Prelaunch
Programs configure their questions for the next cycle in the Liaison prelaunch environment. Once the general CAS questions (that is, the items in sections 1-3) have been certified/approved/whatever they do by the relevant professional association, it is possible to create test application and submit it. These are detailed notes with screenshots about the process to do that; the example is in Vet, but the process is similar across all CASes.
Upon login to the prelaunch environment (WebAdMIT > Login), enter the CAS Configuration Portal
This opens in a new window:
Click through to the proper year
And into Tufts
Where we need to create a test version of the application and use that to apply
https://help.liaisonedu.com/Integration/Getting_Started_with_Data_Integration/Collecting_Applicant_Data/Data_Collection_Resources_for_CAS_Users Within this page, select CAS Configuration Portal Help Center
and Preview Your Programs, which contains instructions for submitting a test application through a test program:
Make sure to toggle the “preview” on, and then click the Preview Program(s) button
The link for the environment will be formatted like https://~CAS~2025playground.prelaunch.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login
So, for Vet: https://vmcas2025playground.prelaunch.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login
Once the application has been started and the TEST version of the program has been selected, application data can be retrieved via Postman.
GET applications list endpoint to find the application ID
use that in the GET individual application end point
export to text
use Get Data in Excel to convert to .csv
Note that retrieving an unsubmitted application will be quite unsatisfying--the available fields are quite restricted.
Postlaunch
There are several different options for testing the data mapping and confirming that data is being imported correctly.
In Slate, there is a group of queries that return data from imported files, which can be compared to the same data in VMCAS.
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