Decision Support Release Notes
Release 4.0
1. Recruiting and Admissions ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Admissions Decisions added to Current Recruit .......................................................................... 2
1.2 Max Test Score objects added ...................................................................................................... 2
2. Financial Aid ........................................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 Requirements Tracking table added.............................................................................................. 2
2.2 Person Matching table added ........................................................................................................ 3
2.3 Admissions Decisions added to Financial Aid universe ............................................................... 3
3. Finance .................................................................................................................................................... 4
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1. Recruiting and Admissions
1.1 Admissions Decisions added to Current Recruit
Product Affected:
EDW
Universe Affected:
EDW – Current Recruit
Case Number: ProdLog #72, 74
General Description: Users have expressed a new requirement to conduct reporting that
combines information on Admissions Decisions (found in the EDW - Current Applicant universe)
with Recruiting details found in the EDW – Current Recruit universe. To support this new
requirement, new data elements have been added to the EDW – Current Recruit universe. A
new “Admissions Applications” class was added with a variety of information from the application
record, including an “Admissions Decisions” subclass and an Application Indicator that can be
used to flag those recruits who have already applied for Admission.
Technical Description:
A new class and subclass have been added to the EDW – Current Recruit universe. These
classes contain objects from the V_ADM_DECN_HIST (admissions decisions) and
V_ADM_APPL_HIST (admissions applications) views to the universe. An application indicator
has also been added. This indicator will return a value of YES if an application record is present
for the corresponding person and term, or NO if there is not application record.
1.2 Max Test Score objects added
Product Affected:
EDW
Universe Affected:
EDW – Current Recruit
EDW – Current Applicant
Case Number: ProdLog #121
General Description: The EDW - Current Recruit and EDW – Current Applicant universes
contain all test scores for recruits and applicants. Therefore, reports listing test scores often
return multiple rows for each recruit or applicant (one for each score). Users have requested a
convenient way to create reports that list only a single row for each recruit or applicant. To meet
this new requirement, two new test score objects have been added to these universes. The new
Maximum ACT Composite and Maximum SAT Combined objects will each return a single value
containing the maximum test score for each recruit or applicant.
Technical Description:
New objects for ACT Composite (test code 1000/2000/4000) and SAT Combined (test code
1800/2800/4800) have been added to the EDW – Current Recruit and EDW – Current Applicant
universes. These objects pull the maximum score(s) for each EDW_PERS_ID from the
T_TEST_RESULT_HIST table.
2. Financial Aid
2.1 Requirements Tracking table added
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Universe Affected:
EDW - Financial Aid Office ad hoc
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Case Number: ProdLog #92, 96, 109
General Description: The original set of requirements for the Financial Aid EDW did not include
reporting on information related to the Requirements Tracking functionality in the Banner system.
Since the Financial Aid implementation, the Financial Aid Offices have expressed a need to
report on this information from the Data Warehouse. To meet this new requirement, a new
Financial Aid Applicant Requirements Tracking table was added. In addition, a new “Tracking
and Verification” class in the EDW – Financial Aid Office Ad hoc universe has been added.
Technical Description:
A new table for Requirements Tracking, T_FA_APPLICANT_TRACK_REQRM, sourced from the
RRRAREQ table in Banner, has been added to the Financial Aid EDW. The following
validation/code tables have also been added: T_FA_TRACK_REQRM_CD (sourced from
RTVTREQ), T_FA_TRACK_REQRM_GROUP_CD (sourced from RTVTGRP).
The Financial Aid universe has been enhanced to include a new “Tracking and Verification” class
that pulls data from the new table.
2.2 Person Matching table added
Product Affected:
EDW
Universe Affected:
EDW - Financial Aid Office ad hoc
Case Number: ProdLog #94, 115
General Description: The original set of requirements for the Financial Aid EDW did not include
reporting on information related to the Banner Person matching process for loading financial aid
applications. Since the implementation of the Financial Aid EDW, the Financial Aid Offices have
expressed a need to report on this information in the Data Warehouse. To meet this new
requirement, a Person Match Error table has been added to the Financial Aid EDW. In addition,
a new “Person Matching” class has been added to the Financial Aid universe.
Technical Description:
A new table for Person Match Error, T_FA_APPLICANT_PERS_MATCH_ERR, sourced from the
ROTIDEN table in Banner, has been added to the Financial Aid EDW. The Financial Aid universe
has been enhanced with the addition of a new “Person Matching” class that pulls from the new
table.
2.3 Admissions Decisions added to Financial Aid universe
Universe Affected:
EDW - Financial Aid Office ad hoc
Case Number: ProdLog #118
General Description: In order to facilitate reporting that combines Admissions Decisions with
Financial Aid details, information from the Recruiting & Admissions EDW has been added to the
Financial Aid universe. A new “Admissions Decisions” class has been added, containing the
Admissions Decision Codes, Descriptions, and other associated information.
Technical Description:
A new Admissions Decisions class with objects from the V_ADM_DECN_HIST (admissions
decisions) table has been added to the Financial Aid universe.
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3. Finance
When the Finance EDW and its associated universes were released on July 1, 2003, several
known problems (errors) and omissions (features not yet implemented) were noted. These
issues are detailed in a document entitled Advisory 1.0 – Finance Universe Advisories
(www.ds.uillinois.edu/asptest/projects/metadata/advisory.asp).
The following errors and omissions noted in Advisory 1.0 have been corrected in Release 4.0:
 2.1 Cartesian Product Error (partial resolution)
 2.2 Incompatible Object Notice (partial resolution)
 2.3 Select a Context Error (partial resolution)
 4.1 Fixed Assets Object Population
 4.2 Remove Filter from Posted Transaction Document Type Object
 4.4 Encumbrance Document Object Removal
 4.9 Posted Documents Class
 4.10 Permanent Budget and Operating Budget
 4.11 Inception to Date Dimension Object Removal
 5.1 New C-FOAPAL Object Display
 5.2 Rename Operating Ledger and General Ledger
 5.3 Rename Financial Document Class
 5.4 Rename Posted Document Class
A new Advisory document (Advisory 2.0) is now available. This document details the remaining
errors and omissions. It also describes the partial resolution to items 2.1 through 2.3.
Advisory 2.0 is available on the Decision Support website at
www.ds.uillinois.edu/asptest/projects/metadata/advisory.asp.
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