All Announcements

M-marketsite Shopping Cart Updates - 11/08/10

M-marketsite has updated its Shopping Cart. After selecting items and clicking the cart link you will work with two streamlined pages:

1. -- The Shopping Cart page allows you to review the items in your cart prior to placing... More

New Reported Hours Summary on M-Pathways Timesheet - 11/03/10

The Reported Hours Summary section at the bottom of the Timesheet page has been enhanced to show a break-down of hours by Time Reporting Code. You can review the summary and verify the amounts and Time Reporting Codes are... More

Official Information Available in Third Week Count Data Set - 10/25/10

The Fall 2010 data in the M-Pathways Third Week Count data set and its related SA05 BusinessObjects universe, which was captured as of the end of business on September 27, 2010, is now official. You may use the predefined queries... More

Rates and Billing for Storage and Desktop Virtualization Services - 10/12/10

Greetings Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Office of Financial Analysis set and approved prices for ITS Storage Services and Desktop Virtualization. Please share this information with your unit's purchasing coordinator.

Effective November 1, 2010, ITS will start billing your unit... More

Issue Date defaults for Visa/Permit data entry - 10/11/10

Due to a recent software update, you cannot enter or update Visa/Permit data records with a blank Issue Date. Starting October 10, a workaround will default the Issue Date field to 01/01/1900 until this issue is resolved.
-- For HR... More

September 2010 Business Closed - 10/08/10

September business closed on October 7, 2010. FINODS was refreshed earlier Friday, October 8, 2010. The Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed on Friday, October 8, 2010.

To run the monthly financial... More

New Travel Registry Interchange Invitation - 10/06/10

As a member of the global engagement or UM travel health insurance administration community, please plan to attend:

New Travel Registry Information Interchange
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 10AM – Noon
Fourth Floor Rackham Amphitheatre, Rackham Building
Ann Arbor Campus

The interchange... More

New Travel Registry Interchange Invitation - 10/06/10

As a member of the global engagement or UM travel health insurance administration community, please plan to attend:

New Travel Registry Information Interchange
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 10AM – Noon
Fourth Floor Rackham Amphitheatre, Rackham Building
Ann Arbor Campus

The interchange... More

New Admissions Data Set Table: Learn More - 10/04/10

The new Additional Data table has been added to the U-M Data Warehouse Recruiting and Admissions data set (SA02) to support the M-Pathways Additional Data page implemented in July 2010. The data is from application questions and responses captured... More

Visiting Scholars and PGMED Removed from Third Week Count Data Set - 10/04/10

We are writing to describe a change in the categories of students that are being counted in our official enrollment reports effective with the Fall 2010 term. These changes are being made so that we are compliant with federal IPEDS... More

Development: UL Program Kicks-off Oct. 22 - 09/30/10

This summer, the DART project team and Development Program Managers from across the university met to discuss a Development Unit Liaison Program. They agreed to designate unit representatives, a.k.a. Unit Liaisons (ULs), for each school, college and unit. ULs will... More

Getting Prepped for DART: Software preview - 09/30/10

Does your team conduct direct mailings or annual giving communications? Here are some highlights of Direct Marketing functions in DART, which were shown at the September Dev Council meeting. This preview also includes a high-level review of how DART captures... More

Unofficial Information Available in Third Week Count Data Set - 09/28/10

The data in the Third Week Count data set and its related SA05 BusinessObjects universe for Fall 2010 was extracted and loaded on September 28, 2010. As soon as the data has been checked for accuracy, an e-mail will be... More

Ordering Procedures and Key Dates for Fall 2010 Teaching Evaluations - 09/27/10

NEW! M-Pathways teaching evaluation ordering pages have been improved. See the Teaching Evaluation Overview of Changes for more information.

Departmental administrative staff should now complete orders for Fall 2010 end-of-course teaching evaluations in M-Pathways. See the updated ordering... More

Research Regulatory Management system unavailable Sept. 24 - Sept. 27 - 09/23/10

The eResearch Regulatory Management system will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 24, to 7:00 a.m., Monday, September 27, 2010. During this time the system will be updated. System generated notifications, including expiration notices, that were scheduled to be... More

Learn About Accounting Change for Endowment Distributions - 09/23/10

Historically, Endowment Distributions have been segregated into 2 buckets (accounts 420200 and 420250) when sent out to the unit’s related Expendable Chartfield.

FinOps is pleased to announce that starting with the September distribution this fiscal year, they will be sending distributions... More

Official 2010 Information Available in CRAS Data Set - 09/15/10

The data in the M-Pathways CRAS data set and its associated CR01 BusinessObjects universe for Spring 2010, Spring-Summer 2010, and Summer 2010 are official as of September 8, 2010. You may use the data as necessary and/or use the queries... More

Updates to eResearch Proposal Management data set - 09/15/10

On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, changes were applied to the Proposal Management Research data set. A number of new tables and data elements were added. For a summary of the changes, please refer to http://www.umich.edu/~eresinfo/erpm/datasetsept2010.html.

The Proposal Management data dictionary has... More

Update! Workaround for Punch Timesheet - 09/15/10

The workaround that requires you to first click Submit on the Punch Timesheet is still required for punches made prior to 6:30 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, September 15.

The next time you open the Punch Timesheet for an employee, you... More

New! Exam and Class Meeting Pattern Data Added - 09/15/10

The Student Records data set and the associated BusinessObjects universe (SA03) were recently updated to include exam and class meeting pattern data. The data set enhancements include:

1. New! CLASS_EXAM table
Class exam data is entered into M-Pathways Curriculum Management pages... More

Webinar on GPR Payroll Reports - 09/14/10

You are invited to “attend” a live 30-minute webinar on Gross Pay Register (GPR) payroll reports on Wednesday, September 22 from 9:00-9:30 a.m.

Matt Rose (ITS Payroll/Time & Labor) will demonstrate the different M-Pathways options for GPR payroll reports, from BusinessObjects... More

Important! Temporary Timesheet Workaround Steps - 09/10/10

Time entry fields on the M-Pathways Timesheet page will be grayed-out for select student employees in the current biweekly pay period. This impacts students whose workgroup changed from Temporary to Workstudy effective Tuesday, September 7, 2010. It also applies to... More

Sept. 15 Financial Unit Liaison Meeting Reminder/Agenda - 09/09/10

On behalf of ITS and the Financial Unit Liaison program, we hope you can join us at the September 15 meeting.

Time: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Place: Kipke Conference Center, Rm 2029-2043
Hot beverages and water will be... More

eResearch Proposal Management system unavailable 3:00 p.m., 9/14 - 7:00 a.m., 9/15 - 09/09/10

The Research Proposal Management data set and its related BusinessObjects universe will be unavailable from 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 14 through 7:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 15, 2010. During this time modifications and enhancements will be applied.

No other data sets... More

Student Data Sets Unavailable for Race/Ethnicity Changes - 08/25/10

Changes are scheduled to be applied to the Student data sets and their related BusinessObjects universes to comply with the federal race/ethnicity reporting requirements. Changes include:
-- Values in the Ethnic Group fields
-- Race/ethnicity reporting fields

SERVICE INTERRUPTION SCHEDULE
--... More