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Absence Management PeopleSoft 8.9 Upgrade and Absence Management Projects - Key Dates
Absence Management Implementation
Absence Management Object Codes to be added to CREW Financial Reports in July
Absence Management Financial & Grants Management Reporting in CREW
November Early Deadlines for Time & Labor Reporting, Absence Approvals and Payroll Processing
Reporting Absences for Dec. 24 1/2 Day Holiday
December 2007 Deadlines for Absence Approvals
When and How to Report and Approve Time During the 2007/2008 Winter Recess
Special Time & Labor and Absence Management Deadlines for the July 4 Holiday
Absence Management Year-End Reminders
Accounting Policies New Internal Billing Policies
Accounting Policy Issuances: Expense Recognition and Facilities & Equipment
Accounts Payable Vendor payment cycle (University policy on paying vendors)
Wire payments, specifying the corresponding bank
New security feature for Web Voucher
How Harvard recovers overpayments to vendors
Vendor setup process changes
US Dollar Wire Transfers now go to Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable FAQs about Accounts Receivable
AR project
July 26, 2000 update
Local unit representatives
Online survey for AR end users
August 12, 2000 update
Project timeline
Current business process compared to new process
AR end user survey results
AR conversion schedule announced
AR training offerings announced
AR training registration and schedule
Receivables project update
Resources available to support AR users
Incomplete invoices
Who does what in the AR Department
How accounts receivable credit processing works
A change to aging bucket ranges in the Outstanding Customer Aging Summary report
Get AR charges deducted from your Harvard paycheck
New report on Inactivated Customer Sites; enhanced Bad Debt Write Off report
New report: Bad Debt Recoveries
New University policies and procedures for AR
Central AR Bad Debt Reserve Policy
American Express Corporate Card Amex increases fees effective May 1, 2002
Checking your Amex account status online
Amex increases delinquency fees as of Sept. 15, 2003
GE Capital MasterCard to replace Amex as Harvard's corporate card
AWS2 How to download reports into Excel
System performance improvements
Six new AWS2 reports (December 2000)
Sponsored reports migrating to CREW
AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006
AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006
Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006
Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE
AWS2 & HUDINI to be decommissioned on 4/30/06
AWS3 How to get PeopleSoft or AWS3 access
AWS3 graduates from "beta" to "production," has new reports
New and enhanced AWS3 reports
Installing Brio plug-in 6.6.3
Enhancements to the AWS3 Individual Job Profile
Installing Brio plug-in 6.6.4
AWS3 reporting updates
New reports and role available in AWS3
Reporting update
Benefits Timing of benefits deductions changed for new employees
Get ready for Web-based benefits enrollment
Reminders from the Disability Claims Unit
Budget Tool Running the Budget Variance Report from the Budget Tool
Release 11, detailed information on changes to Budget Tool application
Changes to Fiscal and Sponsored Budget Tool due to FINDINI 2.0.1 release
Budget Variance Report Running from the Budget Tool
Capitalizing Equipment Determining whether equipment should or should not be capitalized
Cash Management Effective May 1, 2001, credit voucher receipts will be entered using Oracle AR system
Cash receipt transactions to appear on detail listing in a different format
Cash Management area debuts on ABLE
A better discount and clearer, more timely data for Harvard's Amex "merchant" departments
New Cash Management Reconciliation Application (CMRA) and escheat process implemented
Unclaimed incoming wire transfers
US Dollar Wire Transfers now go to Accounts Payable
Cash Receipts Office Cash Receipts Office is Moving in May
Cash Receipts Office is Moving in May  
Chart of Accounts

