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  • BUX on Carmen to be Rescheduled

    Randi Honkonen | May 8, 2025
    The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) deployed the BUX theme on CarmenCanvas on May 1. However, it was quickly discovered that pages were loading much slower than expected. As a result, the theme was rolled back, and developers are looking into the issue and working to find a solution.

  • Microsoft to send “Ownerless Groups and Teams” Notifications 

    Beth Varcho | May 7, 2025
    Microsoft is now sending emails when a team or group becomes “ownerless.” A team in Microsoft Teams or a Microsoft 365 group can become ownerless if the owner's account is deleted in Microsoft 365 – for example, if the group owner leaves the university. Since groups and teams need an owner to manage members and settings, Microsoft has introduced this new policy – sending an email to ownerless groups and teams – to assign a new owner.
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  • Buckeye Buy Updates as of May 5

    Christine Keough | May 2, 2025
    The following are two of the latest Buckeye Buy updates. Internal supplier, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI), offers a new hosted catalog for On Demand Software in Buckeye Buy. Overleaf Professional software at the FY25 - FY26 rate is the first product offering, but more options will follow. Please note that the Lowe’s Home Improvement supplier website has been removed until further notice from Buckeye Buy. Requestors are advised to search catalogs from alternative contracted suppliers. Purchases from Lowe’s can still be made by PCard although contract discounts will not be extended in that case. See the full post for additional details and contact information.

  • New Accounting Journal Validation Rules

    Cristina Cardenas | May 2, 2025
    New custom validations have been implemented for accounting journals for The Ohio State University ONLY. The following journal sources are excluded: Central Correction No ACP, Conversion, Supplier Discount, and Capital Expense Reclass. See the full post for a list of validation rules.

  • New Reporting Updates as of May 5

    Cristina Cardenas | May 2, 2025
    These reporting updates are current as of May 5. The "Due Date" field has been removed on the prompt and output of both the "Reports Find Purchase Order Summary - OSU" and "Find Purchase Order Details - OSU" reports. In addition, a new column has been added to the output of the "Business Processes Awaiting Action - Asset Detail" report. The new column displays the Business Process Type. This has been added to allow users to identify and obtain metrics for the type of event that is awaiting action more easily.

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