SACS2013ALL Software Readme

What's New (in the SACS2013ALL 10/18/13 release, version 2013.2.1)

The following describes the changes made to the SACS2013ALL Software October 18, 2013 update (version 2013.2.1). This updated version includes the minimum changes needed for the 2013-14 interim reports due to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Note that only the interim reporting periods were modified, and the User Guide was not updated to reflect these changes. California Department of Education (CDE) is working through the remaining details of the new funding formula and will include additional LCFF-related changes in next year’s SACS2014 and SACS2014ALL software.

This release contains the most current validation tables dated October 18, 2013.

Global Changes

• Added "LCFF/" to "Revenue Limit" descriptions.
  

Revised Fund Forms

• Forms 01I, 09I, and 62I—Other State Revenue section
  • Added detail line for the following reinstated resource and removed it from the All Other State Revenue line, Object 8590:
    • Resource 7370, Supplementary Programs: Specialized Secondary (formerly included in the flexibility provisions of SBX3 4 [Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009], as amended by SB 70 [Chapter 7, Statutes of 2011], but not made part of LCFF).
• Forms 09I and 62I—LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources section
  • Added line for Object 8011, State Aid – Current Year.
• Forms 11I and 14I
  • Opened LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources section and added the following lines:
    • Object 8091, LCFF/Revenue Limit Transfers – Current Year
    • Object 8099, Revenue Limit Transfers – Prior Years

Deleted Supplemental Forms

• Form JUV—Juvenile Court and County Community Schools Account
  • Discontinued this form, effective 2013-14 interims.
• Forms RLI, RLICC, and RLIDC—Revenue Limit Summary
  • Discontinued these forms, effective 2013-14 interims.

Revised Supplemental Forms

• Form MYPI—Multiyear Projections
  • Section A, Revenues and Other Financing Sources
    • Removed all the detail lines of Line 1, LCFF/Revenue Limit Sources, and unlocked subsequent years 1 and 2 to allow key entry.
    • Applies to districts only.
      

Revised Criteria and Standards

• Form 01CSI—Criteria and Standards Review
  
  • Average Daily Attendance (ADA) Criterion 1Section 1A Calculating the District's ADA Variances:
    • Modified the First Interim column (2nd column) to no longer extract ADA from forms RLI and MYPI, and unlocked to allow key entry.
    • Applies to districts only.

Technical Review Checks—Deleted

• Deleted the following TRCs related to Form RLI/RLICC/RLIDC, for
  interims:
  • RL-CALC
  • RL-CALC-C
  • RL-LOCAL-REVENUES
  • RL-PERS-REDUCTION
  • RL-PERS-REDUCTION-C
    
  • RL-STATE-AID-NET
    
  • RL-STATE-AID-EPA
    
  • RL-SUPP-PROVIDE
    
  • PERS-REDUCTION
• Deleted the following TRCs related to Form JUV, for interims:
  • JUV-END-BAL
  • JUV-CAP-OUTLAY

What's New (in the SACS2013ALL 07/02/13 release, version 2013.2.0)

Listed below is a summary of changes made to the 2013-14 budget and interim, and the 2012-13 unaudited actual, components of the SACS software that was released 07/02/13. It does not include any changes made to the 10/18/13
release. We incorporate changes requested by users wherever possible; you may recognize one of your suggestions being implemented here.

This year our efforts were primarily focused on required changes (e.g., changes due to the second-year effects of GASB Statement 63 (GASB 63) and the new Education Protection Account State Aid funding), with some enhancements, as summarized below. For additional information on each of the changes, refer to the relevant sections of this user guide.

Revised Forms Menu

Components of Ending Fund Balance—Changed the form title to Components of Ending Fund Balance/Net Position due to implementation of GASB 63.

