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Release Date: 12/10/2021 ASCENDER Update: 6.0400
❏ Corrected various pages in the following applications to only display the Provide Feedback link once:
Finance > Maintenance > Vendor Information > Vendor Miscellaneous
❏ Modified the Copy from Payroll button functionality to use the Finance bank code instead of the Payroll bank code.
❏ Corrected the Copy from Payroll button to only display if the vendor and employee SSN records are valid and match.
❏ Corrected the program to display the vendor number and name in the Vendor field at all times. Previously, the vendor number no longer displayed after changes were saved to other fields on the page.
Finance > Maintenance > Create Chart of Accounts
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented account codes with a 99 function code and an 8XXX object code from being created.
Finance > Maintenance > Postings > Check Processing-PA & Check Processing-PO
❏ Corrected the trashcan icon to remain displayed when adding a new line item.
Finance > Maintenance > Postings > Journal Actual
❏ Added the Ignore for Grants and Projects check box to the Duplicate JV pop-up window to ignore JV entries for the Grants and Projects application. This check box is only enabled if duplicating an Actual JV transaction.
Finance > Inquiry > GL Inquiry > GL Inquiry
❏ Corrected transaction and balance issues within the spyglass pop-up window.
Finance > Inquiry > GL Inquiry > GL Account Summary
❏ Corrected the spelling of Revenue in the Estimated and Realized Revenue column headings on the report preview and PDF.
Finance > Utilities > Out of Balance Correction
❏ Corrected the program to prevent incorrect balances to be calculated and saved.
Finance > Utilities > Positive Pay Export
❏ Corrected the export to prevent the value in the Vendor Name field from being used as the Pay To value if a DBA or Remittance Name and Address is available when using the Pending Payables and the PO/PA processes together. Previously, a single check transaction was separated into two transactions and although the check numbers were the same, the Pending Payable transaction amounts were populated with the value from the Vendor Name field on the Vendor Information page and the other transaction amounts processed through PO/PA were populated with the value from the Vendor Remittance field.
Finance > Reports > Finance Reports > Vendor/Purchase Order Reports > FIN2100 - 1099 Forms
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1099-MISC/1099-NEC forms/instructions and all 1099-MISC/1099-NEC functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
Grants and Projects > Tables > Manage Users
❏ Corrected the Module column in the database to display GRT2160 Manage Users when adding or updating grant type information for a user.
Grants and Projects > Maintenance > Member Grants > Grant Maintenance
❏ Corrected various user interface issues to improve the user experience.
❏ Corrected the Module column in the database to display GRT3010 Mbr Grant Maint for deleted transactions.
Grants and Projects > Maintenance > Approval Dashboard
❏ Corrected the Module column in the database to display GRT3020 Approval Dashboard for approved/returned transactions.
Payroll > Tables > District EP Options
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented changes to the W-2 Information message field from being successfully saved and displayed in EmployeePortal.
Payroll > Maintenance > Calendar YTD Data > Calendar YTD
❏ Added the following FFCRA Payment fields for the 2021 calendar year:
Payroll > Maintenance > Calendar YTD Data > W2 Inquiry
❏ Added the following FFCRA Payment fields for the 2021 calendar year:
Payroll > Next Year > Copy CYR Staff to NYR & Copy NYR Staff to CYR
❏ Added the TRS Retiree Exception field to the process and preview report.
Payroll > Payroll Processing > TRS Processing > Payroll History
❏ Corrected the program to retrieve pay date information for the TRS month instead of the pay date month.
Payroll > Utilities > Import HR tables from Database Tables
❏ Added a new WorkJournal Comparison Report to display a list of WorkJournal records that were imported but no longer exist as payroll transmittals due to the import.
Payroll > Utilities > Import WorkJournal Requests
❏ Modified the program to prevent WorkJournal request records from being selected if the job code no longer exists on the employee's master job record.
Payroll > Reports
❏ Corrected the email content (subject/body) to mirror the letter case entered by the user. Previously, all letters were converted to uppercase.
Payroll > Reports > Personnel Reports
❏ Added the Creditable Year of Service field to the following reports:
Payroll > Reports > Quarterly/Annual Reports > HRS5100 - W-2 Forms
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the W-2 form/instructions and all W-2 functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
Personnel
❏ Added the ability to import data into the Personnel application through an automated process. Instructions for this process are located on the TCC Technical Documentation > ASCENDER Personnel Import page in the ASCENDER Wiki.
Personnel > Tables > WorkJournal > Options
❏ Modified the program to display the Unsaved Data Warning pop-up window when applicable.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the time conversion table to inadvertently default to pay frequency 4 even though it was not created in pay frequency 4. This issue occurred in databases with only one pay frequency.
