Overview of Configuration

Product configuration is how you customize Student Financial Aid (SFA) to the needs of your institution. Once your configuration is defined and uploaded, SFA can process student financial aid based on your custom business rules.

While some configuration is maintained directly using dedicated setup pages in the Financial Aid System (FAS) UI, most configuration is maintained in a series of comma-separated values (CSV) files that can be loaded into the system using the Configuration Administration page in the FAS UI. Oracle provides a standardized Baseline Configuration set of CSV files based on best practices. These files can be used as delivered or further customized to your institution’s specific processes, goals, and objectives.