Improved FAST Official Financial Reports Now
Available
Posted
7/06
We are excited and pleased to announce the
release of new FAST financial reports that are
secure and accessible. In addition to being
able to access current month detailed reports,
with drill down capabilities, you can also
access all of the previous FAST official monthly
reports.
A "Special Thanks" is extended to all of the
departmental users and technical staff who have
participated in this project.
What Will You Need To Do?
You will need to access the reports through the
eUSF Administrative Portal (accessible only
through this portal) and change your existing
bookmark. For assistance regarding the eUSF
Administrative Portal please contact the
helpdesk@admin.usf.edu or (813) 974-9000.
Learn more about the eUSF Administrative
Portal.
See the attached
PDF
for detailed Instructions for
Access and Navigation to Old and New FAST
Reports.
Important Note:
The old official monthly ledgers should be used
for the periods July 2003 – June 2006. The new
official monthly ledgers should be used for the
open and closed periods beginning July 2006.
Both sets of reports will be available from July
2006 – September 2006 to help with the new
transition, but the new format should be used
for departmental reconciliations.
The accounting period for June 2006 has not been
closed yet so no balances from 2006 have been
rolled forward into 2007. June 2006 is expected
to be closed at the end of July 2006. Notices
about monthly/yearly closings will continue to
be sent out.
For
questions regarding current printed or new
reports, please contact one the following:
New Electronic
Process for Submission and Tracking RETs
Posted
8/06
In response to requests from the university
community and focus groups University Payroll
and Research Financial Management (RFM) are
excited to announce the official start of the
new electronic process for submission and
tracking of Retroactive Expenditure Transfers (RETs).
When does this new process take effect?
Effective immediately RETs not previously
submitted to University Payroll or RFM may now
be submitted online.
Will paper RETs continue to be
accepted via campus mail?
During this transition time, we will accept
either the electronic or the paper RETs.
However, please do not
send both. The preferred method is the
new online process as it offers clear advantages
over submitting a paper RET through campus mail
which includes the following:
-
Ensures the sender that the
RET has been received
-
Ease of use - a simple email
with attachments is all that is needed
-
Track
the RET movement in
Right Now Service and the progress from
submission to posting in GEMS
-
Ensures that the RET does not
get misplaced or overlooked
How do I start using the new
process?
Please see these
instructions.
Please
contact your Senior Grants Specialist in RFM or
Payroll Representative for assistance if needed.
GEMS Pro
Technical Issues
Posted 8/06 Amended 9/15/06
Windows 2000 or WinXP SP1 users attempting to
access the GEMS Pro web address are experiencing
a shut down of the browser or a shut down
shortly after beginning the PeopleSoft session.
This occurs when using the application directly
or via the eUSF Administrative Portal
https://eusf.admin.usf.edu .
Information Technologies has determined that
this is due to a flawed Microsoft patch that was
recently released and NOT GEMS itself.
Users who
need assistance with installing the fix/patch,
should contact their local department tech
support personnel.
