2020 Release Notes

When Campus Cafe updates its software, it produces brief descriptions of the changes. Below are changes for historical versions.

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Build 128m (Release Date: 12/24/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

Resolved issue with certain types of transcripts not opening

Bug

Fixed styling issue with ISIR Import button on F/A Packaging screen

Bug

Resolved issue with searching spouse names in Alumni finder

Build 117m (Release Date: 12/18/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

Resolved issue with activity tracker not behaving as expected or saving default options

Enhancement

Gradebook final course grades now calculate from range set on quality points listing screen

Note

Effective 12/18/2020, release numbers restarted at 117m.

Build 222 (Release Date: 12/14/2020)

Category

Description

Enhancement

All Applicants base report now includes minors

Bug

PayPal application fees are now properly sent into Campus Cafe cash batch

Bug

Resolved issue where students were inappropriately being charged health insurance

Enhancement

Inquired and application majors and minors now fully searchable and exportable from prospect finder

Enhancement

Additional logic to prevent duplication of leads when submitted through the API

Bug

Properly code the correct ISIR as the default ISIR to package

Bug

Clicking Your Prospects from the admissions dashboard now properly returns expected results

Bug

Resolved issue that prevented the submission of applications/inquires and merging of duplicate records due to improper saving of email address

Bug

Proper advisor shown on student profile tab

Enhancement

Additional filtering available on COD response page.

Build 215 (Release Date: 12/3/2020)

Category

Description

Change

Permission 387 now controls access to the 1098T page rather than permission 1240

Build 214 (Release Date: 11/25/2020)

Category

Description

Enhancement

Expanded the settings window that opens when creating a billing charge

Bug

Batch enrollment will enroll a student even if the student was previously dropped from the class

Build 213 (Release Date: 11/24/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

Cost of attendance displays on funding estimate (award letter) when configuration set to show

Enhancement

Workflows can now email all emails associated with the tracked person, not just the preferred email

Enhancement

Enlarged the billing rules screen

Change

Removed from Campus Cafe client the gift purpose panel, course dates creation, multi drop, degree audit setup, Clearinghouse, session data copy and 1098-T and made them accessible from the web

Build 210 (Release Date: 11/18/2020)

Category

Description

Enhancement

New Base Report Transfer Credit Posted lists all transfer credit posted by individual student along with incoming school and equivalency information

Bug

National Student Clearinghouse file no longer contains extraneous characters at the end of each data detail row.

Enhancement

The file extensions for uploaded student photos will be automatically adjusted to lowercase

Enhancement

The ability to drop a group of students from a cancelled class or based on a spreadsheet is available from within the Campus Cafe web platform

Bug

Applications removed from the holding table display the correct application fee on the applicant detail screen rather than .01

Enhancement

Multiple ISIR records are now supported with a flag to indicate the ISIR to be used for packaging.

Build 208 (Release Date: 11/18/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

When the number of selected prospects to mass assign to an admissions counselor exceeds the maximum number set in configuration, the proper custom control (COUNSASSIG) is shown on the error page.

Enhancement

Expanded the site name in Reg. Control to allow a maximum of 50 characters

Bug

If two admissions triggers had the same order number and description, the trigger would not work. Trigger now works in this situation.

Build 207 (Release Date: 11/13/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

The Faculty Attendance Report base report now returns data even if no meeting days are specified for the course

Bug

Attendance Date Exceptions Now Can Be Added For Course Exceptions

Enhancement

The activity tracking listing page shows the full description of an admissions progress code

Enhancement

A code array restriction (hold) that prevents access to permission #408 now prevents access to the transcript as well as mid-term and final grade reports.

