Transcript Session C-32 SAIG Mailbox Tools: EDconnect 7.2 and TDCommunityManager (TDCM)

Session C-32
SAIG Mailbox Tools:
EDconnect 7.2 and
TDCommunityManager (TDCM)
Hands-on
Reza Venegas
U.S. Department of Education
Sue Rager
Vangent
Agenda
• SAIG System Overview
• SAIG Suite Components
• SAIG System Security
• Understanding Mailbox Storage
• Hands-on
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SAIG System Overview
SAIG Mailbox
https://www.saigportal.ed.gov
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Mainframe &
Midrange
Users
SSL 3.0
TDClient
FSA
Application
Systems
FMS
COD
CPS
NSLDS
CSB
Internet
PC
Users
SSL 3.0
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.
• Download software at
• http://fsadownload.ed.gov/softedcon
nect.htm
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TDCommunity Manager (TDCM)
• TDCM - view network traffic in your SAIG mailbox
• Internet address:
https://www.saigportal.ed.gov
• Download the TDCM User’s Guide at
http://fsadownload.ed.gov/softedconnect.htm
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TDClient
• Download the Host Communication Guide
from the web at
http://fsadownload.ed.gov/mainframeguide.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
EDconnect Software
 Mailbox Query View
(available status)
 Received File View
(received status)
Available
Files
Database
Archived
Files
Database
TDCM Web Tool
 Messages Tab
(view only)
 Archive Tab
(restore files)
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Understanding File Storage
Available Files
Database
• Files in Available
status and < 180
days old
• Files in Received
status and < 10
days old
• Files Restored from
Archive
Archive Files
Database
• Received files =>
10 days and < 180
days old
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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: [email protected]
[email protected]
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