2024.5

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.

Additional performance improvements implemented across the application

With this update you should continue to experience notable improvements in page loading and save times across the system, as well as:

• Improved stability of new year setup when processing a large number of items
• Improved stability of ISIR and COD processes
• Reduced time to perform needs analysis calculations

System-Wide

• Individual rows within tables displayed in modal windows can now be properly selected when using a Chrome-based web browser.

Student module

• Numbered and bulleted lists included in communications are now aligned correctly in print and PDF outputs.
• A note can now be successfully added to a student record even when the text of the note is pasted into the text editor.
• Subsequent ISIR transactions posted for the same student now correctly set the corresponding ISIR requirement to Received.
• Requirements set be satisfied for Entrance Counseling in Communication Preferences are now being properly marked as Received when a Counseling Acknowledgment file is imported and the acknowledgment date for graduate entrance counseling now has the appropriate field label on the Federal Loans page in the student record.
• Files can now be attached to multiple requirements at once.
• The order fields are displayed on the Custom Data page of the student record does now correctly matches the sequencing specified in the Custom Data Views configuration settings in System Administration.
• After batch packaging students, the payment period and academic year totals on the Aid Package page of the student record are now updated accurately.
• When the Active Payment Period field is set to No on a student's record who has already been awarded a Federal Pell Grant, the award is now automatically reduced on the student's aid package in all cases.
• A private loan Award ID can now be reused if the award associated with the ID previously has been deleted.

Batch Processing module

• Batch packaging students now functions properly even if more than 2000 students are included in the associated selection set.
• When batch packaging students, if a student within the selection set does not meet the criteria to be packaged they are still included in the results report as not packaged.

Import/Export module

• When downloading a results report after running the student information import, ISIR, or COD processes, the Messages column is now correctly included in the output.
• The Archived folder is no longer available to select as a file location during import.
• Program files can now be imported successfully even when no other programs currently exist in PowerFAIDS.
• After importing an ISIR file, the new results report is now more quickly displayed in the list.
• Posting ISIR records from the dashboard is no longer limited to 100 records at a time.
• After running the COD export process, the First Name and Last Name columns are now correctly populated in the student level results report.
• A incorrect error message is no longer displayed during disbursement authorization when an MPN has been received and is properly linked.
• Private loan disbursement roster files can now be successfully imported without needing to change the file type.

Reporting module

• Messaging about report generation now displays the correct report name.
• The Award Detail report now runs successfully when the Total Type field is set to By Fund Name.

System Administration module

• When scrolling through the Custom Processes list, the list no longer closes if the scroll bar is selected using the cursor.

• The application Refresh option now functions correctly within the New Year Setup feature.

• Changes are no longer reverted during new year setup if the Review Completed option is selected before updates made to an item have been separately saved.

• The Update Disbursement Rule Settings task can now be successfully completed during new year setup even when no settings are updated.

• Changes can now be made to multiple funds at the same time in the Update Fund Activity task during new year setup without the updates being reverted on save.