📚 Part of the series Application Building Phase I: Core components

There are five options for managing application deadlines in the Slate-Hosted Application:

1. On the round: A setting on the round can set the same deadline for all applications within that round.

2. On the application page: A combination of form-based prompt logic, Conditional Logic, and application logic offers more control.

3. In prompts: Set individual prompts to expire with prompt expiration dates.

4. With submission requirements: Similar to the previous option, create application logic that requires prompts not be expired.

5. With translation codes: For when your Slate-Hosted Application has some combination of the following:

   • Multiple deadlines (more than 15)

   • Frequent program-wide deadline extensions

   • Deadlines are determined based on at least three prompt-based fields (program, entry term, campus, full-time/part-time status, online/in-person instruction, etc.)

   • Slate-Hosted Application is live and accepting applications year-round

Which option you choose will depend on the nuances of your application.

Option 1: Setting deadlines at the round level

For the Slate-hosted application only, a deadline can be configured on an application round. If a deadline is set, applications in the round cannot be opened, edited, or submitted by the applicant after this date and time.

The deadline also applies to the application fee, although a grace period can be set allowing application fee payments for a defined number of days beyond the deadline for application submission.

Setting a deadline on the round works well if there is a broad-based deadline for a large group of students, such as first-year or transfer applicants, or if rounds are program or term specific, such as 2019 Fall First-Year or MBA.

📖 Creating rounds

To set a deadline on a round:

1. Select Database on the top navigation bar.

2. Select Application Rounds.

3. Select the round to be edited.

4. Deadline (ET) - Enter the date and time of the application deadline.

Option 2: Creating conditional logic on the application page

You can present different programs of study and entry terms using conditional logic on a custom application page.

Using prompt conditions, you can set program deadlines. Applicants will see different entry terms based on the program of study or major they select. Prompts using this conditional logic only appear if the specified date hasn’t yet passed.

To configure a deadline via prompt conditions:

1. Go to Forms.

2. Select an existing Slate-hosted-application-scoped form, or create a new one.

3. Select a form field you want to configure with prompt conditions.

4. Select Edit Prompt Conditions.

5. Select OK.

6. Select the prompt (or prompts) on which to add filters.

7. Select Filter.

8. Select Current Date.

9. Set the operator to <.

10. Enter the deadline for the selected prompt, such as 01/02/2026.

    

11. Select Save to save the prompt logic.

12. Select Save to save the form field.

💡 Tip

To display a prompt within a set date range, add the Current Date filter a second time, and set the operator to > the first available date. Following the previous example, adding a filter for Current Date > 07/31/2026 displays the prompt only between August 1 and January 1.

Option 3: Submission requirements

To enforce deadlines at the point of application submission, use similar logic as outlined above, but instead create hard fail submission requirements in the Application Logic tool for each prompt value.

📖 Submission requirements

Option 4: Prompt effective & expiration date/time settings

Prompts can also be configured with Effective Date/Time and Expiration Date/Time values to specify when a prompt should appear in ANY form or application page where it is being used.

📝 Effective Date/Time and Expiration Date/Time are set in Eastern Time.

1. Select Database on the top navigation bar

2. Select Prompts.

3. Select the prompt on which an effective date and/or expiration date will be set.

4. Configure the following:

   • Effective Date/Time - Set the date on which the prompt should become available.

   • Expiration Date/Time - Set the date on which the prompt should become unavailable.

Option 4: Translation codes

Translation codes transform a target value into an export value. They can be used to enforce application deadlines. See enforcing application deadlines with translation codes for a detailed breakdown.