Special e-News edition devoted to Apps Admin and Harvard's Chart of Accounts

Changes to the CoA object code list

Convenience Copier Program A new Convenience Copier program through IKON Office Solutions
Credit Memos How vendor credit memos work
New credit memo procedure with FINDINI 2.0.2
Credit Vouchers Effective May 1, 2001, credit voucher receipts will be entered using Oracle AR system
CREW Overview of Harvard's new Common Reporting Environment for the Warehouse (CREW)
link to CREW presentation given to HR Users' Group in April 2004
Getting ready for CREW
Sponsored reports migrating to CREW
CREW enhancements on Feb. 28, 2005
CREW enhancements on June 14, 2005
Legacy AWS / IU reports released to CREW on June 27, 2005
AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006
AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006
Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006
CREW release notes
Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE
2006 Fiscal Year End Reporting
CREW Release Details
CREW Sponsored Report Enhancements released on April 22
CREW Data Refreshes During FY07 Year-End
Updates to CREW HRMS Reports
Absence Management Object Codes to be added to CREW Financial Reports in July
Absence Management Financial & Grants Management Reporting in CREW
Student Administrator Reports are Now Available in CREW
New Flag Highlights New or Edited Report
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse
New Grants Management CREW Report Available
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse (DWHRPRD)
CREW and Oracle Outages January and February; Oracle Financial Systems and CREW Reporting Impacts
HRMS Updates: 2 New CREW Reports and Enhancements to 2 Existing CREW Reports
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports
January Enhancements to the Sponsored CREW Monthly Salary Cert. Report
CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements
Fiscal year-end reporting guidance and tips
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse (DWHRPRD); and CREW HR REL 20.0 Outage
Preview of CREW Financial Report Enhancements Coming in June
Oracle Financials and CREW Outages June 20-24
FY08 Reporting Year End Close Website
FINDINI 3.2.5 CREW Financial Reports Enhancements
Human Resources Data Warehouse and Reporting News: HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports
CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements
By the Numbers: The Growth of CREW
Year End Reporting in CREW – See for Yourself
Human Resources Data Warehouse and Reporting News- HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports
CSMA Overview of Harvard's new Chart & Security Maintenance Application (CSMA)
Daylight Saving Time System Changes Due to New DST Dates
Desktop Standards Desktop standards for PCs and Macs
New Desktop Standards issued
Updates to University Desktop Standards

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Egencia Expedia Corporate Travel Changing Name to Egencia
Electronic Shop & Pay Pilot underway for Harvard's Electronic Shop & Pay system
e-News FAQs, including troubleshooting
How the e-News listproc is generated, how to change your contact information, and how to unsubscribe
Equipment Coding/ Tagging/ Management New guidelines for coding equipment, effective July 1, 2000
Equipment Tagging forms
Sponsored equipment management process is now decentralized
ESP Pilot underway for Harvard's Electronic Shop & Pay system
Expedia Corporate Travel Harvard's new virtual travel agent: Expedia Corporate Travel
Expedia Corporate Travel Changing Name to Egencia
Extra Compensation New Extra Comensation form effective July 1, 2000
New Extra Comensation codes for FY2007
FAD Systems Solutions New Website Launched for FAD Systems Solutions
Feeder Systems Special note for users of AP feeder systems (avoiding duplicate invoice numbers)
Federal Express Using PCard to pay Federal Express
Financial Administration Financial applications status
Whom to call in FAD for help
Helpdesk
FAD Training web site up and running
FAD e-News FAQs
How to unsubscribe from the FAD e-News
Information on the project underway to find better password and sign-on solutions
A new and improved OFS web site
Several financial operations within Office of the Controller moving to 1033 Mass. Ave.
Financial Administration Closing Early on July 13
Check Out Updates to the FAD Homepage
Financial Administration (FAD) Winter Release Schedule to be Published mid-December
Financial Policies Access to Harvard's Financial Systems
Accounting for Miscellaneous Unrestricted Receipts
Capitalization and Depreciation of Property, Plant, and Equipment
Capitalization and Depreciation of Property, Plant, and Equipment -- Schedule F updated, April 2001
Cash Management Series: Requesting New Bank Accounts
Check Processing: AP / Web Voucher
Credit Memos
Direct Debits
Documentation Retention Procedures for Common Financial Transactions
Employee Gifts and Celebratory Events
Guidance on the Appropriate Segregation of Duties
Human Subjects Payment
INS (Visa Payments)
Individual Independent Contractor / Consultant - Classification and Procedures
Internal interest policies
Internal transfer policies
Internet Service Provider Payment
Long Term Operating Advances and Foreign Bank Accounts
National Currency Unit Conversion to the EMU Euro

New Procurement and Reimbursement Systems

Non-travel Reimbursements
Personal and Unallowable Expenses
Petty Cash
Reimbursements: Travel and Non-travel

Refund to an Individual when Harvard is the Vendor

Stewardship Responsibility

Taxpayer Identification Numbers (what to do when they are missing)

