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 |
Sandbox Environment |
Production Environment |
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Release Date |
Release Date |
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2024.5 |
10/30/24 |
11/04/24 |
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2025.1 |
01/06/25 |
01/13/25 |
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2025.2 |
03/20/25 |
03/24/25 |
Latest Release: 2024.5
Released on November 4, 2024
Manual lists of student IDs can now be used to select the student population for certain processes
The COD export, disbursement authorization export, and batch update field value processes can now all be run against a manual list of student IDs rather than a selection set when needed.
Updating cost of attendance and requirements on the student record has been simplified
When updating cost of attendance items or requirements on the student record, all updates can now be saved with the page level save button, rather than needing to update and save each row individually.