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SAM ProSAM SYSTEMSINFORMATION FLOW
Admissions Student Rec.. Integration
Financial Verification
BSP
COM
Funds Management
Student Need Analysis
External Data Exchange
Evaluation
Packaging
Notification
BIO
Aid Application
Tracking
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SAM ProSAM Notification

• Notification Components

Table Audit Data Dictionary (TADD)
SAM Database
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• Notification Components

Table Audit Data Dictionary (TADD)
Schedule Table (SCH) (B)
Legend Red lettering represents SAM file
Name Green lettering represents TADD short Table
Name O Affects the On-line Process B Affects
the Batch Process
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SAM ProSAM Packaging

• Interactive Packaging Components (Continued)
• TADD Tables

• Schedule Table tells SAM how to split an award
  across the year. This table uses percentages to
  split amount into the appropriate months.
• September Fall award amount
• January Spring award amount

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SAM ProSAM Notification

• Notification Component - Letter Design

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• Notification Component - Letter Design (Continues)

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• Notification Component (Continued) Sample Letter

WATTS AMATTAH U Student Financial Aid
Office 2305 So. Colorado Blvd. - Suite 100
Denver, CO 80222-5904 1-800-747-4462   February
2, 2002 2002-03   Bullwinkle M.
Moose 123-45-6789 323 Rocky Mountain
Way Portage, AZ 00001-0002   Dear Mr.
Moose   The University of Watts Amattah is
pleased to offer you the following financial aid
package, based on the assumptions listed
below   1.      Academic Level UNDERGRADUATE 2. 
     Residency AZ 3.      Housing OFF
CAMPUS 4.      Enrollment Status FULL-TIME

AW
ARD NAME FALL 02 SPRING 03 TOTAL PELL GRANT
(FEDERAL) 750 750 1500 BARBARA PARIS
SCHOLARSHIP 250 250 500 EST FED STAFFORD
LOAN 1250 1250 2500   Your financial aid may be
revised if any of the above information changes
and/or if you receive additional awards such as
scholarships, tuition waivers, fellowships,
veterans benefits or grants. If there are
changes in your status or if you receive
additional awards, it is your responsibility to
notify this office in writing.   Please review
the enclosed information carefully. If you have
any questions, contact the office immediately.
If you completely understand the conditions of
your award package, please complete and sign the
enclosed REPLY COPY and return it to the
Student Financial Aid Office within 21
days.   Sincerely,   Rocky The Squirrel,
Director Financial Aid Office
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• Notification Component (Continued) Sample Letter

GLETR A AL1 Original Award
Letter__________
code up
letter long description
code     Letter Code AL1 Title
Original Award Letter Type G CodupA   HDR The
University of Watts Amattah is pleased to offer
you the following financial aid package, based on
the assumptions listed below   STA

AWARD NAME
FALL 02 SPRING 03
TOTAL   AWDA Your financial aid may be
revised if any of the above information changes
and/or if you receive additional awards such as
scholarships, tuition waivers, fellowships,
veterans benefits or grants. If there are
changes in your status or if you receive
additional awards, it is your responsibility to
notify this office in writing.   Please review
the enclosed information carefully. If you have
any questions, contact the office immediately.
If you completely understand the conditions of
your award package, please complete and sign the
enclosed REPLY COPY and return it to the
Student Financial Aid Office within 21
days.   Sincerely,     Rocky The Squirrel,
Director Financial Aid Office
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• Notification Component (Continued) Sample Letter

Optional Text 1 Heading   WATTS AMATTAH
U Student Financial Aid Office 2305 So. Colorado
Blvd. - Suite 100 Denver, CO 80222 1-800-747-446
2   February 2, 2002 2002-03   Bullwinkle M.
Moose 123-45-6789 323 Rocky Mountain
Way Portage, AZ 00001-0002   Dear Mr.
Moose     OTEXT HDR
Heading for Letters_____ code
up letter
long description code  SP02 WATTS AMATTAH
U Student Financial Aid Office 2305 So. Colorado
Blvd. - Suite 100 Denver, CO 80222 1-800-747-4462
  TODAY184 2002-03   SNAMEQ SID2 ADDR CIT
Y , STATE ZIP   Dear
SNAMEE    
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• Notification (Continued) Sample Letter

