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Getting Started with Checklists
Checklists are a visual indicator of required items for any given application.
Updated : 25 Mar 2025
Checklist Item Settings
To insert or edit a checklist item, go to Database → Checklists . Select Insert to create a new checklist item, or select an existing one to edit it. Status Select Active to enable the checklist item for use. Inactivate checklist items ...
Updated : 14 Jan 2025
Assigning Checklist Items
Checklist items are typically assigned by rules . In one-off cases, you can also assign checklist items directly from an individual applicant’s record. 📖 Required reading Before building any checklist rules, review Getting Started with Check...
Updated : 14 Jun 2024
School-Scoped Checklist Rule Examples
The following settings are examples of rule actions to assign school-scoped checklist items for varying use cases. 📝 Note All of the rule examples in this article assume Slate standard auto-generated school-specific transcript items have b...
Updated : 14 Jun 2024
Financial Aid Checklist
Financial Aid checklists can be displayed and managed in Slate so that applicants are able to see items that a financial aid office has received and items that still need to be submitted. Managing Financial Aid checklists in Slate is an all-or-nothi...
Updated : 13 Mar 2024
Auto-Generated Checklist Items & System Materials
Slate-Hosted application users may notice that some items are added automatically to the applicant checklist for which no template appears to exist in Checklists . These are auto-generated checklist items . The auto-generated checklist items also...
Updated : 24 Oct 2024
Troubleshooting Checklists
Below are some common areas of misconfiguration for checklists and their possible solutions. If you run into an issue that is not covered in this documentation, please pose your question in the Community . A record is missing a checklist item ...
Updated : 07 Apr 2025
Migrating from Auto-Generated Transcripts to Rule-Generated Transcripts
At one time, the default Slate functionality was to generate a transcript requirement for each school entered on an applicant's record with a level of study. These items can be distinguished from their rule-generated counterparts on the applicant c...
Updated : 04 Feb 2025
Custom Checklist Statuses
It is possible to supplement, or deviate from, Slate default status labels for checklist item status (Awaiting, Received, Waived). 📝 Note Take a moment to consider before proceeding. Is it actually important for an item to be Missing ,...
Updated : 14 Jun 2024