Financial Systems Solutions

Upcoming January System Outages for Oracle Financials Systems

December 12, 2019

There will be a planned HUIT Major Maintenance Window that will begin Friday, January 10 at 8 p.m., through Sunday, January 12. The Oracle EBS Financial systems that will be offline during this time include:

  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Payable Adjustment Form for Assets
  • Accounts Receivable
  • iReceivables & Collections
  • Bottomline
  • CAPS
  • Cash Management (CMRA)
  • Chart Security Maintenance Application (CSMA)
  • Chart of Accounts GL Validator
  • ...
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FINDINI 4.0.16 Release - Upcoming November System Outages for Oracle Financials Systems

September 19, 2019

The Fall 2019 FINDINI 4.0.16 release will be available to users on Monday November 18, 2019. Please continue to review updated release messages and outage information that will be posted in the October & November e-News articles, on the Oracle Financial splash pages, and on our site: http://oracle.fss.finance.harvard.edu/releases.

Outages:

The University's financial systems will be unavailable from Friday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m. until Monday, November 18 at 7:00 a.m. to complete the installation of...

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Changes Coming to Financial Applications Web Page

August 16, 2018

On August 20, the Financial Systems Solutions (FSS) Applications web page that many of you use to access finance and reporting applications will be automatically redirected to a new—but very similar—Harvard University IT (HUIT) financial systems application page at  huit.harvard.edu/apps/finance.

Many across the University rely on this portal page, and every effort will be made to redirect visitors automatically and ensure a smooth transition. At your convenience, please update any links and bookmarks you may have to the new URL:https://huit.harvard.edu/apps/finance.

This consolidation is the first step of a larger effort to make it easier to find and access widely-used University applications, resources, and knowledge online. As part of this effort, financial systems online content will be integrated into Harvard University IT, and the FSS website will be eventually retired.

Thank you to those who provided early feedback on the applications page and voiced the continuing need to have a simple, single page with links to the applications they use most. We welcome additional feedback at any time. For questions or concerns, please submit a ticket through IT Help and it will be routed to the appropriate service team for response.

Paying Reimbursements to Foreign Individuals

March 17, 2016

Beginning at the end of April, there will be a new process available to make Business Expense Reimbursements to Foreign Individuals when setting up a new vendor in Oracle. This new process will streamline the current process and, as long as the requirements are met, will not require a GLACIER account for reimbursements to foreign individuals of University business expenses. This will go live in Oracle with the April 24th FINDINI release.

The detailed instructions for this process are outlined on the Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance website at...

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Winter Recess Schedules for Accounts Payable and Reimbursement & Card Services,

November 19, 2015

Please note: a complete list of all administrative systems affected by the winter recess will appear in the December 3, 2015 edition of eNews.

Accounts Payable Winter Recess Schedule

  • Approved vendor invoices that need to be paid by January 1, 2016 (rent, utilities, etc.) must reach AP at 1033 Mass Ave. by 5 p.m. Monday, December 14.
  • Invoices already in the AP system that come due between December 24 and January 5, 2016 based on their payment terms, will be paid...
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Modernization of Financial Reporting Project Announces the Go-Live of Grants Management Content

November 19, 2015

The Modernization of Financial Reporting Project recently deployed Grants Management dashboards to Production for a pilot with 90 users.  The timing of the Grants Management roll-out to users will be determined by each school-based engagement council.  Your local implementation manager can provide you with information on when you can expect content to be made available to your school.

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MFR Project Reminds Users of the Disabling of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management Reports in CREW on November 1, 2015 and Announces Targeted Go-Live of Grants Management Content

October 15, 2015

Disabling of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management Reports in CREW on November 1, 2015

As we shared last month the project team will be disabling CREW Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management reports on November 1st.  At that time, FSS Client Services and the Harvard Data Warehouse (HDW) will disable the following CREW Reports and OBI will be the sole source for this information:

  • Accounts Receivable
    • Account Status Summary
    • Past Due Invoices...
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GMAS 2.0 Project Update

October 15, 2015

The GMAS 2.0 Project Team is preparing for the next release on December 14, 2015 delivering a redesigned Segment home and more converted screens. The GMAS 2.0 project has two focus areas – converting existing screens and building upon business priorities identified from user engagement interviews and focus groups. Changes to the system are delivered incrementally throughout the life of the project providing gradual benefits to users and allowing for incorporation of user feedback. Users will continue to navigate between old and new screen designs through the end of the...

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Electronic Submission Tracking and Reporting (ESTR) for IRB Upgrade Weekend

October 15, 2015

ESTR will be unavailable Friday, October 16 at noon through Monday, October 19 at 6AM to complete upgrades. IRB submissions will not be accessible during this downtime. Please make IRB submission and review plans accordingly. Current application documents can be downloaded ahead of time from the appropriate IRB office website:

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