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Baseline and Local Records
The SunGard® Higher Education-delivered menus, roles, menu items, and Information
Text are separated into two categories: baseline and local. Baseline records are shipped by
SunGard Higher Education and should not be modified in any way. Local records can be
created and modified by clients and will never be overwritten by SunGard Higher
Education. This allows clients to customize Information Text and menus as desired
without losing anything during upgrades, and still allows SunGard Higher Education to
ship new items.
When the system attempts to display an item, it first looks for a local record and, if found,
uses that record. If a local record is not found, it displays the baseline record.
In order to accomplish this, a source indicator field was added to the TWGBWMNU,
TWGRWMRL, TWGRMENU, and TWGRINFO tables. Baseline rows contain a B, and
local rows contain an L. During the upgrade, all existing rows had the SOURCE_IND column
populated with a B.
Note
For more information about Web menus and procedures and their
associated roles, including viewing, updating, and deleting them, see the
Web General User Guide.
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Information Text
To make the user interface (UI) easier to use, the SunGard Higher Education-delivered
Information Text (Info Text) has been modified to improve its clarity and readability. Info
Text is the text that appears on each form to describe it and explain how it works.
The Info Text that has been provided is the default text. You can customize it for your
institution.
Note
For more information about Information Text, including viewing, adding,
and deleting it, see the Web General User Guide.
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