following location in the Customer Zone Data Dictionary: Regent Award Data View Data Dictionary. |
RS-15317 | Regent Award | EST/Disbursements | Title: Configuration Option to Allow Negative EST Transactions When Student has an NSLDS TSM Hold. Tickets: RS-15316; RS-15315; RS-15319; RS-15320; RS-15318; RS-15321; Description: For more details, please see Institution Setup Data Elements. |
RS-15313 | Regent Award | EST/Disbursements | Title: Ability to Confirm Current Attendance Prior to Disbursing a Fund Tickets: RS-15333; RS-15336; RS-15341; RS-15343; Description: Users will have the ability to override this validation to confirm current attendance by using Disbursement Overrides. Please see Disbursement Schedule Data Elements and EST Validation Error Codes Guide for further details. |
RS-14233 | Regent Review | ISIR Processing/Verification | Title: ISIR Tab: Update Specific ISIR Fields Formatting to use "Text" Tickets: RS-14233; Description: |
RS-14903 | Regent Award | Packaging | Title: Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GTEG) Tickets: RS-14903; RS-15351; RS-15352; RS-15373; RS-15347; RS-15348; RS-15350; Description: For more information, and the details on the implementation of this grant, please see the User Guide topic Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GTEG). |
RS-15022 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: Updates to logic for the "Review Return from LOA or CORE" Task Trigger Tickets: RS-15022; Description: With Phase 1 of R2T4 Automation, the task trigger logic for the "Review Return from LOA or CORE" has been updated to align with the R2T4 "Not Required" check to confirm if a student has returned from a break. Previously, for a Leave of Absence (LOA), the task checked that the student returned within 180 days of the start date of the LOA. The LOA criterion of the task was updated to confirm that the student returns by the LOA break end date plus a built-in 7-day offset. If the student does not confirm attendance by 7 days after the break end date, the task will be triggered on the student record. Please see Regent Award Task Triggers for further details. |
RS-15002 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: Update to R2T4 Modular Denominator Calculation Ticket(s): RS-15002; Description: 4.6.0.0 Implementation: 4.7.0.0 Updated Implementation: |
RS-14640 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: Support for Modules with Multiple R2T4s in a Term Tickets: RS-15237; RS-15238; RS-15239; Description: Please see R2T4 for Modules in Terms for further details. |
RS-13404 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: R2T4 Automation Phase 1: Method for Extrapolating Nonterm R2T4 PP End Dates Tickets: RS-13404; RS-15026; RS-15135; RS-15256; RS-15255; RS-15256; RS-15358; RS-15359; RS-15363; RS-15364; RS-15379; RS-15380; Description: For more details, see R2T4-Only Payment Period Extrapolation Formula. |
RS-12802 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: R2T4 Automation Phase 1: Auto-Determine when an R2T4 is "Not Required." Tickets: RS-12802; RS-15012; RS-15013; RS-15014; RS-15089; RS-15090; RS-15102; RS-15112; RS-15040; RS-15117; RS-15251; RS-15135; RS-15018; RS-15042; RS-15047; RS-15203; RS-15023; RS-15025; RS-15026; Description: The R2T4 Date of Determination is now a required field on the SBL. When the DOD is provided, either the R2T4 Date of Withdrawal node or the R2T4 50 Percent Indicator node is required as well. For more information about the automated "Not Required" logic, R2T4 Automation Configuration settings and the R2T4 Automation feature, see Automated R2T4. |
RS-12694 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: R2T4 Automation Phase 1: Auto-Finalize Fully Earned, Fully Disbursed R2T4s Tickets: RS-12694; RS-15012; RS-15013; RS-15014; RS-15018; RS-15022; RS-15023; RS-15025; RS-15026; RS-15028; RS-15040; RS-15042; RS-15047; RS-15089; Description: For more information about R2T4 Automation Configuration settings and this the R2T4 Automation feature, see Automated R2T4. |
RS-11350 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Title: Limit Loan Amounts in Entire AY for Nonterm R2T4 Tickets: RS-11350; RS-15322; RS-15333; Description: For more information about R2T4 Automation, see Packaging with a Finalized R2T4. For more details on the "Auto-Cancel Excluded Title IV Disbursements for R2T4" configuration, see Auto Cancellation of Title IV Disbursement Excluded During the R2T4 Period. |
RS-15679 | Regent Award | Technical Design | Title: Script Update to address Budget related data inconsistencies Ticket: RS-15679; Description: Please note that the Activity Log Entries will mention RS-15206 as the script number. |
RS-15310 | Regent Award | User Interface | Title: Add/Modify Award Wizard - Allow Adding/Increasing Title IV Awards in R2T4 Periods Tickets: RS-15309; RS-15310; Description: For term-based payment periods, the warning applies to only the term containing the finalized R2T4. For more information about permissions, see the following User Guide topics, Permissions, Add An Individual Award using the Add Award Wizard (AAW), Modify An Individual Award using the Modify Award Wizard (MAW). |
Bugs
The following bugs are resolved in this release:
Key | Product Selection | Functional Area | Release Note |
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RS-14782 | Regent Award | Activity Log | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-13887 | Regent Award | Awarding | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15512 | Regent Award | Configuration/Setup | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14351 | Regent Award | Configuration/Setup | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14030 | Regent Review | Configuration/Setup | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15444 | Regent Award | Documents | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14810 | Regent Award | Enrollment | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14794 | Regent Award | Funds (SEOG / Work Study / State) | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15387 | Regent Award | ISIR Processing/Verification | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15143 | Regent Award | ISIR Processing/Verification | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14278 | Regent Award | ISIR Processing/Verification | Problem: Cause: Fix:
Testing: |
RS-14189 | Regent Award | ISIR Processing/Verification | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15314 | Regent Award | Packaging | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15148 | Regent Award | Packaging | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14753 | Regent Award | Packaging | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14331 | Regent Award | Packaging | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15420 | Regent Award | Process Log | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15303 | Regent Award | Process Log | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15658 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15640 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15265 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15180 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-13957 | Regent Award | R2T4 | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15145 | Regent Award | Reports | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15144 | Regent Award | Reports | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15412 | Regent Award | Runbook | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-13467 | Regent Award | SAP | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15426 | Student Portal | Student Portal (SNAP) | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15408 | Regent Access | Student Portal (SNAP) | Problem: Cause: Fix:
Testing: |
RS-15299 | Regent Access | Student Portal (SNAP) | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15484 | Regent Review | Tasks | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15218 | Regent Award | Tasks | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15634 | Regent Review | User Interface | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15491 | Regent Award | User Interface | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15441 | Regent Award | User Interface | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-15440 | Regent Award | User Interface | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |
RS-14560 | Regent Award | User Interface | Problem: Cause: Fix: Testing: |