Slate automatically ranks applications two ways:
- Rank (Overall), which looks at priority (high, then normal, then low) and then submitted date (most recent to latest)
- Rank Submitted, which looks at submitted date (most recent to latest)
There isn't a way to manually adjust an application's rank, but you can affect this rank using an application priority rule. A practical reason for altering an application's rank is to prioritize one application over another, such as joining from a person record to their rank 1 application or simply filtering on the rank 1 application. Common considerations for this type of rule are to rank:
- Admissions applications over scholarship applications
- Applications with a decision (or specific decision) over applications without a decision (or specific decision) in a concurrent period/recruiting cycle
On the Tables
Slate stores the application priority on the [application] table in the [priority] column, [application].[priority]. That column takes on the following values:
- -2, for inactive
- -1, for low priority
- 0, for normal priority
- 1, for high priority
Important!
Slate does not order a person record's application tabs by the applications' ranks.
Setting High Priority for Applications in Active Periods with a Specific Decision
This approach is common for graduate schools where applicants typically have concurrent applications, but they want to prioritize ranking applications with a specific decision.
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Setting High Priority for Applications in Active Period and Admissions Application
This approach is common for schools that have separate applications for admissions and scholarships. In our example, we're assuming that these two applications will always have different round keys.
- Navigate to the Rules tool inside of Database.
- Select "Preview Actions" on the right.
- Enter a test record your application priority rule(s) should affect.
- Evaluate the results. If the rules do not return what you're expecting, then you will need to revise them; otherwise, proceed to the next step.
- Navigate to the application priority rule(s).
- Activate the rule(s).
- Perform a Retroactive Refresh.