On June 4, 2021, we will send the message class "MESSAGTB" via the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) to all user mailboxes. The EDconnect transmission software will automatically request, download, and import this new message class table with a user’s next connection to the SAIG network. Once the MESSAGTB file has been imported, the new message class table will be used from that point forward.
CPS Message Classes
We will add the 2022–23 Central Processing System (CPS) message classes to the message class table. These message classes are the standard CPS message classes rolled over from the previous cycle to the 2022–23 cycle and will be fully outlined in the final 2022–23 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference. The final 2022–23 EDE Technical Reference will be posted in late June 2021 on the Knowledge Center website.
Note: The CPS 2022–23 message classes are being added early for application system testing only. If you use these message classes to send records prior to Oct. 1, 2021, the records will not be processed.
COD Message Classes
We will add some additional Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System 2021–22 Rollover Message Classes to the message class table. Rollover COD System message classes are fully outlined in Volume II, Section 2 of the 2021-2022 COD Technical Reference.
Update, Import, and Installation Information
The message class table update will be transparent to users except for an Import dialog box, which will appear on a user’s screen and display the progress of the import as the file is importing.
The new message class table file will also be available in the Software and Other Tools section of the Knowledge Center website (https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/topics/software-and-other-tools).
Using Multiple Networked PCs – If a user has performed a network installation of EDconnect, the new message class table will import into the EDconnect database on the user’s network drive. Individual workstations will all have access to the new message class table after it has been imported.
Using Multiple Stand-Alone PCs – If using the current version of EDconnect, the message class table will automatically download and update EDconnect on each PC that initiates a transmission.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about the information contained in this document, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 1-800-330-5947 or by email at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.