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Increase to Travel Agency Fees top
On September 1, 2006, airlines began charging an additional fee for segments booked through a GDS - General Distribution System. This fee was driven by the airlines' desire to reduce their costs. After an analysis of the situation, looking at the cost of doing business, and working on solutions to minimize the impact on their customers, the Travel Management Companies have notified us that a portion of this new cost will need to be passed on to us, their customers.
Effective immediately, the fee charged by the Harvard Travel Center (BCD) will increase by $1.60 per ticket. Corporate Expedia will begin charging an additional $2 per ticket beginning on October 1, 2006.
Important Change to PeopleSoft Desktop Standards for Macintosh Users top
As of October 4, 2006, Macintosh users running Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 will no longer be able to access PeopleSoft. Please make sure that you have the latest version of Safari installed on your machine prior to this date. Contact your local desktop support for assistance as needed.
The previously supported combination of Macintosh OS 8 or 9 / IE 5.0 will be replaced by Macintosh OS X 10.3+ / Safari 2.0.4.
The new desktop standards for HR systems will be as follows:
Operating Systems
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
Macintosh OS 10.3 and above *
Software
Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows
Safari 2.0.4 for Macintosh *
* Use of the Macintosh is supported for HIRES self service (job postings) and PeopleSoft T&L and Employee self service only. It is not supported for users of the HIRES Application or users of other PeopleSoft modules, Manager self-service, or upload/download tools such as ASIP, Costing, and Term Appointments.
Refer to ABLE for the complete updated University desktop standards.
Oracle Financials Upgrade on October 17th top
The University is releasing an upgrade to its Oracle Financial applications that will require a business outage. The outage will begin at the close of business on Thursday, October 12th and will go through Monday, October 16th. A special edition of the eNews will be available on October 4th that will list the features of the upgrade along with the key dates to enable you to plan your work in relation to processing deadlines and the business outage.
Financial systems that will be unavailable during the business outage include:
- General Ledger
- Budget Tool
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Cash Management
- CSMA
- Web Voucher
- Web Reimbursement
- PCard
- ESP
- CoA Validator
- GL Validator
CREW Financial and Sponsored reports will be unavailable starting at 5:00 pm, Friday, October 13th through 8:00 am Tuesday, October 17th. Ad hoc reporting via DWCENPRD will also be unavailable from 5:00 pm, Friday, October 13th through 8:00 am Tuesday, October 17th. Ad hoc reporting via HDWPROD will be permanently decommissioned at 9:00 pm Friday, October 13th.
New J-Initiator
A new J-initiator software plug-in (version 1.3.1.26) will be required to use Oracle Financials once the upgrade to 11.5.10 is completed. The Harvard version of the new J-initiator is currently available from the UIS Helpdesk website and can be installed on your desktop in advance of the upgrade. It will also be available for download from the VPF applications log-in page beginning October 16. Because installation requires that you have administrative rights to your desktop, we recommend that you request help from your local desktop support to assist in installing the plug-in.
About the e-News top
The Center for Workplace Development publishes this electronic newsletter for users of Harvard University's financial, HR, and reporting systems, policies, and procedures. The e-News is generally published on or around the 15th of each month.
It contains:
- updates on projects underway to build or improve University administrative systems;
- information about new University policies, procedures, and forms;
- reminders about upcoming deadlines and cut-over dates;
- tips and tricks for working more easily or productively.
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