Author Archives: Claudia Murray

Hello, all: As requested during the most recent Research Administrators Forum, I have uploaded the RCA portion of the presentation from December 14th.  The PowerPoint can be found here: https://rice.box.com/s/ef916algy2qrol307hpr34reqk6h10g4  

The expense workflow issue causing reports to not route correctly has been identified and corrected.  With the correction comes a long-awaited feature:  negative expense reports can now be processed.  You no longer have to wait for offsetting charges to process … Continue reading →

An Oracle bug was introduced with the November 17th Quarterly Update that has caused all labor costs between 7/1/23 and 12/5/23 to be redistributed multiple times. This is visible in the Wages and Fellow Payments reports in the Finance Dashboard … Continue reading →

Co-Hosted by Research and Cost Accounting and the Office of Sponsored Projects Research Administrators Forum is a standing meeting for Rice Research Administrators to discuss various topics related to research on campus. Next meeting: 10:00am-11:30am, Thursday, December 14th 2023 Location: … Continue reading →

There is a bug in the Expense work flow that has caused reports submitted in November/December to not proceed to approvers. Cost Center and Project Managers have received communications listing impacted reports and providing a temporary approval solution. Please see … Continue reading →

Oracle has made a recent update that allows us to transition to reporting Payroll Accounting Dates/Project Expense Item Dates at the Pay Period End Date as Rice has historically done.  This change aligns with the posting date and will make … Continue reading →

Why is PTO paid on the grant, rather than charged as a fringe benefit? Rice’s annual fringe benefit agreement with the Federal government addresses the way Rice charges paid absences versus fringe benefits.  Excerpts below are from our FY24 agreement. … Continue reading →

RCA office hour for the month of September has been cancelled.  However, we will still be holding hands-on SPFF training. SPFF Dashboard Virtual Hands-on Training Join Teia Wright and the RCA Team for an on-line walk through of the SPFF … Continue reading →

The label for Faculty Funds on the various SPFF Dashboard views has been changed from “Default” to “Faculty Fund”.  This change allows faculty and administrators to more easily identify this fund.

Based on user requests presented to and approved by the iO Finance and Research Functional Committee, we are making a change to the Faculty Fund Types to facilitate department reconciliation.   Starting on September 15, 2023, the General Ledger Fund Type … Continue reading →