Utilities



A crosswalk of the Utilities menu options and their Classic counterparts is available below.  For a printable version of the crosswalk, click here

USPS-R Utilities Option

USPS Classic Programs

Definition

USPS-R Utilities Option

USPS Classic Programs

Definition

Account Mapping

USPSDAT/MAPPING

Controls how accounts are charged in Leave Projection and Board Distribution

Attendance/Absence Import

USPIMPORT

Allows data obtained from third party software to be imported into USPS-R.

Automatic Payment Reconciliation

Pay Rec

Pay Rec Extract

PAYREC_INI



Positive Pay

Used to create initialization files, that will define all the data that is to be extracted and placed on the sequential file to be sent to the bank (Positive Pay) or imported from the bank for check reconciliation.

Change Password

New Feature

If user knows their old password they can change their password using the 'change password' option under the Utilities Menu:

Custom Grid Creator

New Feature

Only available to ITC users

File Archive

New Feature

Listing of Files Imported and Archived.

Payroll Archive

PAYROLL CD 

Displays present Payroll Reports from Redesign

Display Payroll files uploaded via file import view plus any files imported during import from classic (if they chose optional export parameter to export Payroll CD archive)

Pay Form Archive

New Feature

Display Pay form files uploaded via file import view plus any files imported during import from classic (if they chose optional export parameter to export Payroll CD archive)

W2 Archive

New Feature

Display W2 files uploaded via file import view plus any files imported during import from classic (if they chose optional export parameter to export Payroll CD archive)

        Other

New Feature 

Option to add miscellaneous reports that are not part of the Payroll archived

File Import

Import Single Zip Files

Import Multiple Zip Files

Import Classic Payroll CD Archives

New Feature

Can import files from Zip archive files for Pay Forms (Payment Notifications) and W2 Forms.

Job Scheduler

SYS$BATCH

List Reports and Direct Deposits scheduled to be ran or delivered at a later date and time

Mass Load

Absence/Attendance Loading

Date Code Loading

Payroll Item Error Adjustments Loading

USPLOAD







Allows a district to import data from an outside source  ( ex. csv file)

To load Employee Absence information using the Mass Load 

To load a Date Code field into a particular screen using Mass Load

To load Employee Error adjustments using the Mass Load 

Payroll Item Mismatch Utility

New Feature

This is a new Utility program in the menu, visible to Admin and GM users by default.  This is a one-time fix utility that corrects two scenarios:  one is that Classic allowed these mismatches to occur and the other was a bug with Mass Load that was fixed with 6.32.0 that allowed users to add mismatched payroll items if used improperly.  The procedure is that they go to (Utilities > Payroll Item Mismatch Utility) and it will show them any payroll items that are mismatched.  If the district is not affected by this problem, the grid will be empty.  The grid also, by default, only shows mismatches related to non-archived employees. It is optional to fix the mismatches for archived employees as it may not affect reporting or processing, particularly if the mismatch was caused while still using Classic. 

Show Profile

Show Profile (USPSWEB)

User Profile will give detailed information about the user account currently logged in

Tax Estimator

TAXTAB

This program proves helpful to employees wanting to know the impact of tax related changes on their pay amount (e.g. changing exemptions or withholding amounts).

W2 City Override



The W2 City Overrides allows districts to override different fields in the SSA EFW2 form file for different City tax requirements.