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Auto-Numbered Forms

Financial & Business Services has many forms on its web presence. Several of the forms are auto-numbered. Occasionally the auto-number feature of the form does not work. These forms can be accessed with a variety of browsers and operating systems. … Continue reading

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Payroll Encumbrance Changes Are Here!

We are excited to announce the highly anticipated changes to payroll encumbrances are live today. Payroll encumbrances can now be projected through future years on research projects, and will be updated daily to reflect mid-pay period changes to employee distributions. These enhancements are part of … Continue reading

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Payroll Encumbrance Changes Coming January 6th

Ever wish you could project payroll commitments through the end of a multi-year research grant? Tired of updating employee distributions only to wait (patiently) for the next payroll cycle before the changes are reflected on encumbrance reports? Then your time has come! Beginning Friday, January 6th, payroll encumbrances will … Continue reading

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Updated: Payroll Encumbrance Issues Reported

Affected payroll encumbrances have been recalculated and now show correct amounts in reports. Previous post… The calculation of some November 30th payroll encumbrances are incorrect due to a timing issue encountered during payroll processing this week. Encumbrances for payroll distributions ending prior to June 30, 2012 were erroneously projected through the … Continue reading

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Find Status of Payment Request

Accounts Payable is excited to announce and online method to find the status of your payment request.  Rather than wait for someone on the phone to go and try to find your payment request, an online form has been created.  You … Continue reading

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New Fiscal Year Management Reports **UPDATED**

The presentation error described below has been corrected (as of 7/13/2010). Thank you for your patience. If you have questions or concerns, please New Account Codes were assigned to the budget for State Appropriations (Fund 1001). As an unexpected result, the … Continue reading

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Exciting New Functionality in Management Reports

Did you ever wish you could move from month to month in Management Reports with just one click of your mouse? Now you can! Arrows have been added on each side of the month, which when selected; advance the report … Continue reading

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More Improvements to WEB Management Reports

We are pleased to announce that the WEB Management Reports have been enhanced. You can now view historical encumbrance amounts for prior accounting periods. Previously, you could only see the encumbrance amounts for the open (current) accounting period. Note that … Continue reading

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Improvement to Web Management Reports

The criteria frame at the top of each Activity/Project Management Report has been enhanced to allow users to switch between an Activity and a Project without returning to the Main Criteria Page. As always, if you have any questions,

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Commitment to Communication – Communicast

Financial & Business services values communication. We have created a webpage which explains all the different ways to communicate with and receive communication from us. We value reaching out to each of you with whom we conduct our business. We … Continue reading

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