1. Producing the 2007/8 HESA Return
Rick Burne, European Solution Centre

2. Purpose
The session is intended to help clients to understand how to prepare for the HESA 2007/8 Return
This session will describe the solutions developed by SunGard Higher Education to support the HESA 2007/8 Student and Student Aggregate Overseas returns.

3. Agenda Summarise the functionality provided by the HESA 7.4 release
Summarise the functionality provided in the PRGN 7.2 release
Describe how these two products work together to allow clients to deliver the HESA Student Record for 2007/8
Describe what institutions need to do to develop their HESA Student returns
Describe future releases that support HESA reporting

4. HESA 7.4 Release
Support for 2007/08 HESA reporting process using PRGN 7.2
Student Return (student on module; cohort; pre-run & snapshot)
Student Aggregate Overseas Return
Value Mapping Support
Loading value mapping (crosswalk) data
Value Mapping API
UCAS *K, *J Data
Enhanced data storage; forms and trigger processing (simple migration script if required)

5. PRGN 7.2 Release Support for:
Enhanced Processing Definition (Process, Task, Activity model)
Template solutions for:
HESA Student
Aggregate Overseas Processing
Will support HESA processing in future releases
Dynamic, client maintainable data structures for Snapshot & Extract storage
Import / Export for XML and CSV supported

6. HESA & PRGN Processing Steps: (Student on Module) Cohort Pre-run
Snapshot
Transform
Export

7. HESA & PRGN Process, Task, Activity
Dynamic, run-time selection of execution elements
Examples:
Process: HESA Student Return
Task: Snapshot Processing
Activity: Snapshot Student Address Data

8. HESA & PRGN Activity Configuration form (GKAPACT)
Replaces SKAHMAP
Source (tables and expressions)
Target (table and columns)
Joins & Filters
Activity Status
Process Configuration (GKAPEXS)
Value Mapping (SKRUFDS / SKASSDT)
Load external data; Country Codes, JACS – JACS2 code, etc
Process Execution (GKAPEXS)

9. Preparing for the Return
Configure and customize:
Delivered activities
Student on Module Processing
Define local prior / post processing
Snapshot / Extract Data Store
Execution Trees
Value Mapping (Crosswalk Data)
Attend SGHE Training: 24 January and 31 January

10. Defining Activities - Source Tables

11. Defining Activities - Target Table

12. Defining Activities – Target Columns

13. Defining Activities – Column Map

14. Defining Activities – Join / Filter

15. Defining The Execution Tree

16. Execution

17. Future Release Plans HESA 7.4.1 Patch for SKAHINS (PGCECLSS field)
HESA (Completion of the HESA Student Record Extract and Export) - Jan 2008
HESA (DLHE) – Qtr
HESA (ITT) – Qtr
HESA (Statutory Changes) – Qtr
HESA (Conversion of 7.5.0) – Qtr
PRGN 7.2.1(Universal viewer) – Qtr2 2008

18. Questions
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