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The Unit Offering Option Select Application

This section includes:

• The Unit Offering Option Application
• Validations Performed During Processing
• Customising The Display of Unit Offering Options
• Read-Only Unit Offering Options
• Advanced Unit Search

The Unit Offering Option Select Application

The Unit Offering Option Select Application (UOO-SELECT) is displayed to the user when they have performed a unit search (UNIT-SRCH) as part of their student unit attempt update.

The application displays the unit offering options retrieved according to the search criteria entered in the unit search application.

Beside each available Unit Offering Option, ADD or MODIFY and RESET radio buttons can be selected. The ADD or MODIFY button is used to select a unit offering option for inclusion in the user's Student Course Attempt. The appearance of the ADD or MODIFY depends on the context in which the application has been entered. For example: if there is not a valid ADD-UNIT Cohort Process Window, only the MODIFY and RESET options are available. If there is only one valid unit offering option available for a unit, the MODIFY option is not displayed.

The RESET button is used where a unit offering option has been selected as ADD and the user has decided not to ADD this unit offering option before selecting the COMMIT button.

Radio buttons have been used rather than check boxes as they prevent the user from selecting more than one option of the same unit at a time. For example: a unit search has retrieved unit ABC123 options at MELB and SYDN and unit XYZ789 at ADEL. A user can select unit XYZ789 and they can select either ABC123/MELB or ABC123/SYDN. They cannot select both ABC123/MELB and ABC123/SYDN.

Validations Performed During Processing

When a user attempts to commit the additions/modifications several validations are performed to ensure the selected unit offering options can be applied to the user's Student Course Attempt. These checks are:

• That the selected unit offering options are available for the context enrolment period and can be selected for self-enrolment (SSF Avail selected)
• The selected unit offering option does not conflict with the user's Student Course Attempt Forced Location and Forced Attendance Mode (if they exist) for the context enrolment period
• The selected unit offering options have an ACTIVE, non-expired unit version in the context enrolment period
• The unit is not a superior unit in a unit relationship. (Subordinate units must be selected and confirmed before selecting superior units).
• The user's student unit attempt status is ENROLLED or UNCONFIRM

Customising the Display of Unit Offering Options Retrieved

The number of unit offering options retrieved and the number displayed per page are controlled by SSFF1100 (Maintain Self Serve Applications).

In SSFF1100, the Maximum Selection Number defines the number of unit offering options that can be retrieved for the unit search. If the number is reached and the search application has not finished, the search is stopped and a message is reported to the user suggesting they refine their search criteria.

The Maximum Display Selection Number defines the number of unit offering options to be displayed per page. For example: if the number has been set to 10 and the unit search retrieved 23 unit offering options, 10 of these unit offering options are displayed per page.

Read-Only Unit Offering Options

When the UNIT-SRCH application retrieves unit offering options, it retrieves all the unit offering options that meet the search criteria where the Show All Units checkbox is selected. Not all of these unit offering options can be selected by the user. Some of the unit offering options can be displayed as 'read-only'.

A unit offering option is displayed as 'read-only' if any of the following conditions occur:

• The Student Course Attempt status is not ENROLLED, INACTIVE or INTERMIT
• The system enrolment step type UNITS does not exist for the user's enrolment period
• The SSF Avail check box has not been selected for the user's Student Course Attempt course offering patten in CRSF1500 (Maintain Course Offering Pattern)
• The census date for the unit offering options teaching period falls within the user's intermission period
• The user has a:
• SUS_SRVC or RVK_SRVC encumbrance; or
• SUS_COURSE, EXC_COURSE or EXC_CRS_GP encumbrance; or
• EXC_CRS_U encumbrance; and
• The CHKCENCUMB enrolment step exists and is mandatory
• The user has advanced standing for the unit
• The ADD-UNIT Cohort Process Window is not valid
• If the unit offering option location does not match the user's Student Course Attempt Forced Location (if they have one) and the CHKFORCED enrolment step exists and is mandatory for the user's enrolment period
• If the unit offering option attendance mode does not match the user's Student Course Attempt Forced Attendance Mode (if they have one) and the CHKFORCED enrolment step exists and is mandatory for the user's enrolment period
• The unit is a duplicate unit for one already selected or completed by the user
• The unit is a superior unit in a unit relationship. (Subordinate units must be selected and confirmed before selecting superior units)

Advanced Unit Search

Advanced Unit Search functions include:

• Mandatory fields in the Advanced Unit Search application
• Default values for the mandatory fields in the Advanced Unit Search form

Currently, a specified number of unit offerings that match a specific search criterion are displayed per page, with PREVIOUS and NEXT being displayed at the bottom of the search results page.

The search display functionality is enhanced to allow institutions to configure all results to be displayed on a single search results display page.
Single page display are controlled by setting a value in “Maximum Selection Number” and entering the same value in the “Maximum Display Selection Number field.

Multi page display are controlled by setting a value in “Maximum Selection Number” and no value or a lower value in “Maximum Display Selection Number” field in SSFF1100 UOO-SELECT.

If no values are set in these fields, there are default values of 200 and 25 for the respective fields (these are set in the program code).

The PREVIOUS link are displayed for the first page of results, just as the NEXT link are not displayed for the last page.

“PREVIOUS and NEXT” functionality has been removed and replaced with functionality implemented in “Staff Connect” Search Results Application which allows a user to specify the number of results to be returned on each page.

Last Modified on 30 June, 2004