Step 3: Create an error report

After you have built/loaded the financial aid file, you are ready to create the financial aid error reports. You must run the error reports before you generate the error count reports to ensure that the error counts are accurate.

1. Go back to the 'Main Menu' and click on the 'CDR/CDB Processing' button to open up the 'CDR/CDB Processing' window

2. Click on the 'Edit/Update' button to open up the 'Edit/Update' window

3. Click on the 'Create Error Report' button to open up the 'Create Error Report' window

4. Click on the appropriate file (the file you want to create the error report for), then click on the specific error(s) you want to run OR click on 'Select All' to run all critical and non-critical edits. It is recommended that you run all edits when creating an error report.

Once you have selected your file and the edits you wish to check, click on the 'Process' button to create the error report.

Note: Allow up to 10 minutes when creating an error report.

Once the error report has run you will get a message back asking if you would like to view a specific error. You have the choice of 'Yes', 'No' or 'Cancel'. 'Yes' will bring up a list of edits to choose from. 'No' will bring up the entire error report. If you choose 'Cancel', it will cancel the message and you will not have to view the error report.

You are now done with this step and can move onto Creating and printing the error count report.