Finance and Administration News
New Digital Toolboxes help you create instructional videos and more
The Office of Information Technology and Office of Instructional Innovation have released more Digital Toolboxes to help you decide which technology tools work best for what you're trying to accomplish.
Winter Break Closure and Furlough Days
University Human Resources will only be responding to urgent issues during Winter Break Closure and Mandatory Furlough Days from December 21st through January 5th.
Reminders for eligible employees about upcoming mandatory furlough days
University Human Resources would like to remind eligible University employees of the upcoming mandated furlough days for FY21.
Winter Break 2020 Energy Conservation Actions
Facilities Management and Safety requests that employees who have been working in campus facilities during fall semester take energy conversation actions before leaving buildings for the furlough period and winter break closure.
Faculty, staff, and students invited to join IT advisory communities
As the University gears up for the spring 2021 semester, consider joining an IT advisory community. These communities influence technology decisions, inform future investments, and inspire action to meet the technology needs of the University community.
OBI Dashboard Enhancements
As communicated in the November Business Matters publication, enhancements to the PO Summary and Payments dashboards have been underway. Those enhancements were deployed on December 8, 2020. Changes include improved drilldown features that match the style of the drilldowns used in our other finance dashboards, additional columns, and additional prompt options such as org parent level/description, invoice type, invoice source, A&E exception reasons, and commodity codes.
Concur Mobile Authentication Update Coming December 2020
The SAP Concur mobile app is a simple, secure tool that lets you manage your expenses and travel right from your smartphone. By using this app, you can book and manage itineraries, capture and track mileage, record receipts, and create, submit, and approve expense reports. The app is available for download in your phone’s app store. To learn more about the mobile app and training on how to use it, log into Concur and select the Help drop-down at the top right of the screen. Select Training from the dropdown menu. Scroll down the page until you see your phone type and click the link to launch the training.
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Revision Feedback Requested
Ohio University has launched online public forums to elicit feedback for revisions drafted for its 2021 Sustainability & Climate Action Plan.
Journal Entry Tool (JET)
As a reminder, the JET webpage is a great resource for all things JET, including guidelines for selecting journal categories and writing journal short descriptions, journal header long descriptions and line descriptions. The JET webpage is located on the Finance website (Finance website -> General Accounting (in the left navigation pane) -> Journal Entry Tool (JET) ) , as well as the JET User Guide and the JET Quick Reference Guides on the Finance Training page.
Questions? Contact Kris Sano at sanok@ohio.edu
BobcatBUY Document Search Experience Upgrade
BobcatBUY has upgraded its document (requisitions, Purchase Orders, and invoices) search feature to be more user friendly and “elastic”, meaning a faster search experience with more options to search and export. This update was made on Monday, November 9, in BobcatBUY as part of the 20.3 release upgrade.