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From 5 p.m. on Friday, October 13, until 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 15, multiple PeopleSoft Buckeye Link services (Campus Solutions/Student Information System) will be unavailable due to planned maintenance. This change has a longer maintenance window that differs from previous SIS planned maintenance.  

For most students and faculty users, the change should not be noticeable, however, there are also some additional business area impacts. 

Administrators should advise travelers to exercise caution when working in the Expenses Hub. Upon selecting the “Actions” button for Spend Authorizations, the banner action prompt and other instructional text should be reviewed before selecting “Ok” to confirm the correct business process is initiated.   

Please be advised that the MS Teams link for Travel Office Hours has been updated. Participants should use the new link to attend future office hours (beginning October 2023). 

Currently, purchase requisitions and spend authorizations are reported on the weekly confirmation email sent out to Principal Investigators (PI) on their relevant Grants. Additionally, non-PO Invoices and Expense Reports without Spend Authorizations will start to be included during the month of October. This is to ensure that our PIs can review additional non-personnel charges against their Grants via this weekly reporting. 

B&H Photo will be closed in observance of Yom Kippur on Monday, September 25 and also for Sukkot on Friday, September 29 through Sunday, October 8.

Purchase orders issued during the closures will still be accepted but product will not ship until B&H reopens. Please contact the Marketplace Team at BF-Marketplace@osu.edu with questions.

Customer Deposit functionality has been updated to enable users to add attachments for supporting documentation. Customer Deposits now has a new tab to include attachments when creating, editing, or revising the deposit. Anyone who has access to create and/or edit Customer Deposits will also have access to add/change attachments on Customer Deposit transactions.

A new training on Ohio State’s technology platforms, tools and resources is available for managers, manager liaisons, and administrative professionals. Build your foundation and confidence in using administrative technology that assists you in performing your work and managing employees. Human Resources team members will cover topics such as HR Connection, Workday, Microsoft 365, BuckeyeLearn and others, and guide you in finding and using tools that support your work.

A new monthly Workday notification and email reminder will be sent to individuals with effort certifications pending their approval for 30 or more days. 

Earnings units subject to sales tax must ensure a cost center journal is recorded monthly for sales tax payable to Debit 42000 Revenue and Credit 20500 accrued sales tax. This has been added to the Monthly Unit Reconciliation Checklist.

Cost Center Managers and Service Centers have a responsibility to ensure the appropriate spend category is used on all transactions.