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Update: Net Activity Added to GL Journal and Subledger Transactions Reports

Jul. 17, 2018—The GL Journal Transactions and GL Subledger Transactions reports have been updated to include a Net Activity column in addition to the Debit and Credit columns.

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Update: P2P Purchasing Summary Now Includes Open Encumbrance Information

Jul. 17, 2018—Many users have requested that encumbrance information be made available for open purchase orders – thanks to some excellent work by your colleagues serving on our Oracle Cloud Data Task Force, we have been able to provide this information in the P2P Purchasing Summary report, which is available to all Financial Unit Managers, Approvers and Data...

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Update: Intercompany Transactions Summary Report

Jul. 16, 2018—The Intercompany Transactions Summary report has been enhanced as follows: New Prompts User can now use the following prompts to enhance their searches of Intercompany transactions: Entity Financial Unit Transaction Status (note: the default status will be “Complete”) Party type (i.e., Provider or Receiver) Additional Transaction Information Users will now see the following additional details...

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Update: HCM Employee Roster Report

Jul. 16, 2018—We have enhanced the information and functionality of the HCM Employee Roster report as follows: Updates to Fields in the Report New columns added: Position Number and Position Name VUnetID Home address and phone number Job Code Column updated: The previous “Job” column is now labelled “Job Title”   Enhanced Functionality Pending workers have been filtered out...

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Update: ADFdi Spreadsheet Integration

Jul. 2, 2018—You may have seen a MyVU article about changes to the login screen for Oracle Cloud. This also effects the ADFdi spreadsheet integration for uploading intercompany transactions, miscellaneous expenditure batches, and journal entries. When presented with the sign in screen while using the Excel integration, please make sure you double click on the “use your...

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Update: New Links in PPM List and Overview Reports

Jul. 2, 2018—We have recently updated the following PPM reports to provide direct links to the related summary and details reports: Award List The Award List report now provides direct links to the related Award Overview reports. Award Overview The list of projects on the the Award Overview report now provides links to the related PPM Budget vs Actual report. Project...

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Troubleshooting Tip: Clear Your Browser History to Help Prevent Errors

Jul. 2, 2018—Several of the error messages in Oracle Cloud can often be resolved via clearing your internet browser history (i.e., “clearing the cache”) and reattempting the action. This allows your internet browser to download a fresh version of the page and avoid any confusion with older data that may be retained on your computer. Mozilla Firefox ...

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Changes to SkyVU Support Contact Information

Jul. 2, 2018—Effective July 1st the way you request help using Oracle Cloud is changing. In an effort to ensure timely support, you will no longer be required to submit a ticket on the SkyVU website. Instead, you can directly contact the department that oversees the function where you’re experiencing an issue. The SkyVU Support page on the...

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New FAQ: How do I identify the line type on a requistion?

Jun. 15, 2018—Procurement Requesters and Financial Unit Managers can identify the line type for a requisition by reviewing the transaction details.   Catalog Requisition Lines All information regarding Catalog Requisition Line Items (i.e., items selected in Aquiire) is contained within the item hyperlink for each line.  This link identifies the line items as selected from the online catalog.  ...

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Updates to Oracle Cloud – June 2018

Jun. 15, 2018—There have been a couple of updates to Vanderbilt’s Oracle Cloud environment this week. Global Search Bar The SkyVU team has implemented an in-system global search bar on the Oracle Cloud home screen. This new feature allows users to find commonly-accessed tasks and recently-viewed items.  The search will also return certain Oracle help documents.  Please note these are generic...

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