Deleted Fund Form

• Form 09I—Charter Schools Special Revenue Fund (modified accrual basis of accounting)
  
  • Discontinued Form 09I for separately reporting charter schools.
  • Applies to Interim periods only.
  • Beginning in the SACS2012 software, inactivated Fund 09 for separately reporting charter schools only, effective 2012-13, because a separately reporting charter school should report a general fund and not a special revenue fund. These changes do not apply to COEs or districts that use Fund 09 to report their charter schools within their own financial statements.
  • In the SACS2012 software, for separately reporting charter schools only:
    • Added new fatal import technical review check CHK-FUND09-ACTIVITY to flag activity in Fund 09 except objects 9791, 9793, and 9795, effective 2012-13 for budget and interim data types.
    • For 2012-13, CDE expects to see a Fund 09 beginning fund balance and a restatement to zero out the beginning balance, by resource.
  • In the SACS2013 software, for separately reporting charter schools only:
    • Fund 09 ending fund balances reported in 2011-12 unaudited actuals are preloaded as Fund 09 in SACS2013 for use with technical review checks PY-EFB=CY-BFB and CY-EFB=CY-BFB-RES.
    • Discontinued Interim Form 09I for separately reporting charter schools only.
    • Modified CHK-FUND09-ACTIVITY as follows:
      • Flag activity in Fund 09 data except objects 9791, 9793, and 9795, effective 2012-13, for actual data types only.
      • Flag activity in Fund 09 data for all objects, effective 2013-14, for budget and interim data types only.
  • In the SACS2014 software, for separately reporting charter schools only:
    • Discontinue Budget/Unaudited Actuals Form 09 for separately reporting charter schools only.
    • Modify CHK-FUND09-ACTIVITY to flag activity in Fund 09 data for all objects, for all data types.
      

Revised Fund Forms

• Expenditures by Object worksheet:
  • Form 01/01I (JPA only)—Federal Revenue section. NCLB/IASA (Resources 3000-3299, 4000-4139, 4201-4215, 4610, 5510) detail line, Object 8290:
    • Renamed the line from “NCLB/IASA” to “No Child Left Behind.”
    • Removed the following obsolete resources and added them to the All Other Federal Revenue line, Object 8290: Resources 3000-3199, 3201-3204, 3206-3299, 4000-4035, 4037-4139, 4201-4215, 4610, 5510.
  • Forms 01/01I, 09/09I, 62/62I—Federal Revenue section. NCLB/IASA (Resources 3000-3009, 3011-3024, 3026-3299, 4000-4034, 4036-4139, 4202, 4204-4215, 5510) detail line, Object 8290:
    • Renamed the line from “NCLB/IASA” to “Other No Child Left Behind.”
    • Removed the following obsolete resources and added them to the All Other Federal Revenue line, Object 8290: Resources 3000-3009, 3021-3024, 3206-3299, 4000-4034, 4127-4139, 4202, 4204 (district, charter schools only), 4205-4215.
  • Forms 01I, 09I, 62I—Other State Revenue section, Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Funds (Resources 6650-6690) detail line, Object 8590. Removed the following obsolete resources and added them to the All Other State Revenue line, Object 8590:
    • Resources 6660, 6670, 6680 for district and district charter schools.
    • Resources 6660, 6670 for county and county charter schools.
    • Applies to Interim periods only.
  • Forms 01/01I, 09/09I, 62/62I—Revenue Limit section.
    • Added line for Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid - Current Year, effective 2012-13.
    • Applies to COEs, districts, and charter schools.
  • Forms 09/09I, 62/62I—Other State Revenue section.
    • For Budget/Unaudited Actuals periods: Shaded the Budget column for Resource 6200, Class Size Reduction Facilities, detail line, Object 8590.
    • For Interim periods: Removed the line for Resource 6200, Class Size Reduction Facilities, detail line, Object 8590, and added Resource 6200 to the All Other State Revenue line, Object 8590.
  • Form 11/11I—Federal Revenue section. NCLB/IASA (Resources 3000-3299, 4000-4139, 4201-4215, 4610, 5510) detail line, Object 8290:
    • Renamed the line from “NCLB/IASA” to “No Child Left Behind.”
    • Removed the following obsolete resources and added them to the All Other Federal Revenue line, Object 8290: Resources 3000-3104, 3106-3199, 3201-3299, 4000-4044, 4046-4139, 4201-4215, 4610, 5510.
  • Form 12I—Other State Revenue section.
    • State Preschool (Resources 6055, 6056, 6105) detail line, Object 8590
    • Removed obsolete resources 6055 and 6056, and added them to the All Other State Revenue line, Object 8590.
    • Applies to Interim periods only.
  • Form 16/16I—Added new Interfund Transfers In section.
    • Within new section, added line for Object 8919, Other Authorized Interfund Transfers In.
    • Applies to COEs only.
• Expenses by Object worksheet and Expenses by Function worksheet:
  • Forms 61-73—Revised fund forms due to the implementation of GASB 63:
    • Sections E, F, and I: Replaced all “Net Assets/Position” descriptions with “Net Position.”
    • Components of Ending Net Assets/Position section: Replaced Object 9796 description of “Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt / Net Investment in Capital Assets” with “Net Investment in Capital Assets.”

