Federal Award History (NSLDS) Export Dashboard and Results Report

The Federal Award History (NSLDS) Export process is used to place a student record on Transfer Student Monitoring and to request a student’s Financial Aid History from the National Student Loan Database System to ensure accuracy when awarding students financial aid.

Using PowerFAIDS to export federal award history allows you to:

  • Streamline your processes: PowerFAIDS helps streamline your communication process with National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) by making the exporting process like all PowerFAIDS export flows, displaying previous exports in your dashboard for review at your convenience, and organizing the exports by most recent export date.
  • Batch send requests: Send your requests in batch to add students to Transfer Student Monitoring or to request their Financial Aid History.

NSLDS Export Dashboard

The NSLDS Export page has two main sections:

  • The NSLDS Export header: Selecting Export Files in the header launches the NSLDS Export process. You can also set global exporting options here.

  • The NSLDS Results Reports section: Each time the NSLDS Export process is run a results report is created. This section displays the list of those reports and a link to view each individual report.

Each time the NSLDS Export process is run, a results report is generated. The results report indicates the result of each attempted export and specific details if it was not exported.

Tip: You may see information populating on the results report before a process has fully completed. In order to view the completed report, wait to access the report until you receive the green notification message that the process has completed.

To review the results of a NSLDS export, complete the following steps:

  1. Select Import/Export in the top navigation bar to open the Import/Export menu along the left side of the page.
  2. Expand the Federal Award History (NSLDS) option in the left navigation menu and select Export.
  1. A list of all results reports is displayed along with some report details:
    • Date: The date and time the process was run.
    • Created By: Who ran the process.
    • Request Type: Indicates what type of request this export is: either Financial Aid History (FAH), Transfer Student Monitoring (TSM), or both.
    • File Name: If a file was created by the process, its name is listed here. Files can be created in both simulation and real modes.
    • Report: Once you’ve identified the report you wish to view, select View Report in this column of that row.
  2. For each student included as part of the process, the results report indicates if they have been successfully exported, along with a reason for why the export was not successful (if applicable).