Remove a Key Field {FSAMR2-1}

This is the first action in a series of options to removing a key field form the SD Fee Structure options {FSAM-29} and {FSAM-1}.

Clients is strongly advice to do this series of adding or deleting key field first on the Test Environment and if the result is satisfactory do on your Production Environment

These key fields, per event, can only be changed at the beginning of a new academic year and structure – that is when a fee structure is created for a new academic year BEFORE A APPLICATION AND/OR REGISTRATION, WAS PROCESSED, FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. If any application and/or registration was done for a academic year then no maintenance is allowed on the key fields. Maintenance is allowed on the second block of options {FSAM-29} and {FSAM-1} during the academic year.

To change some of the key fields, only one field at a time can be changed, using the batch programs.
To remove a key field use {FSAMR2-1}, {FSAMR2-2}, {FSAMR2-3}, {FSAMR2-4}
or
To add a key field {FSAMR2-5}, {FSAMR2-6}, {FSAMR2-7}, {FSAMR2-8}.

Prompt Text ^{* an item between square brackets [ ] is the default answer}	Type & Length	Comments
Year	N4
Event Code	A2	<List of Values> is available.
List of Key Fields 1. Currency 2. Post/Undergraduate 3. Offering Type 4. Cash/Terms 5. Study Period 6. Student Type 7. Block Code 8. Exam Type Choose one of the Key Fields to Remove	N1
Trial or Update Run (T/U)	A1

Sort Order	Per	Comments
	Per Key

System Select
	No special system selection

Example: Removing key field Post/Undergraduate from Event 01. The reason is post and undergraduate does pay the same fee for application and the Basis of Generation has changed.
Option {FSAM-29}/{FSAMR2-6} before the key field Post/Undergraduate was remove
Block 1

Block 2

This option user selection to remove the key field Post/Undergraduate.

The report that was generated, using the above user selection.

Option {FSAM-29}/{FSAMR2-6} after the key field Post/Undergraduate was removed, note the Post/Undergraduate field value has change from Y to N.
Block 1

Block 2:

Note that the actions of removing the key field Post/Undergraduate, deleted all the before adding records and created new records for the event 01 key, the rest of the columns are null and this end the first action in a series removing a key and the user must move to the second action in the series removing a key, namely option {FSAMR2-2}

Processing Rules
	No special processing rules

Date	System Version	By Whom	Job	Description
15-Dec-2006	v01.0.0.0	Charlene van der Schyff	t118619	New manual format.
14-May-2009	v01.0.0.1	Ernie van den Berg	t157364	Review this manual.