February 10, 2025
As a follow up to the Dec 19 message regarding UCM Plan Enhancement Project: Latest Developments, note the following updates and changes that will impact various administrative staff as part of the UCM Plan Enhancement Project:
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Test Environment Access: Reviewed with department financial leads in early January 2025.
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Submit Access Requests: Department leads must submit any new or revised access requests via a Service Now ticket as needed.
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Test Environment Exploration: Users have access to explore the new environment and begin re-creating current SmartView reports in the test environment.
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Upcoming Trainings (Week of March 3)
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Supplemental UCM Plan Enhancement
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Budget Request Fundamentals
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Workforce Fundamentals
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Session content details and training invitations will be provided in separate communication.
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Confirm Access and SmartView Usability: Ensure proper access has been requested, confirmed, and validated. Users should confirm their ability to use SmartView prior to go-live.
SmartView Access Changes
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Project Cube Access Removal:
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Task-level data reporting will no longer be available in SmartView.
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SmartView will support GL and PPM project-level reporting directly from the Financial Cube (GL data only).
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System Freeze Information
To ensure a smooth transition for the March 21 go-live, note the following system availability schedule:
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March 10 – 19 – Budget requests cannot be processed, but data remains available for reporting.
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Thurs March 20 – System will be completely offline for go-live preparations.
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Fri March 21 – System will be available with all enhancements.
Stay Updated
As the project continues to progress until the March go-live date, visit our UCM Plan Enhancement website for the most up-to-date updates. Please reach out to dofa@ucmerced.edu with any questions, and a member of the project team will be in touch.