Optional Text 2 Student Status     1.     
Academic Level UNDERGRADUATE 2.      State of
Residence AZ 3.      Housing OFF CAMPUS 4.     
Enrollment Status FULL-TIME             OTEXT
STA OTEXT-Status code up letter
long description code   1.
Academic Level PACDLVL_at_15 2. State of
Residence SSTATE_at_02 3. Housing SHSETYP_at_15 4.
Enrollment Status SENRLST_at_20       The _at_
sign following a data element tells SAM you want
to use the translation from the codes table, and
you then specify the amount of space youll allow
for that translation.   You have to position the
data element at precisely the point you want the
translation to begin.     NOTE This information
doesnt have to be optional text, but it is
useful for both the original and revised letters.
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• Notification (Continued) Sample Letter

  Optional Text 3 Award Data     BARBARA PARIS
SCHOLARSHIP 250 250 500 PELL GRANT
(FEDERAL) 750 750 1500 EST FED STAFFORD
LOAN 1250 1250 2500           OTEXT

AWD Optional Text - Award Data
code up
letter code long
description code     REDEFZ FALL
PDOFFR3072J REDEFZ SPRG
PDOFFR7072J REDEFZ TOTL
TOTOFFR102J LDESC25
FALL SPRG
TOTL      
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• Notification Components (Continued)
• SAM Programs

• Batch Programs
• Automatic Scheduler SAMN20
• General Letter Preprocessor SAMN24
• General Letter Writer SAMN25
• Notification Labels SAMN30
• Notification Status Report SAMN71 SAMN72

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• Notification Components

SAM Database
Notification Module (PGM, AWD, SAM)
Legend Red lettering represents SAM file
Name Green lettering represents TADD short Table
Name O Affects the On-line Process B Affects
the Batch Process
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Notification (Continued) SAM Screen
SAM YR 2003 SAM FILE - UPDATE gt
________________________________
FASU
2/2 12/03/03 Id 111223333 Name
BEHAPPY/DONTWORRY Phone (800)
747-4462 Id2 111223333 Addr 2305 S
COLORADO BLVD Birth 12/06/85 Privacy
DENVER CO 80222 Sex
F FEMALE ------ Letter Status ------- --- Other
Data --- ------ Special Data ------ -LETTER-
-CODE- --DATE-- FedPC 21049 01
___ ________ FedEFC 23146 02 ___
________ Incar _ State __ 03 ___
________ Ac Prog _ _ _ _ _ _ 04
___ ________ Spec Int _ _ _ _ 05
___ ________ User Flg _ 06 ___
________ Achv Scr ____ 07 ___
________ SAT/ACT ____
Eval Clr ___ 01 02 03 04 05 06
ECampus 002307 ParCon StuCon
EFC HoldCode __ __ __ __ __ __ TrnMInd _
Inst _______ _______ ClassLvl __ 02 __ __
__ __ St ___ _______
_______ UserNr1 ______ UserNr2 ______
UserNr3 ______ UserNr4 ______ UserNr5
______ UserNr6 _________ UserNr7 _________
UserNr8 _________ Usrcds 01 _ 02 _ 03 _ 04 _
05 __ 06 __ 07 __ 08 __ 09 ____ 10 ____
11 _ 12 _ 13 _ 14 _ 15 __ 16 __ 17 __
18 __ 19 ____ 20 ____ RevDt 03/07/02
Time 080407 User SSI RL 63 Mod SU
KP1 PRev KP5 HElp
KP12 UPdate PF __
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