News and Announcements
UCPath Defect Update: Incorrect Hours, Pay Percent and Effort Percent for Leave Offset Earnings Codes
A UCPath defect that has resulted in incorrect hours, pay percentages, and effort percentages on the Distribution of Payroll Expense (DPE) reports since October 2021 was resolved this month.
UCPath Defect Update: Zero Dollar Amounts in Direct Retros Preventing Submission
At the end of March, the UCPath Center implemented a partial solution to address a UCPath defect resulting in extra distribution lines with zero dollar amounts in the Old Data and New Data sections of the Direct Retro page.
Known Issue Updates
Resolved issues
- Extra distribution lines with zero dollar amount in Direct Retro Old Data and New Data sections (opens in new window)
- Status: Partially resolved
- Hours and effort percent for vacation earnings codes and corresponding offsets do not match (opens in new window)
- Status: Pending cleanup of historical transactions
Defect fixes scheduled for release
- Funding Entry Inquiry page is not displaying correct compensation data snapshot (opens in new window)
- Target release: April
- Status: On target
- Salary Cost Transfer Performance Issues for Transactions with More Than 100 Distribution Lines (opens in new window)
- Target release: June
- Status: Missed March target
- VAC for HSCP Faculty incorrectly distributed to default funding (opens in new window)
- Target release: June
- Status: Partially resolved – a detailed update will be emailed to all transactors later this month
New issues
- Incorrect effort percent on leave expenses and offsets (opens in new window)
- Status: Under investigation
- Inconsistency in chartstring validation results (opens in new window)
- Status: Under investigation
UCPath Enhancement Initiatives
| Initiative | Target Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
Holiday Compensatory Time Liability
|
Mar 2022 | Complete |
Rewrite Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) Transaction Pages
|
Nov 2022 | At Risk |
OSHPD Enhancement
|
Dec 2022 | At Risk |
Optimize Contracts & Grant Reporting Improve Location operations by
|
Apr 2023 | On Target |
Review Assessments
|
Sep 2023 | On Target |
Resources for Initiators and Approvers
- Office hours: Got a question? Join weekly office hours for help with your transactions. Initiators and Approvers are emailed the schedule and Zoom link at the start of each month.
- Training and reference materials: Review training and guides for Funding Entry (opens in new window) or Salary Cost Transfer (opens in new window) Initiators and Approvers.
- Known issue updates: Find the latest updates on the UCPath System Information (opens in new window) page.
- Support: Contact the Controller’s Office Solution Center for funding entry and salary cost transfer support.
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