Release Notes: Item 1402-03

2014-2015 Packaging

This release upgrades FINANCIER for 2014-15 packaging:

• Provides the Pell tables for the 2014-2015 processing year.
• Updates Direct Loan Subsidized packaging logic to verify that the student has not exceeded the 150% limit -- beginning with the 2014-2015 aid year, checks that the student's NSLDS 150% flag is NOT set to Y.
• Increases the field sizes for the maximum EFC and maximum COA in the WF-PELL file.
• Redefines the FA-LEV and MO-LEV (education level) fields in WFPKPAKD to P1-LEV and P2-LEV, due to the federal regulations' changing of father/mother fields to parent 1/parent 2 fields. Handling this as a redefinition allows 2014 (and prior) processing to use the old names and 2015 and subsequent to use the new names.

Implementation Notes

• This item is required at all client sites using the WolffPack packaging routines.
• Modify the PREDICT definition for the WF-PELL file/userview to reflect the new field lengths:

  
          ....
  
          1 AA WF-AID-YEAR                       N  4.0  N D              
  
          1 AB WF-PL-TBL-TYPE                    N  1.0  N D               
  
  chg->   1 AC WF-PL-HI-COA                      N  6.0  N D           
  
  chg->   1 AD WF-PL-HI-EFC                      N  6.0  N D            
  
          1 AE WF-PL-AWARD                       N  5.0  N                 
  
  chg->   1 AF WF-PELL-KEY                       B   17  N S             
  
   *        -------- SOURCE FIELD(S) -------                            
  
   *        WF-AID-YEAR(1-4)                                               
  
   *        WF-PL-TBL-TYPE(1-1)                                        
  
   *        WF-PL-HI-COA(1-6)                                             
  
   *        WF-PL-HI-EFC(1-6)        
  
          ....
  
  

  Modify the ADABAS file definition for the WF-PELL file:
  • Increase field WF-PL-HI-COA to 6 bytes
  • Increase field WF-PL-HI-EFC to 6 bytes
  • Verify that the WF-PELL-KEY is increased to 17 bytes
• Regenerate the WF-PELL ADABAS File.
• Regenerate the DDM for the WF-PELL userview.
• Load the new and updated modules from the SYSOBJH input file (sy1402_03.txt) in the attached zip file. Or, you may apply source changes manually for the updated modules. Click on the "mods" link next to the module name for the Differences Report, which shows the previous and current versions of the module side by side. For a further description of the Differences features, click the "Help" link at the top right when the report is displayed.
  • WFPELIMB (mods)
  • WFPKPAKB (mods)
  • WFPKPAKC (mods)
  • WFPKPAKD (mods)
  • WFPKPAKL (mods)
  • WFPKPELE (mods)
  • WFPKC15N (new)
  • WFPKP15L (new)
  • WFPKP15N (new)
  
  Reminder: The WF-PELL file does not have an object subprogram. It is used only by the Pell Lookup routine (WFPKPELE) during the packaging process, and FINANCIER accesses the userview directly.
• Roll institution-specific modules (the Institutional Packaging Selection routine, called from WFPKSELB and the Institutional Packaging Logic routine, called from WFPKPAKB) to create 2014-15 versions.
• Check whether you use the FA-LEV and MO-LEV in any of your customized processing; if you do, you will need to use the P1-LEV and P2-LEV fields for 2014-15 processing.
• Load the 1415 Pell tables into the WF-PELL file using the .csv file (pell_2015.csv) in the attached zip file.