Publication Date: October 16, 2003
Author: General Manager: FSA Students Channel
Summary: Development of 2003-2004 EDExpress Upgrade Release Version 9.2
Posted on 10-16-2003
TO: All EDExpress Users
FROM: U.S. Department of Education
RE: Development of 2003-2004 EDExpress Upgrade Release Version 9.2
The Department is alerting all 2003-2004 EDExpress users that we are developing a service release, Version 9.2, to implement software enhancements and resolve several issues. This service release will be an upgrade to Versions 9.1 and 9.1.a.
Version 9.2 will be available for download in early November on the Department’s Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://www.fsadownload.ed.gov. We will send an additional message to the community when the installation file is posted to the site.
Version 9.2 will include all fixes that were offered in service release Version 9.1.a. If you have not installed Version 9.1.a by the time Version 9.2 is released, you will be able to skip installation of Version 9.1.a and go directly to Version 9.2.
The following software enhancements and resolved issues, listed by module, will be included in Version 9.2:
**Global**
1) Updating a User-Defined Field value to blank will no longer update unselected User-Defined Field values to blank as well. Boolean (True/False) User-Defined Field values are not affected by this issue.
**Application Processing**
1) The SAR/ISIR Comment Codes table in the EDExpress database will be updated to reflect changes to Guarantee Agency phone numbers and the setting of the SAR C Flag for verified reject “R” (Social Security Number and Date of Birth mismatch) ISIRs.
**Packaging**
1) When printing an Award Letter to e-mail, the Award Letter print count field (accessible via the Award Letter dialog on the Awards tab) will increment by one. This functionality is currently working correctly when printing an Award Letter to a file or to a printer.
**Pell**
1) EDExpress will be updated to allow the rebuild of Pell records using Pell Year-to-Date (YTD) import files sent by the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) system.
2) The Pell Disbursement Entry grid will prevent users from de-selecting the Disbursement Release Indicator (DRI) unless the Disbursement status is “R” (Ready to Export) or “E” (Error).
3) Users will no longer receive an error message when importing a Pell External Add file that includes Pell Disbursement Profile codes. The error only occurs if you have installed EDExpress Service Release Version 9.1.a, and if you use Disbursement Profile codes in your Pell External Add file.
**Direct Loan**
1) EDExpress will allow the import and display of COD Web-Initiated (WB) Disbursement records and their associated Disbursement Sequence Numbers (01, 66-90). These disbursement records will also print on relevant EDExpress reports and lists.
2) The Import Edit Report for COD Response files (COMRECOP) will no longer print edit #015 (Corrected Value same as Original Value) for DL change records next to the Social Security Number, Student Last Name and Date of Birth fields.
3) Users will no longer receive an error message when importing a COMRECOP file with more than seven reject codes for a single origination or disbursement record.
4) File Management functionality will be updated to reflect the Exit Counseling Results import file message class as DLFF01OP, not DLFF04OP. This is a non-cycle-specific file, so the message class will not update from one cycle to the next.
5) The DL Document Activity database will correctly display the COD Receipt Import Date in the Receipt Import Date column (instead of the Response Import Date column) following import of a COMRECOP containing receipt records.
6) EDExpress will no longer generate an error message if you change the First Disbursement Flag on a record in Direct Loan Disbursement entry more than once.
7) If PLUS Loan Credit Decision data is included in a COD Response file (COMRECOP), the software, in addition to the normal import edit report, will now print the PLUS Credit Decision Report on import as well.
**Pell and Direct Loan (issue affecting both modules)**
1) The Document Activity database will correctly populate the Import File Name column when you import a COMRECBK.* file (a COD Response/Receipt file that has been previously imported into EDExpress).
2) EDExpress will treat a Pell and/or Direct Loan disbursement record with an “R” (Rejected) status and Edit Code 58 (indicating duplicate data) as a duplicate instead of a rejected record when importing a Response COMRECOP file.
If you have any questions, please contact CPS/WAN Technical Support at 800/330-5947 or via e-mail at CPSWAN@NCS.COM.