Personnel > Tables > WorkJournal > Admin
❏ Modified the Unsaved Data Warning pop-up window to set the cursor focus on the Cancel button.
Personnel > Maintenance > Staff Demo > Credentials
❏ Added the Teacher Incentive Allotment Designation section, which includes the following allotment codes and descriptions:
Personnel > Maintenance > Employment Info
❏ Added the Creditable Year of Service check box to the Years Experience section.
❏ Corrected the page to only display the applicable scroll bars.
Personnel > Self-Service > Pending by Alternate
❏ Corrected the issue that caused an error to occur when an employee submitted changes to their phone number via EmployeePortal.
Personnel > Utilities > Mass Delete > Employee Data
❏ Modified the program to include the Teacher Incentive Allotment designation in the mass deletion process.
Personnel > Utilities > ACA 1094/1095 Correction/Replacement
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the utility to support the 2021 tax year.
❏ Removed transmitter control code (TCC) validation from the ACA file creation process.
Personnel > Reports > Personnel Reports
❏ Added the Creditable Year of Service field to the following reports:
Personnel > Reports > Payroll Information Reports > HRS5250 - 1095-B Forms
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-B form/instructions and all 1095-B functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
❏ Removed transmitter control code (TCC) validation from the ACA file creation process.
Personnel > Reports > Payroll Information Reports > HRS5255 - 1095-C Forms
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-C form/instructions and all 1095-C functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
❏ Removed transmitter control code (TCC) validation from the ACA file creation process.
Personnel > Reports > TRS Reports
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the following reports from being generated:
Purchasing > Inquiry > GL Inquiry > GL Account Summary
❏ Corrected the spelling of Revenue in the Estimated and Realized Revenue column headings on the report preview and PDF.
Purchasing > Maintenance > Create/Modify Requisition
❏ Modified the Refresh Totals, Calculate Amounts, and Calculate Percent links to correctly calculate amounts and percentages when creating a requisition that has one line item with multiple accounts. This change is also effective for the Uniform Account Distribution.
Purchasing > Reports
❏ Corrected the email content (subject/body) to mirror the letter case entered by the user. Previously, all letters were converted to uppercase.
Warehouse > Reports > Warehouse Reports > BWH1450 - Print Purchase Order Form &
BWH1500 - Reprint Purchase Order Form
❏ Corrected the PO Signature button pop-up window to display and function as intended.
Release Date: 12/10/2021 ASCENDER Update: 6.0400
❏ Modified the program to ensure that the applicable Employee/Supervisor reminder emails are sent daily around 6:00 AM.
EmployeePortal > Inquiry > Calendar Year to Date & W-2 Information
❏ Added the following FFCRA Payment fields for the 2021 calendar year:
NOTE: If any of these amounts are greater than zero, the field and amount are displayed in Box 14 on the employee's W-2.
EmployeePortal > Inquiry > W-2 Information
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the W-2 form/instructions and all W-2 functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
EmployeePortal > Inquiry > 1095 Information
❏ Per IRS requirements, updated the 1095-B/1095-C forms/instructions and all 1095-B/1095-C functionality to support the 2021 tax year.
EmployeePortal > Leave Requests
❏ Modified leave requests to display as follows:
Note: All employee leave requests in the above statuses are displayed as read-only on the supervisor's homepage calendar.
❏ Added the Outlook Calendar and Google Calendar links to leave approval emails allowing employees to add approved leave requests as Outlook/Google calendar events.
❏ Corrected the program to prevent duplicate leave requests from being displayed under Unprocessed Leave Requests and on the homepage calendar.
EmployeePortal > Travel Reimbursement Requests > Travel Requests
❏ Added maximum length limits to various fields.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused all inline error messages to be displayed upon accessing the page.
EmployeePortal > Travel Reimbursement Requests > Approve Travel Requests
❏ Corrected various functionality and user interface issues including the select all check box and the document attachments icon to improve the user experience.
Release Date: 12/10/2021 ASCENDER Update: 6.0400
MemberPortal > Login
❏ Corrected the Oops error page to display MemberPortal instead of EmployeePortal.
MemberPortal > Forgot Password
❏ Modified the functionality and user interface to meet ASCENDER portal standards.
MemberPortal > Budget Revision Request & Reimbursement Request
❏ Corrected the program to ensure that all approvers in an approval path receive automated email notifications for pending budget or reimbursement requests.
❏ Corrected the Module column in the database to display the originating page name for submitted requests.
MemberPortal > Manage Users
❏ Corrected various user interface issues in the Unsaved Data Warning pop-up window.
❏ Corrected the Module column in the database to display GRT2160 Manage Users when adding or updating grant type information for a user.
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