| PublicationDate: 6/1/99 Summary: Y2K Testing with the CPS Author: CPS - Central Processing System (CPS) Posted on June 1, 1999 TO: All Destination Points FROM: U.S. Department of Education RE: Y2K Testing with the CPS CPS will be available to your school for Y2K testing. Two six-week sessions have been scheduled for this activity. The first session is June 1 - July 12 , 1999. The second session is August 9 - September 20 , 1999. The Y2K test consists of entering FAFSA information for twelve test cases. These test cases are in Adobe PDF format and may be downloaded from the ED web page at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCIO/year/cpstest.html. In order to ensure each school's test data is processed separately, you will enter your Federal School Code as the first six digits of the SSN on each test case. (If your Federal School Code begins with a letter and your system will not accept non-numeric data in this field, enter the number 9 instead of the letter.) For the last three digits of the SSN, use the sequential number between 001 and 012 that is written on the test case. For this test exercise, use a system date of February 29, 2000, and transmit the data to CPS using the input file message class YR2K00IN. Three types of output files will be generated by CPS and transmitted to you via the Title IV WAN during the test: the error file (message class Y2KE00OP), a Y2K discrepancy file (message class Y2KD00OP), and a Y2K ISIR file (message class Y2KA00OP). CPS will perform data quality checks on your data. If there are errors or discrepancies, you will receive an error and/or discrepancy file. You can submit test files as often as you need to during the six-week test window until the data is error-free. When you receive the Y2K ISIR file, you will have completed the Y2K testing successfully. Transmission of the error, discrepancy, and ISIR files will take place during prime time to avoid interference with production data transmissions. Further information about the CPS Y2K testing procedures can be accessed via the ED web page at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCIO/year/b2a.html. If you require assistance, please contact CPS Customer Service at 800-330-5947, option 2, or via email at CPS@ NCS.COM. You will not be charged for CPS Y2K test-related calls or emails. |