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Objective

Upon completion of this KB the User will be able to produce and validate the Commonwealth Assisted Student File (DU) ready for import into HEPCAT

Assumptions

  • The user has entered required data to generate the Campus File
  • The user has an understanding of Element numbers required in HEPCAT reporting / Paradigm
  • The user has access to HEPCAT to import and validate the HEIMS reports

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Commonwealth Assisted File Fields

All Fields Marked with * are required to produce a compliant Commonwealth Assisted Student file

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  • Elicos
  • Postgraduate
  • Undergraduate
  • VET
  • Secondary
  • Non-Award

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  • Applied
  • Completed
  • Confirmed
  • Deferred
  • Enrolled
  • Exempt
  • Incomplete
  • Internal Offered
  • Provisional
  • Withdrawn

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  • Non-Checking Mode
  • Non-Interactive Mode (Files will be emailed)
  • On Screen Summary Mode
  • On Screen Full details Mode

Commonwealth Assisted Students File Flat File Structure

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Element Name

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E-Number

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Position within the Flat file

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Width or no of Characters

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Data Type

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Location Within Paradigm

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Student identification code

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E313

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1-10

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10

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Tax file number

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E416

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11-21

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11

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Numeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Date of birth

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E314

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22-29

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8

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Numeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Gender code

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E315

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30

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1

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Course code

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E307

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31-40

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10

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Course Enrolment > Course

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Student title

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E405

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41-55

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15

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Student surname

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E402

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56-85

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30

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Student given name – first

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E403

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86-100

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15

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Student given name – others

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E404

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101-130

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30

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student Details > Edit details

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Postal address – part 1

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E406

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131-168

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38

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Postal address – part 2

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E407

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169-206

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38

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Postal address – suburb/town

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E466

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207-233

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27

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Postal address – state

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E467

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234-236

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3

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Postal address – postcode

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E409

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237-240

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4

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Postal address – country name

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E468

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241-260

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20

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Address of permanent home residence – part 1

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E410

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261-298

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38

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Address of permanent home residence – part 2

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E411

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299-336

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38

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Residential address – suburb/town

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E469

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337-363

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27

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Residential address – state

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E470

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364-366

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3

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Address of permanent home residence – postcode

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E413

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367-370

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4

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Residential address – country name

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E471

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371-390

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20

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info

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Filler

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N.A.

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391-399

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9

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Alphanumeric

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N/A

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Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)

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E488

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400-409

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10

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Alphanumeric

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Student > Student details>  Edit Details

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This report is Part 1 of 3 for the Student Submission file set.

The set are the Enrolment  (EN), Load Liability (LL) and Help Due (DU)The 3 reports must be validated in this order.

  • DU
  • EN 
  • LL

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Objective

The Commonwealth Assisted Students (DU) file, commonly referred to as the "HELP Due"
submission, reports the personal details, including names, tax file numbers (TFN) and
Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Numbers (CHESSN) of all Commonwealth assisted
students. This article provides the workflow on how to produce DU file in Paradigm, and export it to HEPCAT. The challenge is to check all the required elements and validate you data in HEPCAT.

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Assumptions

  • The user has entered required data to generate the Campus File

  • The user has read the Commonwealth Assisted Students – HELP Due (DU) scope on heimshelp website

  • The user has an understanding of Element numbers required in HEPCAT reporting / Paradigm

  • The user has access to HEPCAT to import and validate the HEIMS reports

Key terms and concepts

Commonwealth assisted students are:

  • all Commonwealth supported students who pay their contributions up front, defer their
    contribution through HECS-HELP or are contribution exempt

  • students who access FEE-HELP assistance

  • students who access OS-HELP assistance

  • students who access SA-HELP assistance

Student details from this file are provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Commonwealth Assisted File Fields

All Fields Marked with * are required to produce a compliant Commonwealth Assisted Student file

Field Name

Brief Overview

Institution

Select the Institution who actually owns the course. Leave it un-select if it is not applicable.

*HEP Provider

A provider that is submitting the reports to HEPCAT

*HEP Contact

A contact person from your institution

*HEIMS Report

From the Drop down field select the Collection Year that the report is for

Period Number

Select the Period Number. January 1 to June 30 is Period 1 and July 1 to December 31 is Period 2

*Submission Year

Enter the reporting Year of your submission is for, e.g 2019

Submission Number

Two DU files are created and validated in a HELP Due submission each year. The first file includes student details for debts incurred between 1 January and 30 June. The second file includes student details for debts incurred between 1 July and 31 December.

*Course Level

  • Postgraduate

  • Undergraduate

  • Secondary

  • Non-Award

*HEIMS Census Date (E489)

Select the Census date that the EN report is for, Multiple dates can be selected as long as they fall within the Correct reporting period.

Census Date From

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Census Date To

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*Unit Enrolment Status

The system has already defaulted on some status

  • Applied

  • Completed

  • Confirmed

  • Deferred

  • Enrolled

  • Exempt

  • Incomplete

  • Internal Offered

  • Provisional

  • Withdrawn

HEIMS Revision Number

Only select this number if you are producing a DU revision file.

