Publication Date: November 3, 2003
Author: General Manager: FSA Students Channel
Summary: Availability of CPS Test System User Guide for 2004-2005
Posted on 11-03-2003
TO: All Destination Points
FROM: The Central Processing System (CPS) and CPS/WAN Technical Support
RE: Availability of CPS Test System User Guide for 2004-2005
The CPS is pleased to announce the posting of the CPS Test System User Guide for 2004-2005. The CPS Test System User Guide describes the CPS Test System, which is designed to allow schools to test electronic application and/or correction data from their systems with the CPS. The CPS can provide test files of application records and matching ISIRs to be used for the tests. As an alternative, schools can submit application and renewal records they have created to match the school's expected results. The CPS Test System will be available the week of November 24, 2003, and will be available year-round.
The CPS Test System also has demo versions of FAFSA on the Web and, new for this year, a demo version of FAA Access to CPS Online. The demo sites will be available starting December 7, 2003.
The User Guide, along with CPS-provided input and ISIR data for the CPS Test System, is available at the Department's FSAdownload Web site (http://FSAdownload.ed.gov) in the References and Documentation section.
To download the document:
1) Go to http://FSAdownload.ed.gov.
2) Click on the "References & Documentation" link on the left side of the page.
3) Click on the 2004-2005 link under the CPS Test System heading on the next page.
4) Click with your right mouse button on the "PDF Format" link for the CPS Test System User Guide on the following page. A pop-up menu appears.
5) Select "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save As" (Netscape) from the pop-up menu, then browse to the folder in which you want to save the file.
6) Once you have saved the file, open it using Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and/or print the document.
For questions regarding the CPS Test System User Guide, please contact CPS/WAN Technical Support at 800/330-5947, or via e-mail at CPSWAN@NCS.COM.