Producing Academic Advisement Reports

This section discusses how to:

  • Select general parameters.

  • Add a what-if course.

  • Select student and what-if data for processing.

  • Request multiple Academic Advisement reports.

Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Report Request

SAA_RPT_RQST

Academic Advisement > Student Advisement > Request Advisement Report

Select the type of report and set other general parameters of the report request.

Request Multiple AA reports

SAA_MULTI_RPT_RQST_GBL

Academic Advisement > Student Advisement > Request Multiple AA Reports

Request different report types for multiple students excluding What-If reports.

Report Request Log

SAA_RPT_RQST_LOG

Academic Advisement > Student Advisement > Request Advisement Report

Review report request messages.

Advisement Report Request - Course Search

SAA_CRSEWHIF_SRCH

Click the Add a What-If Course link on the Report Request page.

Select a subject and then search from the course catalog for a course to use during the what-if analysis.

Create What-If Scenario

SAA_STDNT_WHIF

Select the Use Career Simulation check box on the Report Request page. Then click the View/Change the Career Simulation link to access the Create What-If Scenario page, which you will use to set up the what-if scenario.

Set up or review the what-if scenario for the student.

Access the Report Request page (Academic Advisement > Student Advisement > Request Advisement Report).

Field or Control

Description

Report Date

Reflects the Report Date value identified in the advisement report type setup.

Note: If the default value defined for the advisement report type is Current Date, then two additional items appear on the page: the Use This Request Report Date check box and the ? icon, that offers explanatory text.

As of Date

Reflects the As of Date value identified in the advisement report type setup.

Note: If the default value defined for the advisement report type is Current Date, then two additional items appear on the page: the Use This Request As of Date check box and the ? icon, that offers explanatory text.

Use This Request Report Date

This check box appears only when the Report Date value on the advisement report type setup is Current Date.

Select this option for the request process to use the user-defined date as the report date. If the check box is not selected, then the Report Date on the request is updated with the current date.

Use This Request As of Date

This check box appears only when the As of Date value on the advisement report type setup is Current Date.

Select this option for the request process to use the user-defined date as the As of Date. If the check box is not selected, then the As of Date on the request is updated with the current date.

Information icon

This help icon appears only when the As of Date or Report Type values on the advisement report type setup are Current Date.

Mouse-over the icon to read explanatory text for the check box. You can customize the text to suit your need using the Message Catalog:

  • Use this Request As of Date check box: Entry 14530, 13.

  • Use this Request Report Date check box: Entry 14530, 14.

Report Identifier

Enter the report identifier (for example, ADMIN) from the Report Identifier table.

Actions

Click the Process Request button when you are ready to submit the request for processing.

Field or Control

Description

View Report

Click to view the report that was generated. This link appears on the page after the report request is processed.

Field or Control

Description

View Report as PDF

Click to view a .PDF version of the advisement report. This button appears on the page after the request is processed.

Field or Control

Description

Printer

Enter the path for your local postscript printer. This field appears on the page after the request is processed.

Send to Printer

Click to send the report results to the designated printer. This button appears on the page after the request is processed.

What-If Information

Field or Control

Description

Use Career Simulation

Select to indicate that you want to set up a what-if scenario.

Note: You do not need to select this check box if you want to set up a course what-if scenario only.

If selected, the View/Change the Career Simulation link appears. Click to access the Create What-If Scenario page to create a what-if career scenario.

Add a What-If Course

Click to access the Advisement Report Request - Course Search page.

You can use the Advisement Report Request - Course Search page to select a course that you want included in the degree audit.

Enter the courses in the order in which you want to simulate their being taken. The number of what-if courses you add has no limit. Click the Add a What-If Course link each time you want to add a what-if course to the setup. You must select a career, term, and then subject before executing the search.

After you have selected the course, subject, catalog number, units, requirement designation (if applicable), and topic ID (if applicable), these values appear on the Report Request page. You can change these values as desired. You can also enter a specific academic term. The more data you enter about the what-if course, the more accurately the degree audit can evaluate the what-if course.

