April, 17 2014

Research Administration Systems-ESTR Release

April 17, 2014

The next release of changes for the Electronic Submission Tracking and Reporting (ESTR) system for IRBs is available as of Friday, April 18, 2014.

The release includes new notifications and information to help with navigation. Highlights include:

  • To help ensure all steps for submitting materials are completed, the system will now send a notice when an item has been created but not yet submitted after a period of days.  Please see the job aid “Working with Notifications” for the...
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Month End Close Calendar Adjustments

April 17, 2014

On April 1st, 2014, the first phase of the Oracle Assets implementation went live.   As a result of this implementation the month end close calendar will need to be modified. 

The current month end close deadlines are: 

  • AP Closes on Business Day 4 (3PM)
  • General Ledger Closes on Business Day 5 (9AM Start)

A pre-requisite for closing the Assets module is that AP must be closed.  Additionally, Assets must be closed prior to closing the General Ledger.  In order to keep the existing schedule for...

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Oracle April Monthly Release Update

April 17, 2014

On April 30th, the following items will be fixed:

  • HCOM transaction Summary Report is not currently showing the correct Unit Price Billed.
  • Web Reimbursement emails are only displaying the 1st description of a reimbursement when multiple transactions are being reimbursed.

Implementing GLACIER ― Simplification of Non-Resident Alien Tax Compliance

April 17, 2014

The Office of the Controller (OC) is implementing an on-line tax compliance system in the early fall of 2014 to:

    • Streamline Harvard University’s processes for making payments to foreign individuals.
    • Ensure that Harvard University complies with its institutional tax withholding and reporting obligations.

The system, named Glacier, is an online program designed to collect tax-related information from foreign individuals via a secure internet site. Glacier automatically determines the...

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Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Student Financial Dashboards Training and Roll-out as part of the Modernization of Financial Reporting Implementation Project

April 17, 2014

What is the Modernization of Financial Reporting Implementation Project?

The Project Mission is to modernize Harvard University's financial reporting platform by implementing Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI).  Report content that currently exists in the CREW reporting platform under the financials, grants management, student financials, and public tabs of CREW will eventually be made available in the OBI technology.  By replicating and migrating CREW functionality in the OBI platform, the finance community will immediately...

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