Restricted Detail worksheet:

• Forms 61-73—Revised fund forms due to the implementation of GASB 63:
  • Total line: Replaced “Total, Restricted Balance” description with “Total, Restricted Net Position.”
    

Revised Supplemental Forms

• Form A/AI—Average Daily Attendance
  • Districts only: Added new Line 29 (Line 26 for Interims) for Basic Aid Open Enrollment ADA.
• Form CASH—Cashflow Worksheet
  • Budget Year (1) worksheet only. Budget column, Sections B. Receipts and C. Disbursements: Modified to no longer allow key entry and to instead extract general ledger data from Fund 01, General Fund/County School Service Fund. If Fund 01 general ledger data do not exist, then Fund 62, Charter Schools Enterprise Fund, general ledger data will extract.
• Form CEFB—Components of Ending Fund Balance
  
  • Revised due to implementation of GASB 63:
    • Changed the form title from “Components of Ending Fund Balance” to “Components of Ending Fund Balance/Net Position.”
    • Funds 61-73—Revised object descriptions:
      • Revised Object 979Z description from “Ending Net Assets/Position” to “Ending Net Position.”
      • Revised Object 9796 description from “Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt / Net Investment in Capital Assets” to “Net Investment in Capital Assets.”
      • Revised Object 9797 description from “Restricted Net Assets/Position” to “Restricted Net Position.”
      • Revised Object 9790 description from “Unrestricted Net Assets/Position” to “Unrestricted Net Position.”
• Form GANN—Appropriations Limit Calculations
  • Updated inflation adjustments on Line D2.
  • Section B, Current Year Gann ADA Districts only: Line 1, Total K-12 ADA—Modified extraction to also include Form A Line 28 for Basic Aid “Choice”/Court Ordered Voluntary Pupil Transfer ADA (SB 937) and Line 29 for Basic Aid Open Enrollment ADA.
  • Section C, Local Proceeds of Taxes/State Aid Received Other Local Revenues COEs only: Shaded and blocked Line 18, To General Fund from Bond Interest and Redemption Fund (Excess debt service taxes) (Object 8914).
  • Section C, Local Proceeds of Taxes/State Aid Received
    • State Aid Received
      • Modified Line 25/24, Revenue Limit State Aid - Current Year (Object 8011), to include Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid – Current Year, effective 2012-13.
  • Section C, Local Proceeds of Taxes/State Aid Received
    • State Aid Received
      • Changed the Internal Form Check for completion of amounts for programs impacted by flexibility provisions of SBx3 4 from Warning to Fatal.
• Form MYP/MYPI—Multiyear Projections
  
  • Adjusted the dollar amounts used in the Unrestricted/Restricted worksheet, Reserve Standard Percentage Level (Line F3d for COEs only) and Reserve Standard – By Amount (Line F3f for COEs and districts, and Line F7 for JPAs), based on the COLA adjustment made to the Criteria and Standards Review form.
• Form NCMOE—No Child Left Behind Maintenance of Effort
  
  • Section I, Expenditures
    • Line B, Less all federal expenditures not allowed for MOE
    • Removed resources 3330, 3340, 3360, 3370, 3375, and 3405 from exception list, effective 2012-13. Special Education funding originally assigned these federal resource codes has since been reassigned state resource codes.
  • Section II, Expenditures Per ADA
    • Line A, Average Daily Attendance
    • District only: Modified extraction to include new Line 29 (Line 26 for Interims) from Form A for Basic Aid Open Enrollment ADA.
  • Section IV, ARRA State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) Expenditures and/or Education Jobs Fund Expenditures to Meet MOE Requirement.
  • Removed Resource 3200, ARRA: State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), from all extracts and line references, effective 2012-13.
    • Applies to Budget and Unaudited Actuals periods only.
      • Changed section title to “Education Jobs Fund Expenditures to Meet MOE Requirement.”
      • Removed entire Section IV (and renumbered the remaining sections) due to expiration of the expenditure period for Education Jobs Fund carryover dollars. Funds were available for obligation through September 30, 2012. Applies to Interim periods only.
• Form RL/RLI—Revenue Limit Summary
  