Access the Request Multiple AA Reports page (Academic Advisement > Student Advisement > Request Multiple AA Reports).

Use this page to request various types of reports (excluding What-If reports), for different students.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Header page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Request Multiple Reports-Header page

Field or Control

Description

Report Request Nbr

A unique identifier assigned to the report request.

Report Date

The default value based on the setup in the Define Advisement Report Types page for the requested report.

As of Date

The default value based on the setup in the Define Advisement Report Types and/or Academic Advisement Installation pages for the requested report.

Report Identifier

Enter the report identifier from the Report Identifier table; for example, ADMIN.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Detail page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Request Multiple Reports- Detail page

After selecting the Report Type on the Header page, select an ID in the Action box on the Detail page. Then select the Process Request button. The Actions box contains the name and ID of the student and following information:

Field or Control

Description

Report Status

Indicates the status of your report request- pending, successful or failed.

View Log

Select to view a detailed log of report requests for the particular student.

View Report

Click to view the report that was generated. This link appears on the page after the report request is processed.

View Report as PDF

Click to view a .PDF version of the advisement report. This button appears on the page after the request is processed.

Printer

Enter the path for your local postscript printer. This field appears on the page after the request is processed.

Send to Printer

Click to send the report results to the designated printer. This button appears on the page after the request is processed.

Access the Advisement Report Request - Course Search page (Click the Add a What-If Course link on the Report Request page).

After you enter the required information on the Report Request page and executes the search, the system returns course search results that match the career, term, and subject information. The course search results display the appropriate current row based on the start date of the selected term.

Field or Control

Description

Subject

Enter the subject.

Execute the Search

Click to display a list of courses. Select the check box next to the required course, and then click the OK button. The course then appears on the Report Request page.

Access the Create What-If Scenario page (Select the Use Career Simulation check box and then the View/Change Career Simulation link on the Report Request page).

Use this page to enter student and what-if data.

When you access the page, most of the fields are blank. To retrieve the student's existing record, click the Copy Current Program button. You can use these field values to build a program, plan, and subplan what-if scenario. You can change field values and insert rows, as necessary.

If you have defined a what-if scenario and want to clear the field values you entered, click the Clear What-If Values button. This clears most field values so that you can start again.

Program What-If Data

Field or Control

Description

Academic Institution

This field defaults to the institution for which the report type was defined. Do not change this value.

Academic Career

Enter the value for the what-if career.

Career Requirement Term

Enter a what-if requirement term value for the career override. The system uses this value to select the correct effective-dated career-level requirement groups.

Requirement Term

Enter the what-if program requirement term. The system uses this value to select the appropriate effective-dated program-level requirement groups.

Student Career Number

The default value on this page is 1. You can change the student career number for use in the scenario.

Academic Program

Enter the academic program value that you want to use in the what-if degree audit.

You can use one or many programs in the what-if scenario.

Plan What-If Data

Field or Control

Description

Requirement Term

Enter the requirement term for the what-if plan. The system uses this value to select the appropriate effective-dated plan-level requirement groups.

Academic Plan

Enter an academic plan for use in the what-if scenario.

The system uses this value to select the correct effective-dated plan-level requirement groups.

Plan Sequence

Displays a sequence number. This sequential number is supplied by the system.

This number indicates the order or sequence of multiple plans, if any. The plan with the lowest sequence number is considered primary within the plan. You can override the number.

Sub-plan What-If Data

Field or Control

Description

Requirement Term

Enter the requirement term for the what-if subplan. The system uses these values to select the appropriate effective-dated subplan-level requirement groups.

Academic Sub-Plan

Enter an academic subplan for use in the what-if scenario. The system uses this value to select the appropriate effective-dated subplan-level requirement groups.

Plan Sequence

Displays a sequence number. This sequential number is supplied by the system. This number indicates the order (or sequence) of multiple subplans, if any. The subplan with the lowest sequence number is considered primary. The user can override the number, if necessary.

Click the OK button to save the page and return to the Report Request page.