Student Letters

Use delivered Letters to comply with US Department of Education (ED) notification and document requirements.

Overview

This topic primarily discusses delivered Letters. Delivered Letters are used to comply with ED notification and document requirements. Letters are produced in PDF format that are available in both the FAS and Student Self-Service UIs.
Note: In Student Self-Service, Letters are found in the Messages tab.
See Overview of Letters in the Implementation Guide for information about Triggering actions, integration events, At-Will letters, and the Letter process.

Letter Triggering

The Letter process starts when a triggering action occurs; for example, a student’s Fund Status changing to Awarded or Enrollment Status changing to Withdrawn. Triggering Events are associated with Letters using the Letter Configuration Workbook. Here is a list of Triggering Events and their Schedule Keys:
Note: Trigger Events that are applicable to Student Financial Planning (SFP) only are noted.
Triggering Event Schedule Keys
FasCreditBalanceInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDisbursementAcceptanceInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDisbursementAcceptanceInformationV2Event (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDisbursementCancelEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDisbursementInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDocumentRejectedEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDocumentRequestCanceledEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasDocumentRequestEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasFinancialPlanOutboundEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasGrantOverpaymentReferralEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasProfessionalJudgementProcessOutboundEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasReturnToLenderEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode/enrollmentId
FasSapAcademicInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasSapAppealsProcessInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasStudentAwardInformationEvent (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasStudentAwardInformationV2Event (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
FasStudentNotificationEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasStudentRecordHoldPlacedEvent externalStudentId/letterCode
FasValidIsirProcessStatusInformationEvent externalStudentId/letterCode/awardYear
TeachEligibilityCheckFailed (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode
TitleIvEligibilityCheckFailed (SFP only) externalStudentId/letterCode

When the Letter Batch Job is run, PDF versions of the letters are available in the FAS and Student Self-Service UIs.

Letter Configuration

Use the Letter Configuration Workbook to configure Letter genenration by Letter Code. A Baseline Configuration for Letters is delivered with each release.

Navigation to Letters in FAS

Query a student and navigate to Student Financial Planning User Interface > Student > Student Record > Student Letters.

Click Print to view the PDF letter file.

Navigation to Letters/Messages in Student Self-Service

Note: Letters are referred to as Messages in Student Self Service.

Query a student and navitage to Student Self-Service User Interface > Messages.