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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Steps: Set Up and Assign Preliminary Transfer Credit

Steps: Set Up and Assign Preliminary Transfer Credit

You can use preliminary transfer credit to see what credit a student prospect can carry over to your institution from their external student coursework and education test results. To assign preliminary transfer credit, you can:
  • Automatically process an external transcript or test result using the transfer credit rules that you set up.
  • Manually specify coursework equivalents from your institution.
You can configure Workday to display preliminary transfer credits on the:
  • Prospect profile.
  • External student site, enabling applicants to see the projected transfer credit for their educational history.
  1. Set up transfer credit evaluations and transfer credit rules for educational institutions and education tests.
  2. Access the
    Configure Profile Group
    task.
    Add the
    Preliminary Transfer Credit
    report to these profile groups:
    • Application for Student Prospect
    • Recruitment for Student Prospect
    Security: These domains:
    • Set Up: System
      in the System functional area.
    • Student Applicant Data: Preliminary Transfer Credit
      in the Admissions functional area.
  3. Select the
    Display Preliminary Transfer Credit Report
    check box. Enter text in the
    Report Heading Content
    field.
  4. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Configure user security access to these domains in the Admissions functional area:
    Domain
    Description
    Manage: Preliminary Transfer Credit
    Enables users to:
    • Evaluate and assign preliminary transfer credit for student prospects.
    • Access the
      Preliminary Transfer Credit Troubleshooting
      report.
    Reports: Preliminary Transfer Credit
    Enables users to view the preliminary transfer credit results on the prospect profile.
    Manage: Create Transfer Credit Rules and Evaluate Preliminary Transfer Credit
    Enables users to:
    • Create transfer credit rules for external courses that don't have transfer credit from a preliminary transfer credit evaluation.
    • Evaluate the external transcript for preliminary transfer credit with the new rules.
  5. Activate Pending Security Policy Changes.
  6. Access the prospect profile.
    Access 1 or both of these tasks on the:
    • Recruitment profile group for pre-applicant prospects.
    • Application profile group for applicants.
    Task
    Description
    Actions
    Initiate Preliminary Transfer Credit Evaluation
    Automatically evaluate preliminary transfer credit for the prospect's external transcript or education test result.
    For external courses and education test sections with no transfer credit results, click
    Transfer Credit Troubleshooting
    for more details of why preliminary transfer credit isn’t granted.
    For coursework that doesn’t have applicable transfer credit rules and doesn't receive preliminary transfer credit, click
    Create Rules and Evaluate
    on the summary page to:
    • Create new transfer credit rules.
    • Initiate another preliminary transfer credit evaluation using the new rules.
    Actions
    Assign Preliminary Transfer Credit
    Manually specify the preliminary transfer credit for the prospect's:
    • Coursework from an external transcript.
    • Education test results.
    Example: After you initiate a preliminary transfer credit evaluation, the prospect has additional courses that you don't have transfer credit rules for. You can run this task to assign preliminary transfer credit for those courses.
    Security:
    Manage: Preliminary Transfer Credit
    domain in the Admissions functional area.
Users with access to the
Reports: Preliminary Transfer Credit
domain can view a prospect's projected transfer credit on the
Preliminary Transfer Credit
report on the:
  • Recruitment profile group of the prospect profile for pre-applicants.
  • Application profile group of the prospect profile for applicants and pre-matriculants.
Workday displays the preliminary transfer credits according to the student unit type.
When you configure the applicant home page, applicants with a published decision of Admit can view their preliminary transfer credit on the external student site.
You can manage preliminary transfer credits on the
Preliminary Transfer Credit
report on the Recruitment or Application profile group of the prospect profile:
  • To edit an individual preliminary transfer credit, select
    Actions
    Edit
    on the preliminary transfer credit.
  • To assign new and manage existing preliminary transfer credits, click
    Assign
    .
  • To delete all unlocked preliminary transfer credits from an educational institution or exam, click
    Delete All
    .
Users with access to the
Manage: Preliminary Transfer Credit
domain can use the
Preliminary Transfer Credit Troubleshooting Console
report to:
  • Troubleshoot issues with granting preliminary transfer credits.
  • Examine potential and assigned preliminary transfer credits.
This report assesses preliminary transfer credits for a prospect’s:
  • Recruitments, for the educational interests on the recruitment or a specific program of study.
  • Application, based on the program of study on the application.