Build 206 (Release Date:  11/05/2020)

Category

Description

Bug

Federal financial aid award origination fees round as expected

Bug

The Admissions Inquiry Applicant Listing base report now properly returns results when no lead source is available

Build 205 (Release Date: 11/05/2020 )

Category

Description

Enhancement

Printable version of student payment screen now includes payment plan details

Bug

Resolved error message when attempting to merge an ISIR created inquiry with an existing record in certain circumstances

Enhancement

National Student Clearinghouse Enrollment report now available through the browser

 

Build 204

Category

Description

Bug

Adjustments to reduce frequency of JSON error popups

Bug

Permission 1238 now properly removes the Activity Tracking option from the main menu as indicated

Bug

Upon initial creation of a financial aid award code the reminder days out did not properly save

Bug

Spacing on financial aid award letter (funding estimate) now appears as desired

Build 202

Category

Description

Bug

For a subsequent inquiry, prior school GPA and school rank fields now are stored in inquiry history. Hispanic and ethnic codes do not overwrite if new inquiry is submitted and those fields are blank.

Enhancement

The ability to copy student session data from one term to another or delete student session data is now available through the browser.

Enhancement

Student attendance reports now show days attended as well as days absent

Enhancement

Expanded middle name field to 30 characters

Bug

For a an inquiry or application made through the inquiry data page left blank, the individual's date of birth no longer overwrites an existing date of birth if the individual already exists in the system

Bug

Corrected formatting of text on financial aid award letter (funding estimate)

Bug

Activity tracking saved criteria now properly translates date variables

Build 195

Category

Description

Enhancement

Financial Aid Disbursement Rules menu and page name renamed Payment Plan Rules

Enhancement

The activity tracking page now allows saving of criteria

Enhancement

Added ability to manually set the net disbursed amount for an award as part of a COD adjustment. Field is accessed from the student >Fin Aid Scheduled Disbursements > Adjust COD Cycle

Enhancement

Origination fees are now based on the FA Code Packaging Award Type rather than the transaction code. Campus Cafe automatically updates origination fees associated with award types DL-PLUS, DL-SUB and DL-USUB

Enhancement

Student's billing statement now uses origination fee percentage logic if servicer is set to COD on Financial Aid Control.

Enhancement

The student ledger includes three new columns representing the award year, award code and disbursement sequence number for financial aid awards

Enhancement

Added ability at student financial aid award level to edit award's ISIR/CPS transaction number.

Enhancement

On the student ledger the transaction date, and associated semester may not be edited

Enhancement

Added the student's session billing row as a criteria (Session Row Rule Code) on the student finder and as a column (Session Rows (Billing)) on the student finder results

Enhancement

Added student ID number to the IPEDS 12 Month Enrollment Report

Enhancement

Clarified that IPEDS 12 Month Enrollment Report excludes students with a degree status of cancelled or no start

Enhancement

Permissions #997 and #1007 that control access to view phone numbers now apply to course rosters

Bug

A bug has been resolved where permissions for custom links did not work as expected

Bug

A bug has been resolved where activity tracking operators for High School Grade Year field did not work as expected

Enhancement

The Course Finder now includes an option to filter on site.

Enhancement

The Attendance Date Exception function now includes an option to filter on site.

Enhancement

Added field to Schoo

 

Build 185

Category

Description

Enhancement

New report Student Session Business Data Report shows information from the student session row.

Enhancement

Relabeled and moved input fields on the degree detail screen to clarify functions.
Audit Semester now Degree Audit Semester
Student Site now Student Degree Site
Start Date Override now Degree Start Date (May Override)
End Date Override now Degree End Date (May Override)

Enhancement

Store previous inquiries and make them viewable

Enhancement

Financial aid tab displays most recent ISIR data

Enhancement

Switch applicant permission role to student role immediately upon admissions progress code change (Configuration required)

Enhancement

Program Enrollment Summary report enrolled column renamed Enrolled - Special. This column contains a count of students whose degree status date is after the ending date entered when the report is run.

Enhancement

Visibility of search box at top of screen now controlled by permission 1242

Bug

Rule code on student session data now copies when session data is automatically created or copy process is run

Enhancement

Student photos upload now available through browser

Enhancement

Modification of custom CSS now available through browser

Enhancement

Uploading of custom images now available through browser

Enhancement

Uploading of email headers/footers now available through browser

Enhancement

Uploading of mail merge templates now available through browser

Enhancement

Audit Log by Field Type and Audit Log by Student reports now have first and last name separated and contain the ID number of the user making the change

 

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