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'R' we dropping the '-R' from USXS?  You bet we 'R'

Happy New Year!  We are nearing the end of our migrations with the start of wave 9 this month! CY2021 included our largest number of migrating districts!  Approximately 320 districts migrated during waves 7 and 8!  With the remaining districts scheduled in wave 9 (ODE has reserved wave 10 for emergency migrations), the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter! We appreciate both ITC and district staffs on-going efforts and dedication in making this happen!

Just a reminder, our classic software applications will be retired in December 2022. This means we will no longer support the classic software after calendar 2022 closing is complete nor will districts be able to process a payroll for calendar year 2023 in the classic software.  If you are still using our classic applications and are unclear of your migration plan, please contact your ITC immediately for further assistance. To state it clearly once more, you will not be able to process 2023 payrolls in the classic software, so it is imperative that you have migrated from classic before you need to run your first 2023 payroll.

As with every January newsletter, we like to review some of the features and improvements added to the software in the prior year.  Many of these were requested from user feedback with assistance from the State Software Steering Committee.  Listed below are just a handful of the new features/enhancements in USXS-R that took place in 2021:

• USAS-R: 
  • Ability to post Purchase Orders, AP Invoices and Vendors from an imported CSV file
  • Ability to email AR billings to customers
  • Repair option implemented in Purchase Orders
  • Performance Improvements made to various grids and reports
  • Created the Appropriation Resolution 'recap' report
  • Creation of an audit report bundle
  • Various canned reports added
  • Ability to modify or delete refunds that do not contain an associated check
  • Requisition Workflows implemented
  • Various improvements made to Account Filters
  • Proration Utility improvements

• USPS-R:
  • Performance Improvements made to various programs, grids, and reports
  • Various Mass Load options added
  • New Mass Change features added related to COVID fields
  • Allow users to modify pay amounts when creating attendance and posting to payroll.
  • Ability to post voided payroll checks to USAS
  • Implemented STRS Merge 
  • Legacy Data File Archive folder added
  • Save and Recall feature added to various reports
  • Convert personal leave to sick leave - Add employee and pay group selections
  • Employee Onboarding Workflows implemented
  • Various W2 improvements and new features

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