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January 2014

About the e-News

April 4, 2014

The Center for Workplace Development publishes this electronic newsletter for users of Harvard University's financial, HR, and reporting systems, policies, and procedures. The e-News is generally published on or around the 15th of each month.

It contains:

  • updates on projects underway to build or improve University administrative systems;
  • information about new University policies, procedures, and forms;
  • reminders about upcoming deadlines and cut-over dates;...
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Upcoming Releases

January 1, 2014

FINDINI Release Schedule

A software release to the Oracle Financial Applications, known as a "FINDINI release", is done every two to four months. Each upgrade introduces needed bug fixes, enhancements, and technical upgrades into Harvard's financial systems. Generally, releases are performed on weekends to assure maximum availability during the business week. Most outages occur from 6 pm Friday evening-6 am Monday morning.

The next FINDINI Release 4.0.4 is scheduled for March 14-16, 2014. Details will be...

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Human Resources Reporting News - January 2014

January 1, 2014

Report Enhancements

HRJOBDA024 Hours Audit: Less Than Half-Time (LHT) Employees 
HRJBMUL026 Departmental: Multiple Jobs Less Than Half-Time (LHT) Employees

Both reports have been updated to reflect a recent policy change to allow LHT employees to hold multiple LHT jobs at the University as long as they do not meet the 17.5 weekly hour limit.

The logic of HRJOBDA024 will now look at an employee's weekly paid hours...

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HUBS Blog Now Available

January 1, 2014

The HUBS Team has begun blogging tips and tricks to support users through the rest of the budget season.

The blogs can be found on the FSS HUBS homepage in the Wiki. Just in case you are not familiar with the Wiki, please note that you must log in with your HUID and PIN.

On the right side of the homepage you will see the latest blogs; click on a blog title to go to the full text of the blog and to see any images in the...

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