1. Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System Update
Wendy Jerreld U.S. Department of Education 2012 Software Developers Webinar #3

2. Agenda COD Release 11.2 Update COD Release 12.0 Update
Future Enhancements
COD Technical Reference Updates

3. COD Release 11.2 Update
The COD System will implement the following functionality with Release 11.2 on November 9, 2012.
Final modifications for ending eligibility for upfront Direct Loan interest rebates
New Direct Loan and Grants Experimental Sites for COD
Edit 51 will allow approved schools to submit Direct Loan disbursements that are dated up to 30 days before start of classes/award begin date
Ability to submit and accept Pell Grant records for students with a bachelor's degree that are enrolled in vocational or career programs
Retire Warning Edit 111

4. COD Release 11.2 Update Pell Experimental Sites
With Release 11.2, the COD System will implement new COD Experimental Sites functionality for the ability to submit and accept Pell Grant records for students with a bachelor's degree that are enrolled in vocational or career programs.
Only schools that have been approved for this experiment will have this capability
Ability to process Pell Grants with the CPS Applicant Pell Eligible flag = No (N) when the award is submitted by a school that has an appropriate PEPS experimental site flag set
Processing can be performed via batch or Web for the award year and forward

5. COD Release 12.0 Update
With Release 12.0, the COD System will implement the following functionality in late March 2013:
New Award Year Set-Up for
Ability to Benefit (ATB) modifications
Direct Loan and TEACH SAS disbursement detail available On Demand
Exit Counseling available on StudentLoans.gov
New value(s) in the <CounselingType> for Exit Counseling
<CounselingType> values to be published in early Fall
Exit Counseling data will be added to the existing COD Counseling Report

6. COD Release 12.0 Update Ability to Benefit
With Release 12.0, the COD System will implement modifications to Ability to Benefit (ATB).
New valid values for <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag include:
06 = High School Diploma
07 = GED
<AbilityToBenefitCode> tag required field
Reject Edit 994 will be triggered if the <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag is not submitted on origination for any program
New warning Edit 199 when <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag value submitted does not match the High School Diploma or equivalent value from the CPS Transaction Number
For and forward

7. COD Release 12.0 Update Ability to Benefit
Also the Ability to Benefit modifications will include:
Reject Edit 198 if the <AbilityToBenefitCode> tag is submitted on origination with values equal to 05 “Other” and 03 “State” for all COD programs (Pell, Direct Loans and TEACH) for origination and maintenance
For award years and forward

8. COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
Starting with the Award Year, COD will provide schools the option to request TEACH and Direct Loan SAS Disbursement Detail on an On Demand basis.
Grant Data Requests, DL Rebuild and SAS Disbursement Detail will be combined on one COD Web page
New message classes will be created for the data requested DL and TEACH SAS files

9. COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
Users will have the following options for SAS Disbursement Detail On Demand:
Direct Loan or TEACH Program
Award Year
Start Date/End Date, Month-to-Date or Year-to-Date
Format
Display Names of Borrowers
DL SAS Detail

10. COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand

11. COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand

12. New Message Class Header
COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
Direct Loan SAS Message Classes
Activity Type
Format Type
New Message Class Header
Month-to-Date
Fixed-Length
DSMFyyOP
Comma-Delimited
with Headers
DSMHyyOP
without Headers
DSMCyyOP
Pipe-Delimited
DSMPyyOP

13. New Message Class Header
COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
Direct Loan SAS Message Classes
Activity Type
Format Type
New Message Class Header
Date Range
Fixed-Length
DSRFyyOP
Comma-Delimited
with Headers
DSRHyyOP
without Headers
DSRCyyOP
Pipe-Delimited
DSRPyyOP

14. New Message Class Header
COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
Direct Loan SAS Message Classes
Activity Type
Format Type
New Message Class Header
Year-to-Date
Fixed-Length
DSYFyyOP
Comma-Delimited with Headers
DSYHyyOP
Comma-Delimited without Headers
DSYCyyOP
Pipe-Delimited
DSYPyyOP

15. New Message Class Header
COD Release 12.0 Update SAS Disbursement On Demand
TEACH SAS Message Classes
Activity Type
Format Type
New Message Class Header
Month-to-Date
Comma-Delimited
TSOMyyOP
Year-to-Date
TSOYyyOP
Date Range
TSORyyOP

16. COD Future Enhancements
For the award year, COD will begin performing full XML validation.
New validation will be based on the most frequent COD XML errors
Example of common errors include general file formatting such as:
Invalid character or invalid byte
Content before the <?xml tag
Opening tag exists but end tag is missing
Please see the following slide for further examples…

17. COD Future Enhancements
XML Error Type
Error Description
cvc-maxLength-valid
String is too long
cvc-datatype-valid.1.2.1
Value is not valid for data type
cvc-attribute.3
Required attribute missing
cvc-minLength-valid
String is too short
cvc-enumeration-valid
Value not in set of valid options
cvc-type.3.1.3
Element not valid
cvc-complex-type.3.2.2
Attribute 'xsi:schemaLocation' is not allowed to appear in element
cvc-elt.3.1
Required value missing
cvc-complex-type.2.3
Element contains children, but is defined as element-only
cvc-length-valid
String length is wrong (length has to be exact)
cvc-minInclusive-valid
Number is too small
cvc-pattern-valid
String format wrong
cvc-complex-type.2.2
Element contains no sub-element whereas one is expected
cvc-maxInclusive-valid
Number is too large

18. COD Technical Reference Updates
June 2012
Revised Technical Reference was posted based on Summer and Fall 2012 system modifications
November 2012
Technical Reference to be posted without a new schema

19. We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can be reached at:
Direct Loans: Wendy Jerreld
Phone: (202)
Contact Information
Grants: Dan Sullivan
Phone: (202)

20. New Customer Service Email Address CODSupport@ed.gov
Contact Information
COD School Relations Center
URL:
Phone - Grants: (800)
Phone - Direct Loans: (800)
Effective December 2012
New Customer Service Address