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USM PeopleSoft Regional Conference Presentations - June 11, 2004 |
Title: Effort Reporting
Presenters: Janice Schwartz
Description: UMBC has developed an online process for tracking and approving personnel effort expended on all sponsored contracts and grants. The process was developed to meet federal requirements regarding effort reporting.
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Title: Beyond Room Scheduling: Triumphs and Pitfalls of Building Student-Centered Schedules
Presenter: Sarah Collins – Ad Astra©
Description: This session will explore the issues, opportunities, expectations, and benefits encountered by institutions who purchased an off-the-shelf Course and Event Scheduling system from Ad Astra Information Systems. We will discuss how to address the need to be more cost-efficient, allow students better access to the courses they need, and automate all of your academic and non-academic activities in one system. An overview of the suite and its capabilities will also be provided.
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Title: Automating Maryland State Scholarship Process in PeopleSoft
Presenters: Edith Bevan and Angie Hovatter, Financial Aid Office
at Frostburg State University, and Jill Palla, Financial Aid Lead Consultant,
The Cedar Group.
Description: This session will outline the modification we developed at Frostburg State University to automate the Maryland State Scholarship process. Our process uses an SQR to manipulate the electronic version of the MHEC file into a useable flat file. We then use an App Engine Component Interface Process that posts these awards from the flat file into PeopleSoft. Our process is run weekly when each new file is received from MHEC. It also does a compare against what is in PS and what is on the MHEC file. This process has assisted in posting thousands of state scholarship awards very efficiently
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Title:
Desktop Applications Reading From and Writing To PeopleSoft TablesPresenter: Jay Taffel
Description: There were a number of desktop applications in use at Towson University that automated entry into, and reports out of, the legacy FRS, HRS and SIS systems. Many of these programs needed to be re-worked for use with PeopleSoft data sources. Additional functionality was required in some areas since Towson University continues to use FRS for its financial data. All of these applications use ODBC connections between the desktop and the underlying database records that are used by PeopleSoft.
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Title: Integrating PS Student Financials 8 to PS Accounts Payable 8.4 Using Application Messaging in the Real World.
Presenters: Tina Nightingale, Bursar, Frostburg State University, Mike Sheetz, Director of General Accounting, Frostburg State University, Kevin McRae, Technical Lead Consultant, The Cedar Group and Cynthia Wood, Student Financials Lead Consultant, The Cedar Group.
Description: Real World experience of integrating PeopleSoft Student Financials to PeopleSoft Accounts Payables (passing Vouchers and Vendors from Student to the Vendor and Voucher staging tables). Key points of this session will include; functional setup required in SF and AP, client needs and modifications to delivered, testing, migration, patch/fix issues and security.
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Title: How to Successfully Work With Consultants
Presenter: Ken Epstein, Cedar Consulting
Description: Consultants seem to be a necessary part of any PeopleSoft project. This presentation is designed to help you make the best possible use of your consultants. Speaking from both the consultant's and the project manager's points of views, we will explore what makes some experiences successful and why others seems so difficult. We will consider the factors that go into your decision about whether to ask for consulting help or manage on your own, how to get a good start, and how to keep the work going smoothly. We will also suggest some techniques to help you resolve problems should they arise. We will be sure to leave time for questions, comments, and suggestions from the audience.