Manage TD Client
TD Client is the mechanism used to transfer files back and forth between a school and the United States Department of Education Student Internet Gateway (SAIG).
Enable and Disable TD Client
You can use this feature to universally control the transmission of files with the Central Processing System (CPS)/FAFSA Processing System (FPS) or Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) using the SAIG. This feature applies to both Award Year-based and Non-Award Year based file formats.
You can also evaluate the status of the TD Client connection in this feature. A status of Passed or Not Passed displays based on the health check outcome.
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FTI TD Client for transmission of ISIRs that contain sensitive Federal Tax Information (FTI) data received from FPS.
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TD Client for all other ED data.
Required Role Permissions
The user must have a role with the following General Permission through Roles Management in order to complete the manual processing steps listed below:
TD Client Management.
Manual Processing Steps
Log into the Student Financial Aid User Interface (UI).
- Navigate to: .
- Select the FTI TD Client Selection Indicator to toggle between Active (enabled) and Suspended (disabled).
- Select the TD Client Selection Indicator to toggle between Active (enabled) and Suspended (disabled).
- Navigate to: .
- Click the Check TD Client Health button for the
FTI TD Client or the TD
Client.
A status of Passed or Not Passed displays.
- If Not Passed, select the TD Client Selection Indicator to Suspended (disabled).
- Click Save.
- Wait at least 90 minutes.
- Log into the Department of Education's site to reset customer password.
- Confirm the password works using EdConnect or some other tool.
- Navigate to
- Enter TG Number.Note: Make sure you include the entire TG Number including the TG prefix, just as you would when using ED's EDConnect software.
- Enter Password.
- Click Test Password.
- Click Save upon confirmation of a successful test.
- Navigate to: .
- Select the TD Client Selection Indicator to Active (enabled).
- Click Save.
- Click the Check TD Client Health button. A status of Passed or Not Passed displays. If Not Passed, repeat this task starting with Step 3.