Release Notes: Item 1411-02

XML Schema 4.0a / Direct Loans

This release item provides a number of corrections to COD Schema 4.0a reporting and/or FINANCIER's Direct Loan (DL) process:

• Increases the EFC field in the Loan snapshot to support the 6-byte EFC value (per 2014-15 EFC field size specifications).
• Supplies a temporary COD-mandated workaround for COD Reject Edit 205 (Payment Period Start Date is outside the Award Begin and End dates).
  
  The workaround will allow the school to adjust the loan period without triggering the edit and should be used until the COD system implementation scheduled for spring 2015. At that time, COD will modify COD Reject Edit 205 to allow the Payment Period Start Date to be outside the loan period when the disbursement has been reduced to $0 and we will remove the workaround code in the corresponding program. The COD document can be used for your reference.
• Corrects a loan period adjustment when cancelling a disbursement/term, for a loan that was previously accepted/originated (WF-LA-A-SNT-DATE exists).
• Modifies reporting of the PaymentPeriodStartDate tag to use the Loan Period date when the Loan Period is locked (B or L). Otherwise, the tag is loaded with the date from the calendar table. (Previously the date was always loaded from the calendar table.)
• Corrects location of the Note tag in the Teach/Pell disbursement block to follow the EnrollmentSchoolCode tag. This modification should take care of a 211 error that some are receiving for Teach/Pell:

  
  <Disbursement Number="1">
  
  <DisbursementAmount>
  
  <DisbursementDate>
  
  <DisbursementReleaseIndicator>
  
  <DisbursementSequenceNumber>
  
  <EnrollmentSchoolCode>
  
  <Note>
  
  <SchoolNoteMessage>
  
  </Note>
  
  <EnrollmentStatus>
  
  <ProgramCIPCode>
  
  </Disbursement>
  
  </TEACH>
  
  

• Updates text for Comment codes 023 and 304, per recent ED announcement, in the Dictionary.

Implementation Notes

1. Modify the PREDICT definition for the WF-LOANAPP file/userview to change the WF-LA-S-EFC field:

   
   
   
        GR 1 WF-LOAN-SNAPSHOT                                         DF
   
           2 WF-LA-S-DEFAULT                  A        1.0            DG N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-CIT                      A        1.0            DH N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-DEP                      A        1.0            DI N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-CLASS                    A        2.0            DJ N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-TIM                      A        1.0            DK N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-GRAD-DATE                D                       DL N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-BUDGET                   P        5.0            DM N
   
   chg->   2 WF-LA-S-EFC                      P        6.0            DN N
   
           2 WF-LA-S-AID                      P        5.0            DO N
   
        GR 1 WF-ACADEMIC-YEAR                                         DT
   
   

   Modify the ADABAS file definition for the WF-LOANAPP file:
   • Change the WF-LA-S-EFC field to Len 6, Format P
2. Regenerate the DDMs for WF-LOANAPP userview.
3. Load the Dictionary Import file (dc141102.txt) from the zip file into the FINANCIER Dictionary using the Dictionary Import program (WCDICIMB).
4. Load the updated modules from the SYSOBJH input file (sy141102.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.
   • WFDLE15B (mods)
   • WFDLN15B (mods)
   • WFFLE15B (mods)
   • WFLNDDTP (mods)
   • WFLNEDTP (mods)
   • WFLNSNPM (mods)
   • WFLNSNPN (mods)
   • WFLNSNPZ (mods)
   • WFLOANPD (mods)
   • WFLOAPPB (mods)
   • WFLOAPPD (mods)
   • WFLOAPPS (mods)
   • WFLON15N (mods)