September 2014

GLACIER Starting for PeopleSoft Hiring

September 18, 2014


On September 22nd schools and units hiring foreign individuals in PeopleSoft should stop using the paper FNIF form.  Completed I-9 forms are still required and should continue to be sent as soon as possible to University Financial Services (UFS).

Support for the Foreign Individual

Once a foreign individual's  I-9 form has been submitted to UFS, the individual will receive an e-mail that includes a link to the GLACIER website and secure login instructions. Foreign individuals will answer a...

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First Release of New Student Information System (SIS) Coming Soon!

September 18, 2014

The Harvard Student Information System (SIS), a strategic initiative launched in May 2013, is on track to achieve its first major milestone in just a few weeks. This cross-school program seeks to make it easy for students to enroll for courses and engage with advisors, enable faculty members to approve enrollment requests or enter grades, allow academic and residential advisors to access vital information about students, and enhance...

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Fall Training Sessions for Electronic Submission Tracking and Reporting (ESTR)

September 18, 2014

The ESTR team provides regular in-person training sessions to answer your ESTR questions. These sessions cover basic information about ESTR, entering an IRB submission, and managing a study through ESTR. 

These two-hour hands-on training sessions are scheduled through the academic year.  Please register for a session in your area by following this link.

Available Fall 2014 ESTR Training Sessions

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Outage Days for Oracle Financials Coming Up in October

September 18, 2014
  • October 4 – Fixed Assets Conversions for Wave 3 rollout – Oracle Financials will be unavailable for the entire day; CREW is not impacted
  • October 5 – OS Server Patching – Oracle Financials will be unavailable 6am – Noon
  • October 25/26 – FINDINI 4.0.6 release – Financials and HDW/CREW will be unavailable from 6 pm on Friday, 24th until 6 am on Monday, 27th

Financial systems include Accounts Payable, Accounts Payable Adjustment Form for Assets, Accounts Receivable, Bottomline, CAPS, Cash Management (CRMA), Chart Security Maintenance Application...

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Internet Explorer Security Updates May Affect Oracle and HUBS Applications

September 18, 2014

The following announcement affects users of Harvard’s Oracle eBusiness Suite and HUBS applications who use Internet Explorer to access these applications.

Microsoft has added a new security feature to Internet Explorer (versions 8 – 11) that went live September 9, 2014. The IE security update will block out-of-date ActiveX controls and may affect how the Oracle eBusiness Suite and HUBS applications using JAVA display information. Other browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc) will not be affected.

To avoid any interruption in service,...

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PeopleSoft Release 39: Enhancements and Outage Information

September 18, 2014

Outage Information

Due to HR Release 39.0, PeopleSoft and ASPIRE transmissions to PeopleSoft will be unavailable starting Friday, September 19th at 5 pm until Monday, September 22 at 8 am.

Using the New NAFLAT Compensation Rate Code

NAFLAT is a new compensation rate code that has been added to the Monthly Quick Hire, Other Quick Hire and the Job Data Change form to allow departments to  designate approximate standard hours and pay for employees being paid through stipendiary appointments (e....

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