Program Type Progression Process

You use the program type progression program if the courses of study your university offers and the modules that students can book are based on program types. When you execute program type progression, the SAP System checks the students' progress in the given program type and automatically sets the relevant status indicators if the check is successful.

Prerequisites

Your system administrator has made the following settings in Customizing for Student Lifecycle Management:

In the section Student Lifecycle Management Processes Module Booking :
- Defined the relevant module booking environment (see Integration under Determining Progression.)
In the section Student Lifecycle Management Processes Progression Program Type Progression :
- Defined the program types
- Assigned progression categories to each program type
- Defined progress classifications, academic standings, or academic honors
  (These settings represent the progression results.)
- Enabled the BRFplus framework, if you want to use BRFplus rules for program type progression
In the section Student Lifecycle Management Processes General Settings Selection Methods :
- Assigned existing selection methods to selection method group PRGR
- Implemented the additional selection methods you required in the Business Add-In HRPIQ00SELMETHOD and assigned these to selection method group PRGR
In the section Student Lifecycle Management Master Data Academic Performance Indices :
- Defined performance indexes for each progression category
- Assigned performance indexes to calculation points
In the section Student Lifecycle Management Processes General Settings Rules :
- Created substitutions in the VSR rules or the BRFplus rules
- Assigned the substitutions to call up point 0053 (progression)
  You have to map program type progression regulations of your university in the VSR rules or the BRFplus rules. You do this by creating a rule container and linking this rule container to non academic call up point 0053.
  
  For more information, see VSR Rules for Program Type Progression and BRFplus Rules for Program Type Progression.

The function BRFplus Rules for Program Type Progression is available if you have activated the business function SLCM, Progression Results Evaluation with BRFplus (ISHER_BRFP_PROGRESSION).

Process

When you run program type progression, the SAP System executes the following process:

The SAP System selects the desired programs based on the given selection method and selection variant (from objects of the study object type).
The SAP System filters the selected objects based on the values you specify in the check-to date, execution category and program type parameters. For more information, see Program for Program Type Progression.
The SAP System executes progression for those students who have taken academic work in the given program type and whose data match the specified filter criteria. Progression is determined per student on the basis of his/her program types and the active progression categories.
The progression program first calls the hold manager at call up point 0053, which it then uses to determine if a progression hold is set for the student in question. If so, progression is terminated. If not, progression continues as described in the following.
Each time the SAP System reaches one of the calculation points defined for progression, it branches to the performance index calculation assigned to the calculation point in question and transfers a specific set of academic work objects.
An academic work object is included in program type progression if the following conditions apply:
- The academic work object is assigned to the program type.
- The relevant progression categories are active (flagged).
- The valid-from date of the module booking is before or identical to the check-to date (and is after the internal check-from date).
From the given set of academic work objects, the SAP System determines the performance indexes, which are assigned to the calculation point.
The SAP System returns the performance Indexes it determines to the progression application.
The progression application transfers the program types and progression categories as well as the performance indexes it determines to the VSR rules or the BRFplus rules at call up point 0053.
Using the rules assigned to call up point 0053 in the VSR rules or the BRFplus rules, the SAP System determines whether the performance indexes meet the given requirements. If so, the system uses substitutions defined in the rules to set the result for the progression category and the result status.

Caution

The progression application branches to the rules only once per student. The substitutions for all program types and progression categories are executed successively (this is due to the fact that the system has only one call up point for progression, which is 0053). You therefore have to configure the rules so that the SAP System can process the relevant program types and progression categories when this one call up point is reached.

End of the caution.
The VSR rules or the BRFplus rules return the progression result and the associated result status (final, projected, or pending). (You can define the individual progression results in Customizing when you create the program types.)
The SAP System writes the result and the associated result status in the Progression infotype record (1737) of the student (object type ST). You can display this result on the Program Type Progression tab page in the student file.
The progression application calls the hold manager to which it then transfers the result and result status. The hold manager then performs the further process steps.

Result

The SAP System displays the program type progression result and the associated result status on the Program Type Progression tab page in the student file.

The hold manager sets the holds and statuses for the student in question based on the values transferred; automatic or manual processing is possible here.