Beginning with the Spring 2011 term, the following system enhancements have been implemented:
-- Class permissions can be automatically issued to waitlisted students as seats become available. This is optional and is setup on each class section. The class permission... More
Beginning with the Spring 2011 term, the following system enhancements have been implemented:
-- Curriculum Maintainers now have the option to automate the issuance of class permissions for waitlisted students at the class section level.
-- Students are automatically... More
On February 15, 2011, temporary appointment records that had not received payment for at least six months prior to February 15, 2011, were automatically terminated.
Automatic Termination of Inactive Temporary Appointments Process:
To increase system efficiency and reduce the... More
To view the current financial status for your project/grants, access M-Reports on Wolverine Access http://wolverineaccess.umich.edu/reporting_secondary.jsp.
The navigation path is: University Business > Reporting > M-Reports. Once in M-Reports, click the appropriate tab(s), as follows, to view your reports:
--... More
The Winter 2011 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 January 25, 2011, is now official. You may use the predefined queries... More
January business closed on February 7, 2011. FINODS, the Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed early in the morning of February 7, 2011.
To run the monthly financial reports from FINODS, see... More
In order to prepare for our transition to DART, the process for bequests is changing. Each bequest expectancy must now be recorded with a related shortcode. This change makes it possible to count the bequest expectancies as gift revenue or... More
Departmental administrative staff should complete orders for Winter 2011 end-of-course teaching evaluations in M-Pathways by Monday, February 21, 2011.
After completing your orders, please notify instructors that their evaluations are ready for review in Wolverine Access Faculty Center.... More
The Third Week Count Data Set (SA05) has been updated to exclude data for individuals in the Post-Graduate Medicine and Visiting Scholars programs. All future terms will exclude individual counts from these programs. You were notified in September of this... More
The data in the Third Week Count data set and its related SA05 BusinessObjects universe for Winter 2011 was extracted and loaded on January 26, 2011. As soon as the data has been checked for accuracy, an e-mail will be... More
December business closed on January 7, 2011. FINODS was refreshed earlier Saturday, January 8, 2011. The Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed on Sunday, January 9, 2011.
To run the monthly... More
To view the current financial status for your project/grants, access M-Reports on Wolverine Access http://wolverineaccess.umich.edu/reporting_secondary.jsp.
The navigation path is: University Business > Reporting > M-Reports. Once in M-Reports, click the appropriate tab(s), as follows, to view your reports:
-- If... More
The data in the CRAS data set and its associated CR01 BusinessObjects universe for Fall 2010 was loaded on November 16, 2010. The Office of Budget and Planning is performing a series of data checks and adjustments that may significantly... More
The following message was sent from Jerry May, U-M Vice President for Development, to all development community members. Deans, Directors, Department Heads, and other financial contacts (including some staff at UMHS) recieved a similar announcement.
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As you know, over... More
Fall 2010 end-of-course 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... More
The following announcement went to ULs on 12/13. University leadership has agreed to delay DART Go Live until Spring 2012. Executive Officers will announce the delay in email communications. Specifically, Phil Hanlon will send an announcement to Deans. Jerry May... More
The issue that prevented Visa/Permit data records without an Issue Date from being entered/updated has been resolved. The Issue Date is now blank by default and does not have to be populated to save the record.
-- For HR I-9... More
Recent changes in archiving teaching evaluation reports are detailed below.
New! Instructor with Comments Reports from Winter 2009 through Summer 2010 will be available in Wolverine Access > Faculty Business > Faculty Center on December 15, 2010. The reports for these... More
The survey regarding payroll estimates will be open until December 10. Please
take a few minutes to complete the survey, if you have not yet responded. Your
feedback will help ensure the university provides you with meaningful data.... More
New information is available in My LINC for Self-Service Time Approvers and the Electronic Timekeepers in self-service time entry departments. Please review the Time Entry and Approval Tips – December 2010 document in My LINC to learn how you... More
ITS is working to resolve all issues related to imaged documents and student applications. Daily conference calls have been moved to a new format that includes CollegeNet. If you need additional information regarding the new conference calls, please... More
The eResearch Regulatory Management team has received numerous reports of the Printer Friendly Version (PFV) of eResearch submissions not rendering. These reports have come mainly from the Medical Campus and Health System from people using Internet Explorer version 7. We... More
The eResearch Regulatory Management system was updated to Release 2.5 on Monday, November 22. Many of the updates implemented were for the new AAHRRP site visitor role. In addition, some form text changes were made and the Documents Tab was... More
You are invited to "attend" a live 30-minute Business Intelligence TV (BITV) webinar on Thursday, December 2, from 9:00-9:30 a.m.
JoAnn Peraino (LS&A) will demonstrate the new M-Reports enrollment trend reports. Learn how to view the overall trend of a specific... More
The deadline to enter Winter 2011 textbook information into the Wolverine Access Faculty Center or M-Pathways Textbook pages is November 25, 2010.
