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Discussion List
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Preparing for the September Maintenance Pack for 25CWe are excited for the upcoming September Maintenance Pack for 25C Release, which we are targeting to deploy to your non production environments on September 8, 2025 and… -
Update to 2026-2027 FISAP InstructionsSummary: On July 31, 2025, the Department of Education posted an update the the 2026-2027 FISAP Instructions to provide additional instructions for completing Part VI, S… -
Possible Year Round Pell Impact for Transfer StudentsWe are actively investigating an issue introduced in the most recent 25.7 release that may impact some students’ Pell eligibility. We are seeing instances where some stu…
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act changes for the 26/27 Award YearIntroduction We are reaching out to keep you informed about the upcoming changes resulting from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), signed into law on July 4th, 2025.… -
Updates to V4 and V5 VerificationUPDATE 8/14 - Please see comment below regarding changes to our initial post including new Award Year specific guidelines and link to the Department of Education's lates…
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Enabling a CSV file format in Oracle Analytics ServerAt times, it may be necessary to run a product or custom report out of OAS in a CSV format. Since OAS does not enable this option by default, our product reports do not …
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Application Event Error Report Message Classes and Event TypesHello, Is there a resource or page in the help center that has a list of the different Application Event Error Report Message Classes, Event Types, and message descripti…
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FAFSA_End_Date value for 2025-2026 in REGULATORY_DEADLINES.csv baseline configuration workbookSummary: Question about the FAFSA_End_Date value for 2025-2026 in REGULATORY_DEADLINES.csv baseline configuration workbook Content (please ensure you mask any confidenti… -
What are the requirements of the "PLUS Credit Requirements have been met" Disbursement Criteria?Summary: The "PLUS Credit Requirements have been met" Disbursement Criteria is Not Met for students that appear to have met the PLUS Credit Requirements. Content (please…
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After 25 C update LOVs are not getting populatedSummary: Content (please ensure you mask any confidential information): Version (include the version you are using, if applicable): Code Snippet (add any code snippets t…
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Delayed Package ReportWe have identified a potential issue with one of our reports that may display an inaccurate number of students with delayed packages. Specifically, if a student has mult…
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How do you check for prior/historical SAP record in your code?Summary: How do you check for prior/historical SAP record in your code? We are implementing code that checks a student’s previous semester SAP record when awarding aid, …
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Preparing for the 25C ReleaseWithin the 25C Release we are delivering reporting and security updates, a number of critical bug fixes, as well as underlining updates to platform technologies that are…
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Action Required: Move to OCI IAM Migrated modeAs previously mentioned in Office Hours, CCC posts and CCC events your environments will be moved to Migrated Mode for Oracle IAM. By default, we will move the same non-…
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Action Required: OCI Identity and Access Management IntegrationThe OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) integration for Student Financial Aid (SFA), released with 25A, provides enterprise-grade identity and access management cap…
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Configuring your external IDP with OCI IAMIf configuring an external identity provider, we recommend that you set up a SAML external identity provider for authentication and authorization while using the SCIM (S…
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Bulk Load StudentID attributeSummary: We use local accounts for Parent/Guest users in the SFP Student Portal. We need to bulk load our existing parent/guest users into OCI. I have been able to impor…
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Parent/Guest Accounts in OCISummary: I have a couple questions about security for parent/guest accounts in the Student Portal once we move to OCI. (For context, we use local accounts for parents/gu…
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Preparing for the June Maintenance Pack for 25BThe June Maintenance Pack for 25B is being targeted to deploy to your non production environments on June 9, 2025 and to your production environment on June 16, 2025. In…
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Preparing for the May Maintenance Pack for 25BThe May Maintenance Pack for 25B is being targeted to deploy to your non production environments on May 5, 2025 and to your production environment on May 12, 2025. In th…
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SFA authentication error with OCI IAM integrationWe (Butler University) hhave configured OCI IAM integration with SFA authentication according to the documentation. When we authenticate with the new "ui-auth" URL we re…
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Updates to Upcoming Release ScheduleThere are a number of underlying updates to platform technologies that are required as we migrate Oracle Student Financial Aid to Oracle Fusion. We will be modernizing t…
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After 25B, unable to view data on General Ledger Dash and Detals Balance Inquiry with custom GL roleSummary: Hello, We are currently facing an issue regarding data access for one our custom roles. Before 25B, by provide data access to a GL custom role we were able to i…
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Need to restore the system to a previous state, fo both the Student Portal and Administration envHello, We have a question regarding the Oracle SFP application environments. In the event of a need to restore the system to a previous state, is it possible to perform …
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Where do I confirm in SFP if a PGLE file was successfully uploaded for a student?Summary: Content (please ensure you mask any confidential information): Version (include the version you are using, if applicable): Code Snippet (add any code snippets t…
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Preparing for the 25B ReleaseThe 25B Release is being targeted to deploy to your non production environments on April 7, 2025 and to your production environment on April 21, 2025. In this release we…
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Configuration Workbook Release 25B DOCUMENTSummary: Content (please ensure you mask any confidential information): Version (include the version you are using, if applicable): Code Snippet (add any code snippets t…
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NSLDS Post-screening ISIRsWe wanted to pass on information we received from our Department of Education contact this morning. NSLDS post-screening for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 Award Years will…
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What triggers the R2T4 Refund Required notification to close/be resolved?Summary: We know that the R2T4 Refund Required notification is resolved automatically (not manually), but we aren't sure how it gets closed. We are just looking for the …
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Important updates to Oracle SFP Administration Community Toolkit (SACT)The SFP Administration Community Toolkit (SACT) offers a community-driven toolkit for everyday use by professionals that work with Oracle SFP. The toolkit is comprised o…
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Register for Student Financial Aid CCC Event - Tomorrow, April 16thReminder to join our 25B Cloud Customer Connect event for an in-depth review of new features and updates delivered in the latest releases. Ensure that you are in alignme…
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Automate CommonLine file load into SFPSummary: Good morning, Hope you are doing well! I'm reaching out to see if there is a way to automate the load of CommonLine files into SFP without needing to drag and d…
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Guidance on preventing disbursements getting stuck in Origination Ready to be Sent to CODGuidance on preventing disbursements getting stuck in Origination Ready to be Sent to COD when a student is no longer attending a term: Oracle has identified an issue wh…
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COA_TERM_ACY configuration worksSummary: Our team has some questions about how the COA_TERM_ACY configuration works. Oracle’s description of this config workbook is found here: https://docs.oracle.com/…
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Tips: Monitoring Student Financial Aid (SFA) BugsSummary: During our recent customer collaboration events, we received a request to add additional information on existing bugs when they are published in My Oracle Suppo…