April 2023 Recap
- Michelle Drewes
- Andrea Boehm
- Lori Nye
USAS-R Releases
Improvements
Updates related to Anonymize option - These improvements complete the anonymizing changes we needed to make to facilitate anonymizing a backup of district data for use with creating a testing, training or demo instance. However, we are still working with the MCOECN DCO team to make a VRA option available. As soon as that's complete we will notify ITCs.
Removed the Classic Import log and any imported AR data from the database in order to prepare it to use for testing or training purposes.
We have written an anonymizer for Projects to change the project descriptions.
Change timestamp format from MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss to MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa. This will add AM/PM to the timestamps that are displayed.
Primary place you'll see this difference is in the Job Scheduler
Removed the obsolete "SSDT Auditor Report Bundle" with this release. The report bundle was replaced last year with the following jobs: the District Audit Job and SOC1 Audit Job. Details on how to use the audit jobs can be found in the Job Scheduler user documentation.
Import vendor adjustments via the Vendor grid Import option. Previously the only way to post vendor adjustments was via the individual vendor. Using the new import option, the ability to mass post vendor adjustments is available. Criteria and template available on the Vendor wiki page.
From the Vendor grid select the Import button. The popup will now display two options, "Add or Update Vendor(s)" and "Add Vendor Adjustment(s)".
The "Add or Update Vendor(s)" option works as it did previously.
The "Add Vendor Adjustment(s)" option will post adjustments for vendors based on the data in the upload file. This will only post new adjustments, it will not modify or remove existing adjustments.
Added fields to the canned version of the Financial Detail Report to replicate the available data generated by the template reports when selecting report format CSV or Excel-data. These changes should help districts generate reports requested by third party vendors and Indirect Cost reports as well.
The newly available fields include the individual account code dimensions, 1 digit and 2 digit reporting levels for function, receipt, object, subject and OPU as well as the forecast line number
Patches
Patch for a district who had account change jobs in progress that did not restart when the application was restarted. This patch is specific to a single district.
USPS-R Releases
Bug Fixes
New Contract - warning updated to use pay group stop date instead of payroll stop date when mid-year contract change is made for a contract in current payroll.
Issue was New contract was using the Original Ending date of the payroll instead of the Pay Group Last Paid ending date if added in additions during payroll.
Reports>EMIS Position Report - issue was EMIS position report was excluding archived positions, but the service used for the actual collection was not.
Now actual collection will exclude archived positions.
Correct a bug in Job Scheduler for email DD job created an error.
district scheduled DD job, then unposted payroll, job should've just failed, but through a severe error.
Earnings Register - Selection by Pay Group was not working correctly, was selecting ALL employee's paid.
was including employee's that were paid in the dates entered but not paid in that pay group
Payroll Item Error Adjustments - correct a transient property exception error
districts were receiving an error when editing, adding error adjustment and trying to save. had to close payroll items completely.
Leave Activity Report - correct null pointer and access denied errors when reading audit tables
Improvements
Timestamp format on Job Scheduler and Posting Period now include AM/PM.
STRS Advance - prevent July payroll(s) until STRS Advance has been completed.
A bypass has been added to the STRS Advance Configuration for districts who do not need to process STRS advance. By default, STRS Advance is required to process July Payrolls.
Employee Entity - Refactor Check Distribution custom field into a property.
Mass Load header has been changed for this property.
checkDistribution
The old custom field has been disabled.
Salary Notice - Add new properties to list of available for users
payPerPeriod ${(row.payPerPeriod)!}
payPlan ${(row.payPlan)!}
hoursInDay ${(row.hoursInDay)!}
Add sort options to Benefit Accrual and Reset Personal Leave reports
Pay Group
Building / Department
Certified / Classified
Add Case Number / Order Number for Child Support Items to Outstanding Payables Report
Building and Department Codes - refactor away building and department code custom fields in favor of new Code entity**This update did not include Templates for Positions, ALL building/department codes will need to be re-added**
Rename old building and department code custom fields and make them as unused
Migrate all building / department codes to new Codes Entity and update all references
Performance improvements in the following areas
Attendance Import
Benefit Update and Projection
ABS 101
ABS 103
Perfect Attendance Report
Employee Master Report
Leave Balance Report
Quarter Report
Reporting Entity Count Summary Report
YTD Report
W2 Reporting
Payroll Reports
Added new Role to
STANDARD_READONLY_USER
USPS_STANDARD_CODE_VIEW
USPS_STANDARD_CODE_REPORT
STANDARD_USER
USPS_STANDARD
GROUP_MANAGER
USPS_STANDARD
Any other Role will need to add USPS_STANDARD_CODE
CREATE, DELETE, REPORT, UPDATE, and VIEW permissions
New Features
Reports/Leave Activity Report
Helpful Hint-Report uses Applied date (Timestamp) not the actual Activity date entered. Run Audit Report to see Time Stamp date (Date Applied)
Add new Code View found in the Core menu
Codes - USPS-R Documentation - SSDT Confluence Wiki (ssdt-ohio.org)
Used to create, update and delete Building and Department codes
10-character limit
Patches
Inventory Releases
Bug Fixes
Transactions Menu: The Edit and Delete buttons are now disabled for read-only users. Please be aware, read-only users were not able to edit or delete previously, but the buttons were enabled and therefore misleading.
System>Configuration>Migration Import: Corrected a problem with the migration importer that prevented the fund, function and asset class from properly being set when importing items with multiple acquisitions.
Corrected a problem when posting error adjustments on an acquisitions or transfer that inadvertently inflated the beginning balance amount on the Schedule of Change in Fixed Assets (summary and detail). The reports already take the error adjustments into account (reflected on adjustments column) and should not alter the beginning balance column. This has been fixed so that it no longer updates the beginning balance values.
Improvements
Performance improvements were made to the closing of the fiscal year and the audit report. Additional improvements will need to be made in the future.
Implemented date range filtering in the various transaction grids (Inventory Items, Acquisitions, Transfers and Dispositions). Users can now filter between two dates using the '..' operator.
Implemented Google DUO MFA Security Integration in Inventory
There are new properties that will need to be set in the environment in order to use Duo Security with the applications. Please see the Duo Security Integration Guide for more information. The documentation has been updated to specify the settings to be defined in the ssdt-inventory-app.properties file; Inventory does not use docker-compose.
System>User: A new flag was added to the User to determine if they should use "Two-Factor Authentication" when logging into the application. (NOTE: 1.35.2 hotfix on May 2nd corrected a problem where an error page was display after a successful duo authentication login).
Note - if you host with the Management Council, there is a new VRA Service Broker 'Install DUO MFA' to help setup Duo Integration.
ITC Management Releases
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