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CCC Technology Center Shuts Down QA Environment and Releases New PILOT (Beta) Environment for OpenCCCApply
July 16, 2015
On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at 9:00 AM PST, the CCC Technology Center will shut down and retire the OpenCCCApply QA environment and replace it with a new testing environment called PILOT. The new PILOT site will be available to colleges beginning Thursday, July 23 at 9:00 AM PST.
This change only pertains to the QA testing environment. No changes will be made to the Production environment (student applications, downloads and staff tools). The PILOT site will launch fully functional and fully loaded, with all pre-existing college of your existing QA test data, artifacts, user accounts, reports and administrator settings configured exactly as they appear in the current QA environment. (See below for the QA > Pilot Cutover Process and Timeline.)The PILOT environment contains production-level code, which means it mirrors the student application exactly other QA Administrator settings, in tact.
The new PILOT environment will contain production-level code for the following OpenCCCApply applications:
OpenCCC Student Account System
CCCApply Standard & International Applications
Board of Governor’s (BOG) Fee Waiver Application
CCCApply Administrator
CCC Report Center
Current QA Site Reaches “End of Life”
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During this time, no changes can be made to the settings or reports across the Pilot site Administrator or Report Center
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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. |
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at 9:00 AM PST, college users trying to access the QA applications and download URLs for testing will be re-directed to the new |
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What does this change mean for colleges
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Not much, really. Colleges Colleges that have already adopted OpenCCCApply will continue to , as well as those who are in-progress, will always have access to a testing beta environment (beta site) that mirrors the Production student applications and tools, code for testing and implementing additional OpenCCCApply applications (BOG and the International application)implementation.
There will be NO changes to the URLs you are currently using for the test environment Administrator & Report Center. The only change is the name of the site: PILOT!
Staff User accounts for the QA Administrator and Report Center will not change, and all Administrator & Report Center data, settings, and artifacts (including rules, email messages, supplemental questions, and ad hoc reports) will be migrated over for you.
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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 process should be seamless for college users
The CCCApply support team will work with the colleges who are in-progress implementing OpenCCCApply now to ensure they've updated all QA URLs to the new PILOT URLs immediately to avoid delay to their projects. All artifacts, such as email rules, rule messages, supplemental question XML files, will be migrated to the new site for you. Staff and Administrator User accounts will not change and users will be able to log in to the staff tools on the PILOT site with their existing authenticated SSO credentials.
What WILL NOT Change?
The URLs you are currently using to access the QA Administrator and Report Center WILL NOT CHANGE for the new PILOT environment. Staff will continue to Sign In to the Administrator and Report Center using their existing QA User account credentials. All existing QA Administrator settings and artifacts, as well as any Ad Hoc or custom views and reports in the QA Report Center, will be migrated over to the new PILOT environment automatically. The entire process should be seamless for college users.
Remember, NO changes have been made to the student-facing (Production) CCCApply applications, staff tools, or download servers.
NOTE: If you encounter
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problems accessing the new
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PILOT Administrator or Report Center using your existing QA URLs, please visit
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the new CCCApply Support site, CCCTechnology.info, and "Follow" the CCCApply System Alerts
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New PILOT OpenCCC.net
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page for announcements, system alerts, and FAQs. (Also, please see the new Pilot environment Terms of Use.)
What WILL Change?
On Thursday, July 23, all former QA application and download URL addresses will change to the new PILOT URLs, as specified below.
Please see the new Terms of Use outlining technical support for this new testing environment.
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 CCCApply application URL to the new PILOT URL.)
| PILOT Application | NEW PILOT Application URL |
New PILOT CCCApply Application |
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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 |
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https://pilot.intl.opencccapply.net/gateway/intl?cccMisCode=XXX *Replace the XXX with your college MIS code. |
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: MIS Code = 111 |
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Downloads URL Attributes
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 | https://pilot.admin.openccc.net:8443/ccctransferintl
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How will this affect colleges implementing now?
Again, the move from the old QA to the new PILOT site for testing and implementation will be very seamless for colleges. The CCCApply college support team will work with you to ensure the transition of URLs and IP addresses are handled immediately. Any artifacts such as your email rule messages, supplemental question XML files, and custom reports will be moved over to the new site for you. Staff and Administrator User accounts will not change and you will be able to log in to the staff tools on the PILOT site with the same username and password.
For colleges who are in the middle of implementing OpenCCCApply, the BOG Fee Waiver application, or plan to adopt the International application, should contact the CCCApply Implementation team to ensure your transition is smooth.
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Terms of Use & Support
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The OpenCCCApply Pilot environment is meant to be a carbon copy of the production environment to allow colleges to stage changes in their configurations and test implementations prior to a product rollout. While the Pilot environment is a clone of production, it is not actively monitored for errors and issues in the same way that the production environment is. Thus, there is no support team in place to respond to issues. For those colleges currently implementing OpenCCCApply, reporting issues to your project team may not be effective.
Contact Us
For questions related to the QA
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to PILOT
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environment transition, please contact Patty Donohue, Project Manager, pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org.
For 24/7 online documentation and support, visit
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CCCTechnology.
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