0.003/13/99 SUE TATE 1.0 PROGRAM NARRATIVE: TRK241S IS A SUBPROGRAM WHICH MATCHES TRANSFER GUIDE RECOMMENDA- TIONS AND EQUIVALENTS TO A STUDENT'S REGISTRATIONS, AND OPTIONALLY TO VCCS AND NON-VCCS COURSES ACCEPTED FOR TRANSFER AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE PROGRAM BUILDS A TABLE IN THE FORMAT OF A SENIOR IN- STITUITION'S TRANSFER GUIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE TRANSFER COURSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RETURNED TO THE CALLING PROGRAM TO PRODUCE A 'TRANSFER ASSISTANCE PROFILE', WHICH CAN BE DISPLAYED ONLINE AND/OR PRINTED. THE FORMAT FOR THE TRANSFER GUIDE RECOMMENDATIONS IS BUILT FROM THE DATA INPUT VIA TRK200, THE COLLEGE-MAJOR UPDATE; TRK210, TRANSFER ASSISTANCE COURSE RECOMMENDATION UPDATE; TRK220, TRANSFER ASSIST- ANCE COURSE EQUIVALENT UPDATE; AND TRK230, TRANSFER ASSISTANCE TEXT UPDATE. THE DATA MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE AND PRINTED BY TRK240, TRANSFER ASSISTANCE PROFILE INQUIRY. THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE DESIGN AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: 1. COURSES COMPLETED ON THE QUARTER SYSTEM ARE CONVERTED TO SEMESTER-EQUIVALENT CREDIT PRIOR TO BEING ADDED TO THE TOTAL OF RECOMMENDATIONS COMPLETED. 2. A RECOMMENDED COURSE WILL ALWAYS BE USED INSTEAD OF ANY EQUIV- ALENT COURSES, INCLUDING SEQUENCE COURSES. 3. WHEN A MIX OF QUARTER AND SEMESTER COURSES ARE SPECIFIED AS EQUIVALENTS, THE PROGRAM WILL USE THE QUARTER COURSES FIRST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE REGISTRATION DATA IS ORGANIZED IN THE DATA BASE. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN THE EQUIVALENT DATA IS INPUT, AS CERTAIN STUDENTS MAY HAVE SEQUENCED COURSES IN BOTH QUARTER AND SEMESTER-BASED TERMS, AND THE SEMESTER COURSES ARE PREFERRED. 4. TWO COURSES TO BE TAKEN AS A SEQUENCE CAN BE INPUT AS EQUIVA- LENTS ON THE SAME RECORD. WHEN THE PROGRAM ENCOUNTERS THESE RECORDS IT ATTEMPTS TO USE THEM BOTH; HOWEVER IF THE STUDENT HAS TAKEN ONLY ONE, OR FAILED TO EARN AT LEAST A 'C' IN BOTH, ONLY ONE WILL BE SHOWN. 5. THE PROGRAM WILL ATTEMPT TO USE THE COURSE ONLY WHEN THE GRADE IS AN 'A', 'B', 'C' OR BLANK (INDICATING CURRENT ENROLLMENT). ALL COURSES THE STUDENT HAS TAKEN OR TRANSFERRED IN OR RECEIVED COLLEGE CREDIT FOR, WILL APPEAR SOMEPLACE ON THE PROFILE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DATA AREAS PASSED TO THE SUBPROGRAM FROM THE CALLING PROGRAMS: 1. ALL DATA BASE PCB'S 2. TAP LINKAGE (TAPDATA COPY MEMBER) USED TO FORMAT THE OUTPUT FOR PRINTING. 3. TRK241S LINKAGE - USED TO IDENTIFY PROCESSING ERRORS. 2.0 USER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: N/A 3.0 SCREEN LAYOUT: N/A 4.0 FILES: 4.1 DATA BASES USED: ADVISOR DATA BASE 1. ADVMSTR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. ADVINST SEGMENT (READ ONLY) CONTROL DATA BASE 1. CTLTCOLL SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. CTLASDTY SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 3. CTLPROPT SEGMENT (READ ONLY) COURSE DATA BASE 1. CRSDEPT SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. CRSSEGM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) CURRICULUM DATA BASE 1. CURMASTR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) HISTORY DATA BASE 1. STUHIDNM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. STUDENTH SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 