Processing Pell Statement of Accounts File

Purpose:  Process the Pell Statement of Accounts file using ctcLink.

Audience:  Financial Aid staff responsible for reconciling the Federal Pell Grant

Message class: PGASxxop, where xx is the aid year.  The PGAS file is the Electronic Statement of Account (ESOA).

You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:

  • ZD FA Director
  • ZD FA FISAP Prcs
  • ZZ FA Aid Year Activation
  • ZZ FA Award Processor
  • ZZ FA CTC Reports
  • ZZ FA College Bound Schlrship
  • ZZ FA Direct Loan Processor
  • ZZ FA Funds Manager
  • ZZ FA ISIR Corrections
  • ZZ FA ISIR Processor
  • ZZ FA NSLDS Prcs
  • ZZ FA Pell Processor
  • ZZ FA SAP Prcs
  • ZZ FA Verification Prcs
  • ZZ FA WCG Eligibility
  • ZZ SF Collections
  • ZZ Upload Doc ADM
  • ZZ Upload Doc ADV
  • ZZ Upload Doc SR

If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.

Processing Pell Statement of Accounts File

Upload the PGAS File

Navigation:  PeopleTools > CTC Custom > Extensions > Upload/Download Files

  1. The File Upload/Download search page displays.
  2. On the search page, enter the Academic Institution.
  3. Enter the Functional Area - Financial Aid.
  4. Enter the Business Process Name - Pell and/or select the Search button to choose from the list.
  5. The Upload Files tab displays.
  6. From the Upload Files tab, upload the PGSMxxOP.xxx file(s).
  7. Select the Upload File button.  
  8. The File Attachment pagelet displays.
  9. Select the Choose File button and select the PGASxxop file saved to the computer by selecting the Browse button.  
  10. Once the file is loaded, select the Upload button.
  11. A message box will appear displaying that the Upload process was successful.  Select the OK button to proceed.
  12. The process to upload the file is now complete.
  13. The next step will import the uploaded file.
An image of the Upload Files tab with yellow highlighter outlining the pgas25op.038 file and a red annotation box outlines the Upload File button

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in steps listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the play button to start the video.

Video Tutorial Via Panopto

View the external link to Uploading PGAS File. This link will open in a new tab/window.

Import the PGAS File

This step populates the ctcLink staging table with data from the Pell Statement of Account file in preparation for processing.

You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:

  • ZD FA ISIR File Prcs
  • ZZ FA ISIR File Prcs
  • ZZ FA ISIR Processor

If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.

Navigation:  Financial Aid> File Management > Import Federal Data Files

  1. The FA EC File Inbound run control search page displays.
  2. From the search page, enter a new or existing Run Control ID.
  3. Select the Add or Search button.  
  4. The FA Inbound page displays.
  5. From the FA Inbound page, enter the file path in the Inbound File field matching the PGAS file location.

Tip! To minimize keystroke and processing errors, copy and paste the File Path and File Name to the Inbound File field from the Upload/Download page.

  1. Enter the ISIR TG Number.
  2. Select the Run button.  
An image of the FA Inbound page with red annotation boxes outlining the Run button, the Single File radio button, the Inbound File and ISIR TG Number field headers
  1. The Process Scheduler Request page displays.
  2. From the Process Scheduler Request page, select the OK button.  
  3. The FA Inbound page displays.
  4. Note the Process Instance number for reference.
  5. Select the Process Monitor link.  
  6. The Process List tab displays.
  7. From the Process List tab, select the Refresh button until the identified process runs to Success and Posted.
  8. The process to import the PGAS file is now complete.

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in steps listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the play button to start the video.

Video Tutorial Via Panopto

View the external link to Importing the PGAS File. This link will open in a new tab/window.

Reviewing the Pell Statement of Account

This step processes the Pell information loaded to the staging table to then be viewable on the Review Statement of Account pages.

You must have at least one of these local college managed security roles:

  • ZD FA Director
  • ZD FA Pell Cash Mgmt
  • ZZ FA Pell Cash Mgmt
  • ZZ FA Pell Processor

If you need assistance with the above security roles, please contact your local college supervisor or IT Admin to request role access.

Navigation:  Financial Aid> Pell Payment > Cash Management Reports > Review Statement of Account

  1. The Pell Statement of Acct search page displays.
  2. On the search page, enter the following:
    • EC Transaction ID - PGASxxOP, where xx = Aid Year
    • Pell Batch ID - select the Look Up Tool and then double-click on the Pell Trans Date/Time column to bring the most recent file to the top of the results list.

Tip! Note that the Pell Batch ID begins with A, then the Aid Year ( eg. 2025), then the school code (eg. 003780), and the date of the file in yyyymmdd format (eg. 20250108).  

For example, A2025003780020250108xxxxxx

  1. Select the Search button.
  2. The Statement of Account displays.
  3. From the Statement of Account page, select the Pell Header tab and review details.
  4. Select the Pell Statement of Acct Summ tab and review details.
An image of the Pell Statement of Acct Summ tab with a red annotation box outlining the Previous Obligation Amount, the Current Obligation Amount, the Total Obligation Adj Amount, the YTD Accepted Disb Amount and the YTD Total Unduplicated Receipt
  1. Select the Pell Statement of Acct Detail tab and review details.
  2. Select the Pell Trailer tab and review details.
  3. The Pell Statement of Accounts file process is now complete.
  4. End of procedure.

Video Tutorial

The video below demonstrates the process actions described in steps listed above. There is no audio included with this video. Select the play button to start the video.

Video Tutorial Via Panopto

View the external link to Reviewing the PGAS File. This link will open in a new tab/window.

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