Since the USPS SIF Agent uses the USPS SOAP service, there are settings on the Alpha/VMS side that affect the USPS SIF Agent.  The following explains items that may be checked if issues are encountered with the data being collected by the USPS SIF Agent.

October (K) reporting

Supplemental jobs are not reported during the October reporting period.  To prevent supplemental positions from being included in the collection, on the third screen of USPSDAT/USPCON there is an EMIS reporting period flag.  This should be set to K. 

Yearend (N) reporting

Staff attendance data is reported at yearend.  In order for accurate attendance data to be collected, ITC's need to ensure that the OECN$USPS_EMIS_FY logical is set to the appropriate fiscal year.  The OECN$USPS_EMIS_FY logical affects the attendance calculations for the USPS SIF Agent and the USPS web application.

Districts will want to ensure that the EMIS reporting period flag on the third screen of USPSDAT/USPCON is set to N.  Setting this to N will allow supplemental positions to be collected.  

General

On the third screen of USPSDAT/USPCON is a field called "EMIS reporting ID".  This field indicates which employee ID value will be reported as the local employee ID (CI050 and CK050) for EMIS reporting purposes.  The value used must match the Employee ID being reported on the Staff Course record (CU050).  The options are Credential ID, SSN, and (USPS) Employee ID.  

If the district has entered a value in the "EMIS ID" field found in USPSCN/BIOSCN and DEMSCN, that value will override the setting of the "EMIS reporting ID" field in USPCON.  SSDT recommends that the EMIS ID field not be used as it has caused confusion and problems in the past.