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Enhanced Financial Web Reports – We’ve gone RED

Posted March 3, 2016 in Accounts Payable, Controller, Cost Accounting and Analysis, Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Income Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis, Payment Card Acceptance/E-Commerce, Procurement and Supply Management, Travel, UShop and tagged , , , , , .

We have upgraded our CIS-based Financial Web Reports, and are excited to announce that they have a fresh, new, RED look! Our users will notice enhancements to the functionality, including: Management Reports/Journal Detail now consolidates UShop spend by Voucher number. … Continue reading →

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**UPDATE-RESOLVED** Payroll Benefit Encumbrances at Zero in Management Reports

Posted March 6, 2015 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Payroll.

**UPDATE-RESOLVED** This issue has been resolved. The correct benefit rates and amounts are updated in the detail reports now, and will be reflected in the summary reports beginning tomorrow, March 7, 2015. Thank you for your patience! On March 3, … Continue reading →

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EOR Status added to Management Reports

Posted January 9, 2015 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

Have you wanted to know the EOR Status of a Project or Activity while viewing Management Reports?  Now you can! EOR Status has been added to each of the Management Reports screens.  The EOR Status has been placed to the right … Continue reading →

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Some PDF Documents Display Strange Errors in Google Chrome

Posted December 29, 2014 in Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , , .

Some PDF documents are not displaying properly in Google Chrome.  These PDF’s have special features that allow auto numbering or auto dating.  Others are displayed from Management Reports when clicking on the spyglass in Journal Detail. These PDF documents need … Continue reading →

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Account Executive approvals are now EASIER in GFA

Posted October 8, 2014 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

We are pleased to announce that Account Executives can now “Approve All” Alternates instead of one at a time. Check it out! Please continue to give us feedback through the Ask Us link below. Your feedback is valuable to us. … Continue reading →

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New FIL Reports To Track Status of Alternate Requests in GFA

Posted October 1, 2014 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

As campus is using the new GFA application, another question to Financial & Business Services is: How can I track the Status of the Requests made in the Granting Financial Authority (GFA) application?” Two new reports have been added to the … Continue reading →

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Who Has Captured Their Signature in GFA?

Posted September 29, 2014 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

A very common question to Financial & Business Services during the rollout of Granting Financial Authority (GFA) is “How can a find out who still needs to capture their signature?” Great News! Two ways have been created to find out who … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Year-End Closing Information and Dates

Posted June 27, 2014 in Accounts Payable, Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services, Grants and Contracts Accounting, Income Accounting, Procurement and Supply Management, Property Accounting, Purchasing Card, Stores, Travel.

Do you know what is required as part of the Year End process? We have compiled a document to help. You will find: Helpful tips and guidelines Contact information for central administration offices Important deadlines  Click here to view the … Continue reading →

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The Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Rate Cost Study

Posted January 9, 2014 in Grants and Contracts Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis and tagged .

On October 9th 2013, there were two informational sessions held on campus to inform and educate the attendees on the upcoming Space Survey to be conducted as part of the University’s overall F&A Rate Study. An FS News Post was sent out … Continue reading →

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Awesome EOR Enhancements

Posted December 11, 2013 in Controller, Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , , .

The Evidence of Review application was launched a year ago. Many on campus have used EOR to show “evidence” that they have reviewed their monthly financial statements. Several departments have given some excellent feedback. We reviewed your feedback and implemented some awesome enhancements … Continue reading →

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