Session #20

SAIG Mailbox Tools:

EDconnect 7.2 and
TDCommunityManager (TDCM)
Hands-on

Reza Venegas
Sue Rager
Agenda
• SAIG System Overview
• SAIG Suite Components
• SAIG System Security
• Understanding Mailbox Storage
• Hands-on

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SAIG System Overview
SAIG Mailbox
FSA
https://www.saigportal.ed.gov Application
Systems

FMS
Mainframe & COD

{
Midrange CPS
Postsecondary SSL 3.0 NSLDS
Users
Institution eCDR
State CSB
TDClient
Scholarship/ Internet
Guaranty Agency
3rd Party
PC
SSL 3.0
Servicers
Users

EDconnect

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SAIG Suite Components
• EDconnect - PC software used to send
and receive data
• TDCommunity Manager (TDCM) – Web
tool used for tracking data sent and
received on SAIG
• TDClient – Mainframe and Mid-Range
Client software used to send and receive
data

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EDconnect v7.2
• Windows based
software used to
transmit TitleIV data.
• Required upgrade to
v7.2 by March 2008
• Download software at
• http://fsadownload
.ed.gov/softedconn
ect.htm

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TDCommunity Manager (TDCM)
• TDCM - view network
traffic in your SAIG
mailbox
• Internet address:
https://www.saig
portal.ed.gov
• Download the TDCM
User’s Guide at
http://fsadownloa
d.ed.gov/softedco
nnect.htm

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TDClient
• Download the Host Communication Guide
from the web at
http://fsadownload.ed.gov/mainfra
meguide.htm
• Request TDClient software via CPS/SAIG
Technical Support at 800-330-5947
• Create JCL or Scripts to execute TDClient
– Installation, setup questions? Contact
CPS/SAIG Technical Support

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SAIG System Security
EDconnect
– Password changes
• User
• Local
• Network
– Setting up multiple users
Synchronize network Password across
multiple platforms
– EDconnect
– TDClient
– TDCM
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SAIG System Security
Network Password Rules
• Must begin with an alpha character
• Must be a minimum length of eight characters
• Must contain at least one upper case and one
lower case alpha character, plus one numeric
character
• Cannot be any of the last five passwords used
• User will be locked out after three failures (Call
CPS/SAIG Technical Support to reset password
or wait 30 minutes for lock to clear)
• Can contain special keyboard characters, such
as @, #, $

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Understanding File Storage
SAIG Mailboxes

Available
Files
EDconnect Software Database TDCM Web Tool
• Mailbox Query View • Messages Tab
(available status) (view only)
• Received File View • Archive Tab
(received status) Archived (restore files)
Files
Database

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Understanding File Storage
Available Files Archive Files
Database Database
• Files in Available • Received files =>
status and < 180 10 days and < 180
days old days old
• Files in Received
status and < 10
days old
• Files Restored from
Archive

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Beyond the Basics
• Activity Log
– Investigating transmission
errors
– Verifying transmissions
• Receiving files to multiple folders
• Restoring files

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EDconnect & TDCM – Hands-on
EDconnect
• Security View to change passwords
• Populating the Transmission Queue
• Query and Receive file Views
• Activity Log view
TDCM
• Message Tab to view files and change status of
file
• Archive Tab to restore files so they may be
received again
Tips & Tricks

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Contact Information
We appreciate your feedback and
comments. We can be reached
at:
CPS/SAIG Technical Support
• Phone: 800-330-5947
• Email: cpssaig@ed.gov
Reza.Venegas@ed.gov

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