  • Updated revenue limit deficit factors and modified related TRCs accordingly.
    NOTE: At the time the software was released, 2013-14 deficit factors were not provided due to pending implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula. Therefore, 2012-13 deficit factors are preloaded for 2013-14, but may be overwritten.
• OTHER ITEMS section:
  • Line 38, Basic Aid “Choice”/Court Ordered Voluntary Pupil Transfer
    • District only: Added Principal Apportionment Data ID number 9037 and description for Basic Aid Open Enrollment funding.
      • Updated to reflect the new Education Protection Account (EPA) State
        Aid funding:
    • COEs only: OTHER REVENUE LIMIT ITEMS section:
      • Separated Line 31, TOTAL, OTHER REVENUE LIMIT ITEMS into two new lines:
        • -- 31a. Other Non-deficited Revenue Limit items; and
        • -- 31b. Other Revenue Limit Add-on items (Data ID 3046).
        • Changed section heading “PROPERTY TAX REVENUES” to “STATE AID PORTION OF REVENUE LIMIT,” and removed section heading “REVENUE LIMIT - LOCAL SOURCES.”
        • Replaced STATE AID lines 38-40 with the following lines:
          • -- 38. GROSS STATE AID (Data ID 3032);
          • -- 39. Excess Tax Amount (Data ID 3386);
          • -- 40. Education Protection Account (EPA) (Object 8012);
          • -- 40a. Less: Total EPA Amount;
          • -- 40b. Plus: Charter School Portion of EPA included in 40a;
          • -- 41. NET STATE AID (Data ID 3388); and
          • -- 42. TOTAL, NET STATE AID PORTION OF REVENUE LIMIT (Object 8011) (Data ID 3047).
          • Renumbered remaining lines accordingly.
    • Districts only: REVENUE LIMIT – STATE AID PORTION section:
      • Separated Line 31, STATE AID PORTION OF REVENUE LIMIT (Data ID 0111), into four new lines:
        • -- 31a. Gross State Aid Portion of Revenue Limit (Data ID 0111);
        • -- 31b. Less: Education Protection Account (EPA) (Obj. 8012);
        • -- 31c. Plus: Charter School Portion of EPA included in 31b; and
        • -- 31d. NET STATE AID (Data ID 0737)
      • OTHER ITEMS section:
        • Renamed Line 42 from “TOTAL, STATE AID PORTION OF REVENUE LIMIT” to “TOTAL, NET STATE AID PORTION OF REVENUE LIMIT,” and modified calculation to use new Line 31d instead of Line 31.
• Form SEA—Special Education Revenue Allocations
  
  • Section I, Total SELPA Revenues.
    • Added Line I.L, NSS (Necessary Small SELPA) Extraordinary Cost Pool for Mental Health Services Apportionment.
      

