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Exciting New Functionality in Management Reports

Posted November 23, 2009 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis, Property Accounting and tagged .

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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Account Chartfield Title Change

Posted September 30, 2009 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis, Procurement and Supply Management and tagged .

Accounts 61400 – 61419, previously titled “Equip-Insurable $1,000-$4,999”, has been changed to “Equip-Non Capitl $1,000-$4,999”. if you have any questions.

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More Improvements to WEB Management Reports

Posted August 4, 2009 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

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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Don’t miss Endowments 101!

Posted May 11, 2009 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting and tagged .

Our next run of Endowments 101 is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 in OSH 175. We’ve updated the material to include information about the donor endowment reporting project. To register, click here. If you have any questions,

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Improvement to Web Management Reports

Posted April 22, 2009 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

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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Dollars are Green … We NEED your feedback!

Posted March 27, 2009 in Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , , , .

The following communication went out via email earlier today. If you have already participated in the survey, thank you! You do not need to fill out the survey again. Please feel free in leaving a comment below. If you have … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Financial System Events Page

Posted March 25, 2009 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Payroll and tagged .

Consider the following questions: I wonder if the Accounting Statements have been mailed? <answer> Has the Payroll Journal has been posted to the General Ledger? <answer> When are the Personal Activity Reports (PAR’s) due back? <answer> When was the last … Continue reading →

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Bookmarking U of U Web Apps

Posted March 13, 2009 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Procurement and Supply Management, Property Accounting, Purchasing Card and tagged .

As reported in an earlier news post, the Financial Web Apps (located in the FS pagelet and FS Admin pagelet) in the Campus Information System have moved to a different WEB Server. As of today, March 13, 2009, ALL OLD Bookmarks for all U … Continue reading →

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Endowment Projections

Posted March 12, 2009 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting and tagged .

Financial and Business Services is pleased to offer colleges and departments updated instructions on the two methods for estimating the amount of endowment income expected during the next fiscal year. The necessary factors for doing the calculations will be provided … Continue reading →

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FIL Queries Enhanced with more Filtering Options

Posted March 10, 2009 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

After hearing from several of you, we have added more filtering options to most of the Financial Information Library (FIL) queries. New prompts give users the option to run an Activity or Project report for just a single Account Executive … Continue reading →

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