Release 9 – September 29, 2024

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New Features and Enhancements

CAS Configuration Portal Enhancements

Program Configuration Export Includes Unofficial Transcript Requirements

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

You can export your program's configuration data from the CAS Configuration Portal. With this enhancement, two new fields are now included in the College Transcript sheet of the report:

Unofficial Transcript Required to Submit
Unofficial Foreign Evaluation Required to Submit

This enhancement allows you to capture all program configuration data, especially related to recent new features.

Ongoing Maintenance

Please review the list of scheduled downtime/maintenance and product updates.

Event	Date	Details
Sandbox Environment Refresh	September 28, 2024	The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment (uat.webadmit.org) was refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current sandbox were overwritten. The next sandbox environment refresh is scheduled for November 1, 2024.

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Sandbox Environment Refresh

September 28, 2024

The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment (uat.webadmit.org) was refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current sandbox were overwritten.

The next sandbox environment refresh is scheduled for November 1, 2024.

Coming Soon!

Please review the list of upcoming events, including scheduled downtime/maintenance, product updates, and regional training opportunities.

Event	Date	Details
Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2025	Requests due by November 1, 2024	Many fields in the Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared "lookup tables" which are viewable in your CAS's/UniCAS's data dictionary file. Lookup table change requests can be sent to a member of your account team, who will compile and review these requests. The last date to submit lookup table update requests is November 1, 2024. New lookup table values will appear in the CAS Applicant Portal in March 2025 (subject to change). Visit the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for more information.

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Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2025

Requests due by November 1, 2024

Many fields in the Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared "lookup tables" which are viewable in your CAS's/UniCAS's data dictionary file.

Lookup table change requests can be sent to a member of your account team, who will compile and review these requests. The last date to submit lookup table update requests is November 1, 2024.

New lookup table values will appear in the CAS Applicant Portal in March 2025 (subject to change).

Visit the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for more information.