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CCC Technology Center Shuts Down QA Environment and Releases New PILOT (Beta) Environment for OpenCCCApply
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July 1516, 2015
On ThursdayWednesday, July 23July 22, 2015, the CCC Technology Center will release a new testing environment for the OpenCCCApply be shutting down the OpenCCCApply QA development environment currently used for implementation and testing for the CCCApply applications and staff tools (Administrator and Report Center). The new “Pilot” site A new testing environment called PILOT will replace the existing QA Environment, currently in use by colleges for implementation and testing. PILOT QA site beginning Thursday, July 23, 2015.
The new PILOT site will launch fully functional and fully loaded, with all pre-existing college . No changes will be made to your existing QA data, artifacts, user accounts, Report Center reports, and administrator settings configured exactly as they appear in the current QA environment. (See below for the QA > Pilot Cutover Process and Timeline.)other Administrator settings.
However, you will need to update your QA URL addresses for testing Applications and downloads to point to the new PILOT environment.
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IMPORTANT: On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 9:00 AM PST, the OpenCCCApply QA environment will be shut down and will no longer be available. |
The PILOT environment contains production-level code, which means it mirrors the student application exactly for the following OpenCCCApply applications:
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OpenCCC Student Account System
CCCApply Standard & International Applications
Board of Governor’s (BOG) Fee Waiver Application
CCCApply Administrator
CCC Report Center
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NOTE: The OpenCCCApply QA site will go off-line Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM PST. Beginning Thursday, July 23, 2015, college users will be re-directed to the new OpenCCCApply PILOT Administrator & Report Center. |
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What does this mean for colleges that are Live on OpenCCCApply?
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Colleges that have already adopted OpenCCCApply will continue to have access to a testing environment (beta site) that mirrors the Production student applications and tools, for testing and implementing additional OpenCCCApply applications (including the BOG and
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International
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applications).
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What WILL NOT Change?
The URLs you are currently using for to access the test environment QA Administrator & and Report Center . The only change is the name of the site: PILOT.
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The deprecation of the QA Environment will take place on Wednesday, July 22nd. During this time, access to the QA site will be unavailable to users. An error message will notify colleges of the cutover and suggest users bookmark the new URLs (which appear below). The new PILOT environment will available for usage on Thursday, July 23rd.
College Access to the New PILOT Administrator & Report Center
To access to the new Pilot Administrator and Report Center, use the same URLs and college credentials you have been using for the retiring QA site tools. The WILL NOT CHANGE when we stand up the new PILOT environment. In addition, your current user accounts will not change and you will continue to Sign In to the Administrator and Report Center with these credentials. All of your existing QA Administrator settings and artifacts, and Report Center ad hoc views and reports, will be migrated over to the new PILOT environment for you. The entire process should be seamless for college users.
NOTE: If you encounter any problems accessing the new
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PILOT URLs, please visit www.ccctechnology.info and navigate to CCCApply System Alerts category for FAQs or to submit a request for technical support.
College Access to the New PILOT CCCApply Application and BOG Fee Waiver Application
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New PILOT OpenCCC.net
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What WILL Change?
On Thursday, July 23 at 9:00 AM PST, colleges will need to update their test URL addresses to access the new PILOT OpenCCCApply applications and downloads URL attributes.
Remember: NO changes have been made to the student-facing (Production) CCCApply applications, staff tools, or downloads servers. The only change being made to your existing OpenCCCApply implementation is we've retired an outdated testing environment (QA) and replaced it with a new and improved test site (PILOT) to allow colleges a stable and secure test environment for ongoing testing and implementation of future applications. Please see
CCCApply Applications URLs
Remember to include your college's MIS code to the end of each application URL. (See below for an example of how Butte College will update their QA CCCApply application URL to the new PILOT CCCApply application URL.)
| PILOT Application | NEW PILOT Application URL |
New PILOT CCCApply Application | https://pilot.opencccapply.net/cccapply-welcome?cccMisCode=XXX |
New PILOT BOG Application URL | https://pilot.bog.opencccapply.net/gateway/bog?cccMisCode=XXX |
New PILOT International Application URL | Coming |
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: MIS Code = 111 |
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Application for Download | NEW PILOT ENVIRONMENT URL |
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| CCCApply Application | https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransfer |
| BOG Application | https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransferbog |
| International Application | Coming soon |
How will this affect colleges implementing now?
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Lou - do we want to take this opportunity to define some Terms for use and support of the new Pilot PILOT site? Do we offer support to colleges that have already deployed to OpenCCCApply and no longer implementing (using the Pilot PILOT site for setting up and testing)?
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For questions related to the QA > PILOT site cutover transition, please contact Patty Donohue, Project Manager, pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org.
For 24/7 online documentation and support, visit www.ccctechnology.info > CCCApply System Alerts
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Title: CCC Technology Center Releases New PILOT Test Environment for OpenCCCApply; Existing QA Site Reaches End of Life
Post: On July 23, 2015, a new OpenCCCApply test environment will retire and colleges live on OpenCCCApply will no longer have access to the OpenCCCApply QA environment. Colleges should transition seamlessly to the new Pilot PILOT environment, including all college test artifacts and user accounts. The process of migrating users from QA to the new Pilot PILOT test environment is available on the CCCApply Project Site > Development.
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Question: “I am trying to test a new email rule for CCCApply and I can’t access the QA Administrator site. I’m getting the following error message: XYZ. Is there a problem with the site?
Answer: On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, the OpenCCCApply QA environment will retire and will be taken off-line. On Thursday, July 23, 2015, colleges will be directed to the new Pilot PILOT environment for the student applications, Administrator & Report Center.
For more information about the new OpenCCCApply Pilot PILOT cutover process and timeline, see A Message to Colleges…”
Pilot PILOT Environment Benefits:
Will match Production after a new Production release
Will be used to demonstrate upcoming release features and functionality prior to a release to Production
Secure, stable environment for testing and onboarding new colleges
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