3. STUHREGI SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 4. STUASDCR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 5. STUTRACR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 6. STUASDTY SEGMENT (READ ONLY) STUDENT DATA BASE 1. STUDENTM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. STUREGIS SEGMENT (READ ONLY) TRANSFER DATA BASE 1. TRNSCOLL SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. TRNSMAJR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 3. TRNSCRSE SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 4. TRNSEQVL SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 5. TRNSTEXT SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 4.2 ADDITIONAL FILES USED: NONE 4.3 INPUT/OUTPUT RECORD LAYOUTS: N/A 5.0 SPECIAL OUTPUT MESSAGES: 5.1 DLI ABNORMAL TERMINATION MESSAGES AS APPROPRIATE 6.0 SPECIAL FEATURES: 5.1 CALLING PROGRAMS: TRK240 5.2 SUBPROGRAMS CALLED: GRP325S 5.3 MESSAGE SEGMENT CODES: N/A 5.4 MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES: N/A 7.0 PROGRAM OPTIONS: TRK241 05 01 - 01 USE VCCS TRANSFER COURSES TO MEET TRANSFER RECOMMENDATION. 'Y' - WILL USE TRANSFER COURSE WHEN THE FICE CODE IS ASSIGNED TO A VCCS COLLEGE. 'N' - DO NOT USE VCCS TRANSFER COURSES 02 - 02 USE NON-VCCS TRANSFER COURSES TO MEET TRANSFER RECOMMENDATION. 'Y' - WILL USE TRANSFER COURSE WHEN THE FICE CODE IS ASSIGNED TO A NON-VCCS COLLEGE. 'N' - DO NOT USE TRANSFER COURSES 03 - 03 USE ALTERNATE HEADINGS OPTION 'Y' - WILL PRINT 'CURRICULUM RECOMMENDATIONS' INSTEAD OF 'TRANSFER RECOMMENDATIONS'; 'COURSES COMPLETED' INSTEAD OF 'RECOMMENDATIONS COMPLETED'; 'TARGET DEGREE AND MAJOR' INSTEAD OF 'MAJOR AS OF'; AND 'TRANSFERABLE CREDITS COMPLETED' INSTEAD OF 'CREDITS COMPLETED FOR TRANSFER'; AND WILL ELIMINATE THE TOTAL CREDIT LINE. 'N' OR BLANK - WILL PRINT STANDARD HEADINGS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN SAMPLE SCREEN. 8.0 PROGRAM CHANGE HISTORY: 8.1 VERSION NO. V4.18 CHANGE DATE 11/16/90 PROGRAMMER NAME SUE DOTSON PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO. 00006249 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: NEW PROGRAM 8.2 VERSION NO. V4.23 CHANGE DATE 05/15/91 PROGRAMMER NAME DIANE LIVELY PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO. 00007760 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: CHANGED THE PROGRAM TO READ THE 'TRNSTEXT' SEGMENTS WITH AN UNQUALIFIED KEY INSTEAD OF READING FOR SEGMENT '01' AND INCREMENTING BY ONE UNTIL A 'NOT FOUND' STATUS CODE. THIS CORRECTS THE PROBLEM OF THE PROGRAM NOT ALWAYS FINDING ALL OF THE SEGMENTS IF THERE IS A SKIP IN THE NUMBER OR THE FIRST RECORD IS '00'. 8.3 VERSION NO. V4.35 CHANGE DATE 06/15/92 PROGRAMMER NAME SUE DOTSON PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO. 00009977 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: ADDED OPTION TO PRINT ALTERNATE HEADINGS. 8.4 VERSION NO: V5.0 CHANGE DATE: 05/15/93 PROGRAMMER NAME: SUE TATE PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO: 00012129 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: - THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECOMPILED AS A PART OF THE VERSION 5.O DATA BASE CHANGES. 8.5 VERSION NO: V7.02S CHANGE DATE: 02/10/99 PROGRAMMER NAME: SUE TATE PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO: Y2K DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: - CHANGED FOR Y2K AND RECOMPILED WITH NEW COMPILER.