The 11i upgrade brought
many positive changes with
it, but it was only one
large step among many to
continually improve the
Integrated System. A number
of improvements have been
implemented since the 11i
upgrade, among them:
Report Performance
run-time:
Several FM Discoverer
reports are now running
6 to 10 times faster
than previously. ISDS
anticipates additional
improvement in the
near future.
Copy bank and
tax information:
The cumbersome task of
updating an employee’s
bank and tax information
on a new assignment is
being made simpler. With
a new method being devised
by ISDS and UHR, whenever
a new assignment is created
for an employee, the
system will automatically
update all other assignments
for that employee with
the most recent entries
for bank and tax information,
regardless of which assignment
is primary. UHR will
make an announcement
when this new method
is implemented.
LD Presentation: To
alleviate some confusion
over several LD issues,
Barbara Henry, ISDS Human
Resources Director, gave
a presentation before
the Fiscal Administrators
Meeting and HR Users
Group, addressing:
• When to end-date
a labor schedule
• When to terminate an
assignment versus
an employee
• Why expenditure types
change
• How to handle labor distribution
for work study students
This presentation, including
process flows for the
first two processes,
may be found on the Integrated
Systems website.
Major Patchsets Installed
on October 24
Patches are applied to
the Integrated System
regularly to ensure that
we have the most current
functionality. These
often include fixes and
enhancements. The October
24th patchsets will affect
you in a number of ways:
• Central HR
benefits from several
fixes and improvements,
one of which allows
them
to create labor
encumbrances. This
means that labor
encumbrances will
now be reflected on
grants
reports.
• Revenue Review and Encumbrance
forms: When users
tried to enter data on the
Revenue Review
and Encumbrance forms, they had to click
through several
error messages first. These
error messages
no longer appear.
• Award Status Inquiry
Actuals now displays
the correct direct
costs in the Revenue Amount
and Invoice Amount
columns.
• Users may now access workflow notifications through their personal homepage.
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