ALN Batch
One of the KFS-KC integration points allows for the running of a Assistace Listing Number (ALN) batch job in KC to ensure this KC reference table has the most up-to-date data available from the authoritative source at cfda.org. This functionality used to be a part of KFS, but it is now a part of KC, making KC the system of record for Assistance Listing number selection.
The Assistance Listing # validations are a part of KC now instead of KFS, and there is a new ALN maintenance document that is populated from a batch job to call and get valid values from ALN to populate the table. These are associated with the Award and thus the account. This batch job functionality ensures the Assistance Listing Nunmber (ALN) table in KC is automatically updated with data from the cfda.gov website so that the ALN values available for selection on a KC Award document are valid.
Figure 2192 Location of Assistance Listing Number field in the KC Award document & Direct Inquiry record example
The KFS-KC integration point that allows for the running of a Assistance Listing Number (ALN) batch job in KC ensures the ALN table in KC is automatically updated with data from the cfda.gov website so that the ALN values available for selection on a KC Award document are valid. This functionality includes the following features:
• The ALN lookup on the KFS Account maintenance document points to the KR ALN table.
• The ALN Batch Job (cfdaBatchStep) allows for standard Assistance Listing numbers to be populated by an automated batch program (ALN maintenance type = AUTOMATIC), OR by the ALN maintenance document (ALN maintenance type = MANUAL).
• When a KFS Account is created from a KC Award, the Assistance Listing number is carried forward.
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Key Concepts: While the Assistance Listing number is validated on the Award document, it remains a “free-form” entry field that is not validated on the Proposal Development document in KC. KFS retains the ability to assign Assistance Listing numbers on accounts that are not associated with KC Awards (important for institutions who implement KFS, but not KC). |
Figure 2193 Assistance Listing Number field – KFS Account document example
Setting up CFDA batch
integration