Concept: NSLDS Data in Packaging
The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) collects student loan data, such as:
- Aggregate loan amounts.
- Federal Pell Grant lifetime eligibility.
TSM and FAH NSLDS Outbound
integration. To import the data that ED returns, you can use the TSM and FAH NSLDS Inbound
integration. To view NSLDS data for a student, navigate to the NSLDS
tab on the Financial Aid profile group of their student profile. You can edit the data or override NSLDS flags. See:
When need packaging runs, Workday uses data from the most recent NSLDS transaction that exists as of the first disbursement in the financial aid award year. During packaging, Workday uses NSLDS data to:
- Calculate award amounts for Pell Grant and Direct Loan awards.
- Determine eligibility for these awards by assessing the amount remaining of a student’s lifetime loan limit amount.
NSLDS only provides Workday with summary data. Our calculations don’t include historical detail about which loans are included in NSLDS aggregates.
Workday doesn’t automatically run packaging when it receives updated NSLDS or FAH data. You can use custom reports and calculated fields to identify students who have updated data and manually repackage them as necessary.
You can view the NSLDS aggregate and lifetime amounts that Workday used in a financial aid package on the
View Data Used for Financial Aid Packages
report. To access the report, navigate to the Total Financial Assistance
tab on the Financial Aid profile group of a student’s profile and select View Data Used
.For non-legacy borrowers in award year 2026-2027 or later, Workday shows
0.00
for the fields that don’t have FAH or ISIR source values. Workday displays these fields on the View Data Used for Financial Aid Packages
report only for financial aid packages on or after August 1, 2026:
- COD Loan Limit Exception
- Graduate Aggregate Total Balance
- Lifetime Maximum Total Balance
- Professional Aggregate Total Balance