Revised Criteria and Standards

• Form 01CS/01CSI—Criteria and Standards Review —Budget and Interim periods
  
  • Adjusted deficit spending and fund balance levels for COEs, and reserve levels for all LEAs, based on prior year's revenue limit COLA.
  • Revenue Limit Criterion 2, COE only—Budget period only
    • Section 2A-1, Projected Revenue Limit – Budget Year
      • Modified Step 1a, Base Revenue Limit per ADA, and Step 1d, Prior Year Funded Base Revenue Limit per ADA, to update Form RL line references.
  • Revenue Limit Criterion 2/4, COE/District—Budget and Interim periods
    • Section 2C/4B, Calculating the Projected Change in Revenue Limit
      • Modified Line 1, Revenue Limit, Prior Year and Budget Year columns, to include Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid - Current Year, effective 2012-13. Applies to Budget periods only.
    • Section 2A/4A, Calculating the Projected Change in Revenue Limit
      • Modified Current Year line, Revenue Limit Projected Year Totals column, to include Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid - Current Year.
      • Applies to Interim periods only
  • Deficit Spending Criterion 6/8, COE/District/JPA—Budget period only
    • Section 6A/8A, Calculating the Deficit Spending Standard Percentage Levels—Modified Section 1, Available Reserve Amounts, due to GASB 54:
      • Line 1a, Designated for Economic Uncertainties (Funds 01 and 17, Object 9770)—Shaded and blocked the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column.
      • Line 1b, Undesignated Amounts (Funds 01 and 17, Object 9790)—Shaded and blocked the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column.
      • Line 1c, Reserve for Economic Uncertainties (Funds 01 and 17, Object 9789)—Unshaded and added extraction in the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column.
      • Line 1d, Unassigned/Unappropriated (Funds 01 and 17, Object 9790)—Unshaded and added extraction in the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column.
  • Deficit Spending Criterion 6/8—Budget period only
    • Section 6A/8A, Calculating the Deficit Spending Standard Percentage Levels—Modified Section 2, Expenditures and Other Financing Uses:
      • Line 2b, Less Special Education Pass-Through Funds (Fund 01, Resources 3300-3499 and 6500-6540, Objects 7211-7213 and 7221-7223)—Shaded and blocked the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column.
      • Line 2c, Plus Special Education Pass-Through Funds (Fund 10, Resources 3300-3499 and 6500-6540, Objects 7211-7213 and 7221-7223)—Unshaded and added extraction in the Second Prior Year (2011-12) column, for LEAs that elected not to exclude the special education pass-through.
  • Supplemental Information S5, Contributions—Budget and Interim periods
    • Section S5A, Identification of Projected Contributions, Transfers, and Capital Projects that may Impact the General Fund/County School Service Fund:
      • Line 1b, Transfers In, General Fund/County School Service Fund: Projection/Projected Year Totals column
        • Modified Budget/Current Year, 1st Subsequent Year, and 2nd Subsequent Year lines to no longer allow key entry if Form MYP/MYPI exists and to instead extract from Form MYP/MYPI, Unrestricted/Restricted worksheet, Line 5a.
      • Line 1c, Transfers Out, General Fund/County School Service Fund: Projection/Projected Year Totals column
        • Modified Budget/Current Year, 1st Subsequent Year, and 2nd Subsequent Year lines to no longer allow key entry if Form MYP/MYPI exists and to instead extract from Form MYP/MYPI, Unrestricted/Restricted worksheet, Line 9a.
          

Technical Review Checks—New

• RS-NET-POSITION-ZERO
  
  • New fatal general ledger TRC, due to the implementation of GASB Statement 54.
  • Applies to all periods.
  • Applies to all data types except Interim actuals to date.
  • Applies to all LEAs.
  • Object 9797 (Restricted Net Position) in unrestricted resources, must be zero, by resource, in funds 61 through 73.
  • No rounding allowance.
• EPA-CONTRIB
  
  • New general ledger TRC.
  • Applies to all periods.
  • Fatal for Budget, Actuals, Original Budget, and Projected Year Totals data.
  • Warning for Board Approved and Actuals to Date data.
  • Applies to COEs, districts, and charter schools.
  • There should be no contributions (objects 8980-8999) to the Education Protection Account (Resource 1400).
  • No rounding allowance.
• RL-STATE-AID-EPA
  
  • New supplemental TRC.
  • Applies to all periods.
  • Fatal for Budget, Actuals, Original Budget, and Projected Year Totals data.
  • Warning for Board Approved data.
  • Applies to COEs and districts.
  • Education Protection Account State Aid - Current Year (Object 8012) should agree with Education Protection Account on Form RL/RLI (Line 40a/31b).
  • $100 rounding allowance.
    

Technical Review Checks—Revised

• ASSET-IMPORT
  • Modified check severity from warning to fatal.
  • For funds 61-67 only, modified check to look for imported/keyed asset amounts in objects 94XX, Capital Assets.
  • This check was added to the SACS2012 software to verify if capital asset amounts are imported/keyed, then capital asset supplemental data (Form ASSET) must be provided.
• CEFB=FD-EQUITY and CEFB-POSITIVE
  
  • Modified check descriptions to replace “Components of Ending Fund Balance/Net Assets” with “Components of Ending Fund Balance/Net Position” due to GASB 63.
• CHK-DEPENDENCY
  
  • Added Form CASH dependency on Fund 01 and Fund 62 general ledger data, for Budget and Interim periods only, due to new extractions added to Form CASH.
  • Added form dependencies, for the Unaudited Actuals period only, for reports SEMA and SEMB that are dependent on data from Form PCR.
• CHK-FUND09-ACTIVITY (Applies to separately reporting charter schools only)
  
