February 2015

HarvardKey is Coming!

February 26, 2015

Introducing HarvardKey — a new approach to account management that gives you and your users access to your Harvard desktop, email, and web-based tools and resources with just one username and password. Beginning in Summer 2015 for a preliminary group of users, key.harvard.edu will be home to tools for people administrators, a self-claim app for new users, a self-service portal for existing users, and an immediately recognizable login screen to identify trusted systems that accept HarvardKey credentials. You’ll be receiving more information about HarvardKey...

Read more about HarvardKey is Coming!

Oracle ADI Users

February 26, 2015

A patch was recently applied to Oracle which resolved the General Ledger ADI Journal upload issue.  The upload issue caused more lines to be imported than were on the original spreadsheet.  Please inform the help desk (ithelp@harvard.edu) if you experience any issue with Oracle ADI.

To assist users with ADI, a new program has been developed to email an attachment of the output file.  Users will no longer have to go into the General Ledger to read the Journal Import Execution Report.  Users will continue to...

Read more about Oracle ADI Users

February Updates to Electronic Submission Tracking and Reporting (ESTR)

February 26, 2015

The next release of updates to ESTR* is scheduled to take place after 6pm on February 26.  This release includes changes to simplify and align page navigation with vendor-provided updates and reduce page-load times. It will also include minor updates to reports and determination letters.  The ESTR design team would like to alert you to the following significant changes:

  1. When logging in to irb.harvard.edu, your personal page will only display a list of items which require attention.  This list includes submissions that:
        • ...
Read more about February Updates to Electronic Submission Tracking and Reporting (ESTR)

Modernization of Financial Reporting Project Announces Roll-out of Sub-ledger Content and Enhancements to CAPS Dashboards

February 26, 2015

The Modernization of Financial Reporting Project is rolling out sub-ledger dashboards during February and March.  These Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) dashboards will replace their respective content on the Finance Tab in CREW. 

The sub-ledgers include Cash Management, Accounts Receivable and Procure-to-Pay (Accounts Payable).

...
Read more about Modernization of Financial Reporting Project Announces Roll-out of Sub-ledger Content and Enhancements to CAPS Dashboards

New Student Account System Going Live March 23, 2015

February 26, 2015

Harvard University is implementing a new student information system for student financial, academic, and biographical information. This new system is comprised of many components that will benefit many populations within the University. Because of its widespread benefits, Harvard is calling the new student information system “my.harvard."

The implementation of a new student account system is an important component of the my.harvard project...

Read more about New Student Account System Going Live March 23, 2015