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CFDA Batch

One of the KFS-KC integration points allows for the running of a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 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 CFDA number selection. 

The CFDA # validations are a part of KC now instead of KFS, and there is a new CFDA maintenance document that is populated from a batch job to call and get valid values from CFDA to populate the table.  These are associated with the Award and thus the account.  This batch job functionality ensures the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) table in KC is automatically updated with data from the cfda.gov website so that the CFDA values available for selection on a KC Award document are valid. 

Figure 1564  Location of CFDA Number field in the KC Award document & Direct Inquiry record example

The KFS-KC integration point that allows for the running of a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) batch job in KC ensures the CFDA table in KC is automatically updated with data from the cfda.gov website so that the CFDA values available for selection on a KC Award document are valid.  This functionality includes the following features:

•      The CFDA lookup on the KFS Account maintenance document points to the KC CFDA table.

•      The CFDA Batch Job (cfdaBatchStep) allows for standard CFDA numbers to be populated by an automated batch program (CFDA maintenance type = AUTOMATIC), OR by the CFDA maintenance document (CFDA maintenance type = MANUAL).

•      When a KFS Account is created from a KC Award, the CFDA number is carried forward.

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Key Concepts:  While the CFDA 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 CFDA numbers on accounts that are not associated with KC Awards (important for institutions who implement KFS, but not KC).

Figure 1565  CFDA Number field – KFS Account document example

 

Subtopics:

Setting up CFDA batch integration