UCPath Finance at a Glance: October 2022

News and Announcements

How to Prepare for the UCPath Fluid User Interface Coming October 15
Several resources are now available to help you prepare for using the Fluid UI in UCPath. Note that UCPath will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 15.

Download the latest Faculty Salary Calculator (FSC) Effective October 1, 2022 (opens in new window)
The Salary Cap/MCOP Worksheet is the online UCPath supported version of the Faculty Salary Calculator (FSC) worksheet. An FSC is never required for funding entry, however in keeping with past practice the FSC worksheet has been updated to include salary increases effective October 1, 2022. ​You may have to press Ctrl + F5 (Windows) to see the update.

Remember to Complete Funding Reallocations after Recent HSCP Salary Adjustments
If an employee has funding entered on the Salary Cap/MCOP Funding worksheet and has experienced a compensation change as a result of the October 1 salary adjustment, Funding Entry Initiators must enter a new MCOP worksheet effective 10/1/2022 to align distributions with the updated compensation. These employees should show up with errors on the Funding Reallocation Logs within your worklist. Review the Funding Reallocation topic in the UCPath Funding Entry (opens in new window) online course for further instructions. See the Payroll Processing Calendar for upcoming funding entry deadlines.

Known Issue Updates

Resolved issues

Defect fixes scheduled for release

New issues

  • None

UCPath Enhancement Initiatives

Initiative Target Date Status

Improve Navigation

  • Improve overall user experience with an intuitive navigation design
  • Streamline navigation so transactors can find and enter information faster
  • Consolidate related information in easy to use tiles
 Oct 2022 On Target
Rewrite Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) Transaction Pages
  • Update: UCPath Center and location Controllers are in conversation regarding a new go-live date for this project. UCSF has joined with other locations in expressing concern regarding the delayed development and not having sufficient time to fully test or enough advance time to prepare users for this significant change. More information will be shared as a new timeline is finalized.
  • Improve Location experience by creating a more intuitive SCT design that allows for greater flexibility
  • Increase data accuracy by reducing the number of processing steps
  • Expand SCT processing windows that will generate SCT results more frequently
  • Reduce complexity and costs by simplifying SCT processing
 Nov 2022 Will Miss
Deploy UC Common Chart of Accounts (CCOA) + UCPath Upgrade
  • Update: The UCPath Upgrade component has been rescheduled for June 2023 to coincide with lived name updates.
  • Redesign of PeopleSoft pages containing chartstrings to place them in the UC CCOA order to comply with the UCOP requirement
  • Chartstrings will continue to display UCSF chartfields, but in the UC CCOA order
 Dec 2022 On Target
OSHPD Enhancement
  • Streamline mapping to local accounts for Medical Centers to satisfy OSHPD reporting needs
  • Meet State of California reporting compliance
  • Reduce local workarounds
  • Improve data accuracy
 Dec 2022 At Risk

Final Pay Initiative

  • The Final Pay Initiative has been delayed to provide more time for testing and union notifications.
  • Automate final pay processing to generate final payments within mandated timeframes (e.g., 72 hours)
  • Increase final pay accuracy by reducing manual entry
  • Increase data integrity by using UCPath data to drive final pay
  • Improve leave, accrual, and retirement accuracy (ensures rehired employees have accurate leave, accrual, and retirement information)
 Apr 2023 At Risk
Time and Labor Management
  • Builds foundation to simplify and improve leave and accrual management for locations opting into UCPath Time Entry
  • Increases Central Office visibility to time collected in UCPath
  • Will change the summarization of hours in UCPath which will impact the look and feel of earnings statements
 Apr 2023 At Risk

Optimize Contracts & Grant Reporting
Improve Location operations by

  • Adhering to new Uniform Guidance guidelines
  • Reducing manual administration efforts
  • Increasing data accuracy to support audit and sponsor billing
 Apr 2023 On Target

Lived Name + UCPath Upgrade

  • Update: Lived name update rescheduled from original October 2022 implementation date.
  • Provide option to select a lived name for display where legal name is not required
  • Maintain UCPath platform and security
 June 2023 On Target
Review Assessments
  • Improve financial reporting by accurately deriving assessment results
  • Increase visibility into how assessment information is derived
 Sep 2023 On Target

Resources for Initiators and Approvers

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