  • Modified check to also run for actual data types: To flag activity in Fund 09 data except objects 9791, 9793, and 9795, for actual data types only.
  • Modified check for budget and interim data types: To flag activity in Fund 09 data for all objects, for budget and interim data types only.
  • This fatal check was added to the SACS2012 software to flag Fund 09 activity in any object except objects 9791, 9793, and 9795 for separately reporting charter schools, effective 2012-13 budget and interim data types. Applies to separately reporting charter schools only. In the SACS2014 software, this check will be modified to flag activity in Fund 09 data for all objects, for all data types.
• DEBT-IMPORT
  • Modified check to also look for imported/keyed long-term debt amounts for funds 61-67 with objects 966X, Long-Term Liabilities.
• RL-CALC
  • Modified check to include Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid - Current Year, and Form RL/RLI, Line 31b, Education Protection Account. Applies to districts only.
• RL-CALC-C
  • Modified check to include Object 8012, Education Protection Account State Aid – Current Year, and to include Form RL/RLI, Line 42 (previously Line 40), Total Net State Aid Portion of Revenue Limit, and Form RL/RLI, Line 43a (previously Line 41a), Excess ERAF. Applies to COEs only.
• RL-PERS-REDUCTION
  • Modified check to use revised Form RL/RLI Line 31a, Gross State Aid Portion of Revenue Limit, instead of Line 31. Applies to districts only.
• RL-STATE-AID
  
  • Renamed check to RL-STATE-AID-NET.
  • Modified check to use revised Form RL/RLI Line 42, Total Net Revenue Limit, instead of Line 40. Applies to COEs only.
• UNR-NET-POSITION-NEG
  • Modified check severity from warning to fatal. This check was added to the SACS2012 software to verify Object 9790 (Unrestricted Net Position) in restricted resources is zero or negative, by resource, in funds 61 through 73.
    

Revised Reports

• Reports CNVRT/ENTRY/GSA/GSNA—Government-Wide Reports Revised due to the implementation of GASB 63:
  • Revised “Net Assets” line descriptions/references to “Net Position.”
  • For Report GSNA only:
  • Revised report name from “Government-wide Statement of Net Assets (GSNA)” to “Government-wide Statement of Net Position (GSNP).”
  • Revised “Invested in capital assets, net of related debt” line description to “Net investment in capital assets.”
    
    
• Reports SEMA/SEMB/SEMAI—Special Education Maintenance of Effort
  • NOTES:
    • CDE has recently been notified by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) that the local expenditures only method using any base year earlier than the preceding fiscal year is not appropriate. Due to time constraints, the CDE cannot make changes to the SACS2013ALL software to eliminate the local-only base year options from the maintenance of effort calculation worksheets (LMC-A, SMC-A, LMC-B, SMC-B, LMC-I, and SMC-I). However, LEAs and SELPAs are instructed to not use the local-only base year option in the Section 3, Part B, Subpart 2 to demonstrate compliance with the MOE requirements.
    • If Section 1 of LMC-A or LMC-B worksheet is completed, please contact the CDE Special Education Division at 916-327-3507 for further instruction about obtaining an additional form for completion and submission.

KNOWN ISSUES:

Symptom

Formatting problems sometimes occur when printing forms from the Table of Contents. For instance, all of the grid lines will print in the upper left hand corner.

Probable Cause

Printer drivers. Unfortunately we have not found one printer driver that works for all components of the SACS software.

Resolution/Workaround

Various printer drivers work differently with the SACS software. Try changing the printer driver or print from the open form rather than from the table of contents.

Symptom

GPF error or system runs very slowly.

Probable Cause

The computer runs out of physical/virtual memory.

Workaround

Avoid opening too many windows concurrently. If the error is received, shut down the application and reboot the machine.

Problem

Known problem with Windows 7. Some users have reported problems running the SACS Software on Windows 7 64-bit PCs. The problems are not consistent among users, but they have been encountered while importing, exporting, running the technical review checklist, updating the validation tables, and printing, including printing from the Table of Contents.

Workaround

While these problems are not resolved, there is a workaround available at the SACS Software Known Problems/Fixes Web page.