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VOLUME V

COD Test Cases

SECTION

All schools must use the Common Record in XML format to submit Pell and TEACH Grants

and/or Direct Loan (DL) origination and disbursement data to the COD System over the

Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG).

Schools should refer to Volume II of this technical reference for record layouts and

processes.

Schools that participate in School Testing can test with the structured test cases described

in this guide and will receive Receipt and Response files from COD.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................. 1

TEST DATA SENT FROM THE SCHOOLS TO THE COD SYSTEM ............. 3

Common Record ............................................................................................. 3

TEST DATA RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOLS FROM COD ............................ 5

Common Record Receipts ............................................................................... 5

Common Record Response ............................................................................. 5

TEST EXECUTION ......................................................................................... 6

Common Record Manual Verification ............................................................ 6

Structured Application Testing ....................................................................... 6

Test Student Profiles ....................................................................................... 8

Creating Unique Social Security Numbers .....................................................10

PREPARING THE TEST ENVIRONMENT ................................................. 13

Setting System Defaults .................................................................................13

FIRST TEST CYCLE (FIRST SUBMISSION) .............................................. 14

Helpful Hints for Preparing Test Case Input Files and Receiving COD

Responses ...................................................................................................15

TEST CASES: STEP BY STEP ................................................................... 17

Case 1: Pell and TEACH Grants ....................................................................17

Case 2: Parent PLUS Direct Loan and Pell Grant ..........................................18

Case 3: Pell Grant ...........................................................................................19

Case 4: Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and PLUS Direct Loans and TEACH

Grant ..........................................................................................................20

Case 5: Unsubsidized Direct Loan .................................................................22

Case 6: Subsidized and Unsubsidized Direct Loans.......................................24

Case 7: Parent PLUS Direct Loan and TEACH Grants .................................25

Case 8: Pell Grant and Subsidized and Unsubsidized Direct Loans ...............27

Case 9: Pell and TEACH Grants, and Subsidized and Unsubsidized Direct

Loans ..........................................................................................................29

June 2012

2012-2013 COD Technical Reference

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