Tax Reporting for Fellowships
Telecommunications Services Payment

Third Party Payments: Employee Reimbursement

Travel and Reimbursement: Signature and Form(s) Requirements
University Cost Transfer Policy
University-wide Business Expense
University-wide Business Expense:
June 2002 revision
Vendor Discounts / Vendor Payments
Wire Transfer Processing
New Revenue Recognition Accounting Policy Issued
New University Financial Policies Website Launched
FINDINI - Finanical and Reporting System Upgrades and Releases FINDINI 3.2.1 release
Upcoming Financial and Reporting System Upgrade Outages
FINDINI 3.2.3 Release in October; Oracle Financials and CREW Upgrades and Outages
Systems Outages October 11-16: FINDINI 3.2.3 Release, CREW and Peoplesoft
Oracle FINDINI 3.2.4 Enhancements
Oracle FINDINI 3.2.5 Enhancements
Fiscal Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Reminders regarding July 2000 financial transactions and reporting
FY00-01 monthly closing schedule
Special edition: FY01 year-end closing schedule
Special edition: FY02 year-end closing schedule
Special edition: FY03 year-end closing schedule
Special edition: FY04 year-end closing schedule
Special edition: FY05 year-end closing schedule
Special edition: FY06 year-end closing schedule
2006 Fiscal Year End Reporting
Schedule announced for FY2007 financial closings
Schedule announced for FY2008 financial closings
Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder
Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder
Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder
Fixed Asset Accounting Determining whether equipment should or should not be capitalized
FSS (FAD Systems Solutions) (see FAD System Solutions)
GE Capital MasterCard Corporate Card GE Capital MasterCard to replace Amex as Harvard's corporate card
Apply for your GE Capital corporate card now
Important Note for GE PCard and Corporate Card Holders
Important Note for GE PCard and Corporate Card Holders: Foreign Exchange Class Action Settlement
General Accounting FY00 closing schedule
FY00-01 monthly closing schedule
Special edition: FY01 year-end closing schedule
Capital accounting: object codes for items of equipment, furniture, and fixtures costing $5000 and above
Coding travel agency service fees
Depreciating research facilities policy (new "useful lives" for research facilities)
Journal naming conventions
Several rarely used object codes eliminated, June 2001
General Ledger Decide whether to use "Fringe Bypass (C)" box when calculating salaries and fringe
Journal naming conventions
Picking correct accounting period for journal entries
How to print journals from General Ledger
Looking up a Harvard Univeristy ID within GL
Bug alert: saving journals in GL
GL adjustments: keep an audit trail in mind
Fringe and Overhead allocations now process journals for any open period
Release 11, detailed information on changes to General Ledger
New tool provides a more complete view of information in GL journals
Journals: Employee Name field removed in payroll object codes
General Ledger screens made larger and re-arranged
New Shortcut Added to Create Journals in General Ledger
General Records Schedule Changes to the Accounting Section of the General Records Schedule
Grants Management Frequently Asked Questions
CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements
CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements
Grants Management Application Suite (GMAS) GMAS to go live in October 2004
GMAS enhancements in March, 2005
GMAS Electronic Submissions to Grants.gov
GMAS Grants.gov Enhancemaents, Phse II
PeopleSoft, GMAS Releases; September 14-17 Outages
GMAS Update
GMAS Release 1_16 in February
Change in Duration for Oracle and GMAS Application Session Time Out
GMAS Release 1_16 February 15
Oracle and GMAS Application Session Time Out
GMAS Release 1_16


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Harvard Data Warehouse Frequently Asked Questions
News from the HDW
Harvard Data Model revised, January 2001
HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse
Harvard Fact Book 2001-2002 Fact Book online
Harvard University ID Important changes to format of University ID cards
HUID Services Unavailable Oct. 18-22
Harvard Travel Center Harvard Travel Center fee increase announced
New Harvard Travel Center fees imposed
WorldTravel Partners to take over management
ResAssist, HTC's online booking tool
HARVie Harvard's new intranet for employees
Single sign-on streamlines navigation from HARVie to PeopleSoft
Help Desk (Financial and HR Applications) Hours of operation
Preventing system performance problems
Updated desktop standards
How to email the Help Desk
A new Help Desk greeting
HELPLINE University HELPLINE for compliance questions or concerns (1-877-694-2ASK)
HIRES / Hiring Announcement of HIRES "go-live" in conjunction with the 9/23/02 PeopleSoft launch
HIRES system to automate applicant notifications
New hiring process improvements for 2005
HIRES changes memo
HIRES introduces a consolidated Hire Form
HR Release 20.0; PeopleSoft and HIRES Outage May 2-5
Hotel Xpert How to avoid it
Hours of Operation Changes to the CREW and Oracle Financials Hours of Operation
HUDINI Chart of Account Listing report
Copy Set function
"Detailed Listing Lite" report
FINDINI 1.0.5, new features in HUDINI
Fund Summary report
How to download reports into Excel
Six new HUDINI reports (December 2000)
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Summary Actuals report
System improvement
Sponsored reports migrating to CREW
AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006
AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006
Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006
Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE
AWS2 & HUDINI to be decommissioned on 4/30/06
Human Resources Management System (HRMS) (see PeopleSoft)
Human Resources (HR) Project Project update
Project update (feedback from outreach meetings)
Project update, local Project contacts
HR Project FAQs now online
The basics of Time & Labor
HR Data 101
Personnel Action Forms
Registration for HR training opens
Extra special PeopleSoft go-live is