All Announcements

Update BusinessObjects Reports That Use Month End Close Calendar - 07/01/10

If you are a BusinessObjects WebI user who uses the Month End Close calendar when scheduling Financials reports, please read the message below.

When you schedule a WebI report to run multiple times, you can select the Month End Close calendar... More

New Concur Tables and Reports in the Financial Data Set - 07/01/10

To assist U-M employees using the new Travel & Expense (Concur) system or conducting M-Pathways Statement of Activity reconciliation duties, new Concur tables are available in the Financial data set and several new Concur folders and BusinessObjects reports have been... More

Enhancements to Room Characteristics Pages in M-Pathways - 06/25/10

You are receiving this message because you have the M-Pathways Room Characteristic User role for your school, college, and/or department. New features are now available in the Room Characteristics pages described below.

As you may know, the Room Characteristics pages in... More

Now Available: Spring 2010 Teaching Evaluation Reports - 06/25/10

Teaching Evaluation Reports are now available in Wolverine Access > Faculty Business > Faculty Center.

Note: To view reports, the grade roster status for the class must be 'Posted'. For more information on grade rosters, see the Grade Roster FAQ: https://heprod.dsc.umich.edu/htmldoc/eng/dftie/lsaa/htm/sr_fb_gradesfaq.html

ACCESSING... More

Now Available: Spring 2010 Teaching Evaluation Reports - 06/25/10

Teaching Evaluation Reports are now available in M-Pathways. See the ‘Run Teaching Evaluation Reports Step-by-Step Procedure’ on My LINC for instructions on running reports. http://tinyurl.com/MyLINC-TE4

Note: Instructors were also notified by e-mail today. View the message on the ITS website.... More

Official Winter 2010 Information Available in CRAS Data Set - 06/23/10

The data in the M-Pathways CRAS data set and its associated CR01 BusinessObjects universe for Winter 2010 are official as of June 17, 2010. You may use the data as necessary and/or use the queries in the BusinessObjects UM-Maintained reports... More

M-Pathways Event Scheduling Enhancements - 06/17/10

Effective June 17, 2010, improvements have been made to the event scheduling pages in M-Pathways.

RECURRING MEETING PATTERNS
• Schedule recurring meetings with weekly or monthly meeting patterns.
• Delete single meetings within a recurring meeting pattern.
Learn more: Enter an Event... More

May 2010 Business Closed - 06/08/10

May business closed on June 7, 2010. FINODS was refreshed June 8, 2010. The Financial data set and the associated
BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed on Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

To run the monthly financial reports... More

Guiding Principles of Information Excellence - 06/07/10

The following principles guide our vision of Information Excellence -- to enhance and sustain the lifelong engagement of University of Michigan alumni, volunteers, donors, and prospective donors, through the disciplined, respectful, and creative use of data. These principles also... More

Information Excellence Framework - 06/07/10

The following framework supports our vision of Information Excellence. By initiating and leveraging strategic projects, such as DART, we can accelerate fundraising performance to enhance and sustain the lifelong engagement of alumni, volunteers, donors, and prospective donors. It is... More

The vision for DART and other strategic initiatives - 06/07/10

Our long-term vision is to enhance and sustain the lifelong engagement of University of Michigan alumni, volunteers, donors, and prospective donors, through the disciplined, respectful, and creative use of data. We call this our vision for Information Excellence.
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Change Management: 30 second update - 06/01/10

The project team will support Schools, Colleges, and Units during the DART transition. Comprehensive training materials, instructor-led and online training will help staff learn how to use DART. In addition, the Unit Liaison program will help staff understand... More

Improved M-Pathways External Organization Search Capability - 05/28/10

Searching for External Organizations using the Org Search page (Main Menu > Campus Community > Organization > Search for Organization) is greatly improved and includes new robust search options. Based on user feedback, new options include searching by the organization... More

Research: DRDA Renovations - 05/26/10

The offices of the Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA) will be undergoing renovation beginning June 1. The renovation will be done in four phases and is expected to be completed in late July.

While DRDA intends to maintain full... More

Unofficial Information Available in Third Week Count Data Set - 05/25/10

The data in the Third Week Count data set and its related SA05 BusinessObjects universe for Spring-Summer 2010 was extracted and loaded on May 25, 2010. As soon as the data has been checked for accuracy, an e-mail will be... More

2011 Budgeting and 2009 Disbursement Information - 05/18/10

BUDGETING FOR AID YEAR 2011:
Budgeting is complete for continuing students for Fall 2010 and Winter 2011. Departments can begin entering their tuition-valued awards. A tuition-valued award has its amount calculated automatically by M Pathways based on the budgeted tuition/fee... More

Unit Liaison Program: 30 second update - 05/18/10

Schools/Colleges/Units and the project team will create a Unit Liaison program to support the DART transition across campus. S/C/Us will have representation to help prepare their unit for DART Go-Live. Unit Liaisons will learn about changes and identify challenges. They... More

Order Spring, Spring/Summer, and Summer 2010 Teaching Evaluations - 05/17/10

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 Spring, Spring/Summer, and Summer 2010 end-of-course teaching evaluations in M-Pathways. See the updated... More

Submittal Form Printing Issues - 05/14/10

With the PeopleTools upgrade to version 8.5, Submittal Forms are printing with text too small for data entry. Additional steps are needed to print Submittal Forms to ensure U-M Human Resource Records and Information Services (HRRIS) can accurately process the... More

New E-mail Address Type in M-Pathways HEPROD - 05/14/10

NEW E-MAIL TYPE
Effective May 14, 2010, there is a new e-mail type, the UM uniqname e-mail type, available in the M-Pathways HEPROD system. Please share this with staff in your unit who need to know this information.

The UM uniqname... More

April 2010 Business Closed - 05/10/10

April business closed on May 8, 2010. FINODS, the Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes
in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed early in the morning of May 10, 2010.

To run the monthly financial reports from FINODS,... More

Unit Data custom data fields now available in eResearch Proposal Management - 05/07/10

This morning an enhancement was made to the Unit Data feature in the eResearch Proposal Management system. Two fields have been added to the Manage Unit Data information screen which allow you to enter custom data for your department. The... More

Communications for M-Pathways Student Administration and Human Resource Managemeent Tools Upgrade May 8-9 - 05/06/10

This is to inform you about some communications related to the M-Pathways Student Administration and Human Resource Management System infrastructure that will be upgraded this weekend, May 8-9, 2010.

1. The message below was sent earlier today to Spring and Spring Summer... More

Reminder: M-Pathways SA/HRMS Tools Upgrade, May 8-9 - 05/06/10

The M-Pathways Student Administration and Human Resource Management System infrastructure will be upgraded this weekend, May 8-9, 2010.

Dates/Times for Upgrade & Service Interruptions

Student Administration & Human Resource Management System (HEPROD), including Employee Business, Student Business and Faculty Business unavailable:... More

Reminder: Faculty Business Service Interruption, May 8-9 - 05/06/10

Noon, Saturday, May 8 - Noon, Sunday, May 9: Faculty, Student and Employee Business will be unavailable for an upgrade.

ITS Help Desk Open Sunday, 5/9 at noon

Since next week is the first week of the Spring term,... More