Release Notes
Release Notes tell you what’s new in PowerFAIDS. If you have additional ideas on what would improve your use of PowerFAIDS, check out the Feature Request channel in the PowerFAIDS User Community or log a support request from within the application. For a list of issues that are currently in the process of being fixed, see the Known issues.
Release Schedule
Releases in PowerFAIDS are numbered in sequence with the calendar year they are released, so the first release of any calendar year will always be the [YEAR].1 release. Updates to PowerFAIDS are generally released on a 10-week schedule, but minor updates or fixes may be deployed in between larger releases.
All updates included in a PowerFAIDS release are automatically available in your sandbox and production environments on the corresponding release date. There is nothing you need to do to enable the update.
Downtime occurs for a brief window before each release, typically overnight the Friday before. Downtime notices appear in a banner within the application and are also posted to the PowerFAIDS User Community.
Note: All times noted are in U.S. Eastern Time (ET).
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Release Date |
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2025.2 |
04/03/25 |
04/05/25 |
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2025.3 |
06/12/25 |
06/14/25 |
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2025.4 |
08/21/25 |
08/23/25 |
Latest Release: 2025.1
Released on January 11, 2025
New fields added to support federal Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment reporting
15 new fields are now available when creating a program in System Administration. These fields have also been added to the program import file layout.
Additionally, one new field is now available when creating a fund in System Administration, which allows you to determine how fund amounts will be categorized in the student reports. This field has also been added to the fund import file layout.
Enhancements made to Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) workflows within PowerFAIDS
The COD Document ID is now displayed on the Results Report list when you import a COD file. If this is a response file, you can match it to the exported file from COD Export with this value.
Additionally, handling of rejects has been improved:
- If you receive a response from COD specifying that a file you sent was rejected, the Details column of the results report now displays the reason for rejection.
- If you receive a response from COD specifying that an award or disbursement was rejected, the Details column of the results report now indicates that and directs to the Federal Loans page of the student record for more information.
- When importing a response or web-based response file from COD, there is now an option to view a version of the results report that only includes rejects and errors. For more information, see COD Import Rejects & Errors Report.