Entering textbook information by this date ensures orders will be processed at participating bookstores and assist... More
October business closed on Friday, November 5, 2010. FINODS was refreshed on Saturday, November 6, 2010. The Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed on Sunday, November 7, 2010.
To run the monthly... More
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Spring/Summer and Summer 2010 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.
Note: Instructors were also notified by e-mail today. View the... More
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... More
We are pleased to announce that the ImageNow/WebNow v.6.4 upgrade was successfully completed on Saturday, August 14. All users will experience a few look and feel changes and two notable functional enhancements with this release:
-- The implementation of "View"... More
This is a reminder about the ImageNow/WebNow upgrade. The upgrade period begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 13 and concludes at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, August 16. During this time, ImageNow/WebNow will be unavailable.
ACTION ITEM FOR WEBNOW USERS
--... More
July business closed on August 6, 2010. FINODS, the Financial data set and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed early in the morning of August 9, 2010.
New! You can now run the financial reports... More
REPORTS ADDED
Two Accounts Receivable and Billing reports have been added to the group of reports included in the “SOA Reports by” processes:
-- The Statement of Receivables shows the open items/invoices and any activity (e.g., payments, write-offs) applied to... More
In July, DART Project Team Members and development Program Managers shared several discussions on the Unit Liaison Program. Their focus was on gaining representation from each school, college and unit. These representatives will work with the DART Project Team to... More
The Summer 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 July 20, 2010, is now official. You may use the predefined queries... More
A new page is available in M-Pathways Admission Entry and Admissions Maintenance. The Additional Data page:
-- Displays application questions and responses captured from admissions application forms. Questions differ based on application center.
-- Begins with Winter Term 2011... More
Changes are scheduled to be applied to the Human Resource and Human Resource Snapshot data sets and related HR01 and HR02 BusinessObjects universes to comply with the federal race/ethnicity reporting requirements. Changes include:
-- Values in the Ethnic Group fieldsMore
The deadline to enter Fall 2010 textbook information into the Wolverine Access Faculty Center or M-Pathways Textbook pages is July 27, 2010.
Entering textbook information by this date ensures orders will be processed at participating bookstores and assist with textbook availability... More
Year-end and June business closed on July 20, 2010. FINODS, the Financial data set, and the associated BusinessObjects universes in the U-M Data Warehouse were refreshed early in the morning of July 21, 2010.
To run the monthly financial reports from... More
The data in the Third Week Count data set and its related SA05 BusinessObjects universe for Summer 2010 was extracted and loaded on July 21, 2010. As soon as the data has been checked for accuracy, an e-mail will be... More
This month we presented a project update to the Budget Administrators Group. We reviewed how the project was organized, anticipated timing and a summary of current activities. In addition, we shared information on the new Development Unit Liaison Program in... More
The new “Financial Aid Disbursement Calendar for Aid Year 2011” is now available.
Select “2010-2011 Disbursement Calendar” from the bottom of the Financial Aid Forms and Instructions page on the ITS Administrative Computing website at:
<<a href="http://www.mais.umich.edu/student/faforms.html">http://www.mais.umich.edu/student/faforms.html>
The calendar includes charts... More
The Regents approved the actual tuition rates for the 2010-2011 academic year at their June meeting. This enabled the following tasks to be completed in M Pathways:
-- Financial aid budgets have been updated with the actual tuition rates. The tuition... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
A new eLearning course, SAE115 - Event Scheduling, is available to staff with the CC EVENT UPDATE USER role.
The course is not required, however you are strongly encouraged to take it to refresh your skills, and to
learn new... More
Instructors with teaching evaluations for the Winter 2010 term can now view reports in Wolverine Access, Faculty Business.
Teaching Evaluation Reports are now available in Wolverine Access > Faculty Business > Faculty Center.
Note: To view reports, the grade roster status for... More
Run teaching evaluation reports for the Winter 2010 term in the M-Pathways HEODS reporting environment.
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. More
New BusinessObjects Functionality
Listed below are three items related to new BusinessObjects functionality and where detailed information about them is located:
• E-mail Scheduling of BusinessObjects Reports
o View presentation by Laura Bollettino (also includes information on the Unit Maintained... More
AAE110 – Student Exception Processing eLearning course is now available on My LINC. This new course replaces the instructor-led course AAA101 – Exception Processing.
Users requesting access to the M-Pathways SR STUDENT EXCEPTION PROCESSOR role must complete the following training:
1.... More
ONLINE VENDOR REQUEST PROCESS
You can now request a Vendor ID online in M-Pathways for:
-- Individuals being paid via PeoplePay
-- New external suppliers
-- Guests or visitors requiring reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses
This process allows you to:
--... More
Student exception processing support documentation is now available on My LINC!
See the AAE110 Student Exception Processing Online Table of Contents for step-by-step procedures and guided simulations to assist with entering student exceptions in M-Pathways.
The eLearning course,... More
These screenshots compare Revenue history information in EIS and DART. EIS provided two views of Giving detail: one view for gifts, another for pledges. Only legal and soft amounts were displayed (no recognition amounts). DART provides more granularity to revenue... More