Report Mode

  1. Non-Checking Mode

  2. Non-Interactive Mode (Files will be emailed)

  3. On Screen Summary Mode (Fast Mode) - recommended

  4. On Screen Full details Mode (Show all output per student)


Commonwealth Assisted Students File Structure

Note

Be advised

One record for each student and course combination is required on the DU file. Each record must
have a unique combination of values for:

  • Student identification code (element 313)

  • Course code (element 307)

  • Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN) (element 488).

Element

Element Name

Paradigm Entities

Paradigm Internal Field Names

Default Paradigm field labels

Paradigm Menu Location

Field Type

Width

Derived Field

E313

Student identification code

Student

Student No.

studentNumber

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

10

N/A

E416

Tax file number

Student

Tax File Number

socialSecurityNumber

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

11

N/A

E314

Date of birth

Student

DOB

birthDate

Student > Student Details > Edit details

DATE

8

N/A

E315

Gender code

Student

Gender

gender

Student > Student Details > Edit details

SELECT

1

N/A

E307

Course code

Base Course

Id

eduProgramId

Courses > Edit Details

TEXT

10

N/A

E405

Student title

Student

Title

personalTitle

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

15

N/A

E402

Student surname

Student

Family Name

lastName

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

30

N/A

E403

Student given name - first

Student

Given Name

firstName

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

15

N/A

E404

Student given name - others

Student

Middle Name

middleName

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

30

N/A

E406

Postal address - part 1

Student

Street Number

streetNumber

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

TEXT

38

N/A

E407

Postal address - part 2

Student

Street Name

streetName

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

TEXT

38

N/A

E466

Postal address suburb/town

Student

City

city

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

TEXT

27

N/A

E467

Postal address state code

Student

State

stateProvinceGeoId

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

SELECT

3

N/A

E409

Postal address - postcode

Student

Post Code

postalCode

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

POSTCODE

4

N/A

E468

Postal address country name

Student

Country

countryGeoId

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Billing)

Select

20

N/A

E410

Address of permanent home residence - part 1

Student

Street Number

streetNumber

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

TEXT

38

N/A

E411

Address of permanent home residence - part 2

Student

Street Name

streetName

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

TEXT

38

N/A

E469

Residential address suburb/town

Student

City

city

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

TEXT

27

N/A

E470

Residential address state

Student

State

stateProvinceGeoId

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

SELECT

3

N/A

E413

Address of permanent home residence - postcode

Student

Post Code

postalCode

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

POSTCODE

4

N/A

E471

Residential address country name

Student

Country

countryGeoId

Student > Student details >  Edit Contact info (Residential)

TEXT

20

N/A

N.A.

Filler

-

-

-

-

ASCII_FILLER

9

N/A

E488

Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)

Student

CHESSN No.

chessenNo

Student > Student Details > Edit details

TEXT

10

N/A

Higher Education Student submission guidelines

The Student submission includes data from three files; the Student enrolment (EN) file, the Student load liability (LL) file and the Commonwealth Assisted Students - HELP due (DU) file.

All higher education providers are required to report this submission.

  1. Commonwealth Assisted Students DU file needs to upload and validate in HEPCAT first

  2. EN = Course Enrolment

  3. LL = Unit Enrolment

The data for this report is from the students application data. It is imperative that data entry is accurate and formatted in a consistent manner to ensure a minimum number of errors in the reports.

This data is to be reported via HEPCAT by the reporting deadlines associated with each census date.

Please refer to the current Higher Education Data Collection reporting Schedule for reporting dates and deadlines for any changes or updates.

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in the reports.

Workflow

Warning

Warning

Reports should never be altered directly in the flat file as the structure of the file can inadvertently altered and Corruptedcorrupted. The files will then not import into accepted by HEPCAT. The preferred method of Silverband from us is to update the information directly in Paradigm and then re - export the reports for transfering transferring into HEPCAT.

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How to produce Commonwealth Assisted Student (DU) file

  1. Click on the  Report tab on the side menu 

    Click on the HEIMS option in the side menu

  2. Click on

    the Get Report Image Removed button next to the Commonwealth Assisted File (DU) section.Select the required options as outlined above

    the HEIMS option in the side menu

  3. Click on the

    Produce Report Image Removed button. 
  4. If the report contains any warnings, corrections to the Student data is required, return to the Students record, correct the data and re run this report.
  5. Once the data is clean with no error messages export the file, then import it into HEPCAT.

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  1. Get Report button next to the edit Commonwealth Assisted File report (DU).

  2. Fill out the required options as outlined above

  3. Click on the Produce Report button. 

  4. If the report contains any warnings, corrections to the Student data is required, return to the Students record, correct the data and re run this report.

  5. Once the data is clean with no error messages export the file, then import it into HEPCAT.

Further Reading

Commonwealth Assisted Students – HELP DUE (DU) file structure

Higher Education Student - 2018 submission guidelines