[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] Guidance for 24-25 Interim Incremental File Issue

[Elizabeth Griswold]

WSAC mentioned a few times that "The full file upload will be phased out in the 2024-25 AY."

Do you know if this work-around of deleting the IsDelete column will allow us to keep using the full file upload function into 2025-26? (Because it would be a nightmare for me otherwise!)

Thank you,

Elizabeth Griswold | Program Specialist 3 | Peninsula College Financial Aid
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Good Morning FA-

We would like to share an update ahead of Fall interim.

For 2023-2024 Interim reporting, the IsDelete field was added to the file layout to allow colleges the option of using the incremental file layout.

We were under the impression that when the IsDelete column was left blank, the file layout would be treated as the typical full file upload where each upload is a fresh start. The full file upload allows for awards that had been previously reported in CSAW but have since been cancelled in PS (therefore no longer present in the PS Interim csv) to be cancelled in CSAW.

Last week a college notified us that 2023-2024 award cancellations in PS were not properly communicated to CSAW through the 2023-2024 Interim. Having the IsDelete column in the file layout made the file an incremental file upload so awards that were previously reported in CSAW but have since been cancelled in PS (therefore no longer present in the PS Interim csv) did not get cancelled in CSAW.

To avoid this issue for fall, we recommend that colleges remove the IsDelete field from their WA College Grant csv file prior to loading the csv file to CSAW. The absence of the IsDelete column is how the WSAC Portal determines the file is a full file upload. Instructions are attached and can also be found in the WCG Interim Guide<https://ctclinkreferencecenter.ctclink.us/m/92436/l/848386-wcg-interim-reporting-business-process-guide> in the Reference.


Thank you!

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