Franklin 8.1 Release Notes

Fixes

• Upgraded the database to be compatible with unsupported SQL Server versions older than 2012

  Supported System Requirements

  Please refer to MCS System Requirements.

New Features

• Information Release on Keyed Applications - Added the ability to determine which Information Release options to include when keying applications
  Admin & Maintenance | System Settings | Application Processing: Information Releases for Keyed Apps

• Hold Duplicate Applications for Review - Added an Application Review setting to hold applications with duplicate email addresses for review

  Impact of Enabling Setting

  Enabling this setting can significantly slow-down the system as it searches through all email addresses on file.

  
  

  Admin & Maintenance | System Settings | Application Review: Hold Applications using a Duplicate Email Address for Review
• Plugin Update Notifications - Added notification support when one or more applicable plugin updates are available

Enhancements

• Audit/Review Processed Applications - Extended ability to review online applications by date range versus single day
  Utilities | Miscellaneous | Audit/Review Processed Applications: Filter by Batch Online Applications Received
• Form Type Visibility - Form Type visibility has been added in the following ways:
  • Added a Form Type column in Student Lookup for increased visibility of Meal Benefit Application and Economic Survey
    Home | Student Lookup
  • Added a Form Type column and “Form Type filters” to Application Review
    Home | Application Review

• Verification Sample Type Enhancements - Updated Verification Sample Type options to include USDA terminology and percentages based off p102 of the eligibility manual. Existing Sample Types are now preceded with “Custom”.

  If a District’s verification Sample Type settings were equal to one of the new USDA Sample Type settings, the system will automatically select the correct USDA Sample Type.

  USDA Sample Type options are system-defined and not editable by the user.

  Although existing functionality remains and is denoted as “Custom”, unused criteria for selected Sample Type are disabled out to lessen confusion. E.g. Custom: Basic – Percent of Case-Number Applications to Pick and Maximum of Case-Number Applications to Pick are not applicable and are therefore, disabled.

  Admin & Maintenance | System Settings | Verification

• Application Server Timeout - Added support to increase Application Server timeout failure from 15 seconds to 60 seconds
• MySchoolApps Integration - Changed location for MySchoolApps integration setup from Utilities to Admin & Maintenance.

  Upload Schools and Import Applications remain in Utilities.

  Admin & Maintenance | Advanced Setup | Online Applications