Open Enrollment Processing Tools are used to simplify the setup process of Open Enrollments. A brief explanation of each available template is included in this article, along with corresponding tool rights.
See the Open Enrollment article to learn about how these tools are used.
Lottery, Batch Updates, Post Enrollments, and Mailer are "run once" processing tools. Users need Add rights to these tools to have full access to them.
Application
Applications are central to the Open Enrollment process. Parents or guardians of the students complete the applications, indicating their preferred school choices and ranking them from first to last.

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| Access and view application data, search results, and summary grid. | Modify the existing non-locked application. | Create a new manual application. | Delete the non-locked application. |
| Application Lock | |||
| N/A | Displays Lock Application checkbox and allows changes to be saved to a locked application. | N/A | N/A |
Seat Count Setup
Seat Count Setup manages the number of seats available for each grade in a calendar year.
Seat Count Setup manages the available seats for each grade.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Access and view the seat count grid. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Lottery
Once the application deadline has passed and all the eligible applications are entered, the Lottery generally takes place.
Lottery Tool Ready To Use
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| Access and view the lottery history grid and template selection. | N/A | Create a new lottery process. | N/A |
Batch Updates
The Batch Updates tool is used to update Applications en masse. Selecting a Template will apply the saved settings to the Batch Tool.
Batch Update Tool with Templates
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| Access and view the batch update form, filters, and results grid. | N/A | Create a new batch update. | N/A |
Post Enrollments
The Post Enrollments tool is used to create enrollments for Approved Applications en masse. Selecting a Template will apply the saved settings to the Post Enrollment filters and options.
Create enrollments for the approved Open Enrollments.
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| Access and view the Post Enrollment tool. | N/A | Add a new enrollments post. | N/A |
Waitlist
The Waitlist tool is used to view and print the Waitlist for each Open Enrollment Configuration and Preference.
See which students have been waitlisted for selected schools.
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|---|---|---|---|
| View waitlist information. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mailer
The Mailer tool is used to send emails to all recipients listed based on the selected filters and options.
Send emails to Open Enrollment participants using the Mailer tool.
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| View existing mailer configuration and template options. | N/A | Create and run new mailer job (New button is visible). | N/A |
Process History
The Process History tool lists the Lottery, Batch Updates, and Post runs for the selected configuration.
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| View process history records. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Suggested User Groups
See User Groups and Suggested Roles for more information.