NSC Veteran Status Definitions
Important
Information and features vary according to the roles to which you belong and the permissions associated with those roles. For more information, contact your module manager or your campus support team.
Use this page to manage veteran status definitions for reporting to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). The definitions are provided. You can't delete them or create new ones, but you can make them active or inactive.
Desktop Location
You can manage the definitions in Desktop, too, on the NSC Veteran Status Definition window. Changes you make in Desktop also apply to J1 Web, and vice versa.
Database Location
The definitions are stored on the NSLC Veteran Status Definition table (nslc_veteran_status_def).
The code and description appear in drop-downs in these locations in Desktop (and planned for a future release of J1 Web):
Student Information window (and Name Entity window), Biograph tab, Military Service subtab, NSC Veteran Status field (military_service_master.nslc_veteran_status_def_appid)
Tip
This is where you set a student's NSC veteran status for NSC reports.
NSC Transmittal Detail Records window
NSC Transmittal History Records window
Code: One letter. Not editable. Code and description appear in drop-downs.
Description: Not editable. Code and description appear in drop-downs.
Active: Each definition is active by default. You can make a definition inactive. Inactive definitions appear in drop-downs but are marked as inactive.
Permission to manage NSC veteran status definitions is available in these roles:
Registrar
Registration Module Manager
The permission required is "Can manage NSC veteran status definitions".
From the Registration Administration hub, click Hub options.
Click Manage Definitions, and select NSC veteran status definitions. The NSC Veteran Status Definitions page opens.
To filter the definitions, enter a phrase in the Quick Filters field. To remove a filter, click its Remove icon
.To temporarily sort the definitions, click the heading of the column you want to sort on. Click once for ascending order and again for descending order. The definitions are sorted for this viewing of the page, but the next time you view or refresh the page, it will return to its default sorting.
If the Expand icon
is there, click it to see hidden columns.
The Edit Order options let you set the order of definitions in drop-down menus and how they are prioritized when used.
In the Edit Order window, change the order using either the Sort By and Order drop-down menus or the drag and drop option.
Sort By and Order:
From the Sort By drop-down, select the column you want to sort by.
From the Order drop-down menu, select Ascending or Descending.
Drag and drop:
Hold your cursor over the arrow icon
on the left side of the row until the cursor changes to a hand icon 
.Click and hold while you drag the definition to the new location.
Release the mouse button.
Click Update.
After you click Update, your changes are saved in the following ways:
The definitions are listed in the saved order whenever they appear in drop-down menus (where a user selects from the list of definitions).
If the definitions are used in calculations or rules where priority matters, the definitions are now in your saved order of priority.
The definitions page is now sorted according to your changes.
Click the Edit icon
on the row of a definition. The Edit NSC Veteran Status Definition pop-up opens.You can't edit the Code or Description.
In Active, select Yes or No. If you select No, the definition appears in drop-downs but is marked as inactive.
Click Update.
Select the checkboxes next to the rows you want to export.
From the Options drop-down, select Download to Excel. The Download to Excel pop-up opens.
Select options for the Excel format and data columns.
Click Download. Your .xlsx or .zip file is saved in the file location that you have set in your browser settings.