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• To display long section titles, select the Display Long Section Title checkbox.
If you want to display long descriptions on the Web, you must take the following actions
in the Web Display Controls window of SOATERM.
• To display long course descriptions, select the Display Long Course Description
checkbox.
• To display long section descriptions, select the Display Long Section Description
checkbox.
To determine which title or description to display on the Web, the system follows a
complex hierarchy. The following steps describe the hierarchy for titles in detail. The
same hierarchy is followed for descriptions, substituting the “description” checkboxes for
the “title” checkboxes.
Flow charts illustrating how the system determines which title or description to use are
provided in “Flow Diagrams” on page 1-29.
Course Catalog Pages
1. If the Display Long Course Title checkbox on SOATERM is cleared, the base
course title in the Course Title field of SCACRSE is displayed.
2. If the Display Long Course Title checkbox on SOATERM is selected, the system
checks SCASYLB.
• If a title is entered in the Long Course Title block on SCASYLB, the long course
title is displayed.
• If a title is not entered in the Long Course Title block on SCASYLB, the base
course title from SCACRSE is displayed.
Class Schedule and Registration Pages
1. The system determines whether the Display Long Section Title checkbox on
SOATERM is selected.
• If it is selected, processing continues with step 2.
• If it is cleared, processing continues with step 3.
2. If the Display Long Section Title checkbox on SOATERM is selected, the system
checks SSASYLB.
• If a long title exists in the Section Long Title block of SSASYLB, the long section
title is displayed.
• If a long title does not exist in the Section Long Title block of SSASYLB,
processing continues with step 3.
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