Budget Alerts and Updates
Updated 1/22/09
- Review browser configuration information before attempting to use CPBS Web.
- Timing out of Account Inquiry report in CPBS.
- Deleted Accounts
- New complex password requirements for CPBS Web (CornellC).
IMPORTANT BROWSER SETTINGS CHANGES
Please review the changes in the required browser configuration settings before attempting to logon to CPBS Web. New browser settings for the current year include changes to the required trusted and allowed pop-up sites.
Timing out of Account Inquiry report in CPBS
Recently, we have had several users timing out when running the "Account Inquiry" report within CPBS Web. The mainframe behind the web application sometimes runs out of memory as it attempts to report on vast amounts of data. For example, if you are running this report for a large organization and only limit on your org number this report may time out due to lack of memory. We will continue to explore this issue.
If this happens to you, please consider using the Budget data marts in Brio-Hyperion - a good standard report that replicates much of the functionality in "Account Inquiry" is called "Detail Financial Planning Rept" and is located in the folder called "Financial Planning REPTS" within the Accounting Budget data mart.
Alternatively, run the web "Account Inquiry" report but break into smaller groups, for example by fund group range or by department range.
Deleted Accounts
Your planning process should include review of accounts that will be removed for the upcoming fiscal year. Deleted accounts cause major problems:
- Budgets on accounts that are flagged for deletion will not be loaded into the accounting system at the end of the budgeting cycle causing your budget to be out of balance
- Workforce records with labor distributions that include such accounts create an invalid transaction in Payroll and cause a delay in processing the charges.
A Brio-Hyperion standard report - the Budget Account Delete report has been created to display accounts with budget entries for the upcoming fiscal year that are flagged for deletion. Before completing your budget review, please process this query to ensure that labor distributions or financial planning budgets are not planned on "deleted" accounts. Access this report from the Cornell Brio-Hyperion Home Page (Accounting/Budget/Budget Acct Delete REPT).
Accounts that you plan to remove prior to the new fiscal year should be considered now and requests sent to Accounting. Requests processed in June are problematic and should be avoided.
New CornellC Complex Password Requirement
CIT recently instituted a new password requirement, to conform better to University Policy 5.8 "Authentication of Information Technology Resources." Effective Sunday, January 11, 2009, all new CornellC mainframe (CPBS Web) passwords must have the following characteristics:
- exactly 8 characters, including:
- at least one upper-case letter
- at least one lower-case letter
- at least one number
For the purpose of these rules, the special characters "#", "$" and "@" are considered to be upper-case letters.
As per University policy, please choose a CornellC password that is different from your Cornell NetID password. The CornellC system does not require this, but it is a good idea that will help safeguard your Cornell NetID password.
Your existing password will continue to work after January 11 until it expires. (VM passwords expire 90 days from when they are set.) At that time your new password will need to meet the requirements above. After January 11, the system will only accept a new password that meets those requirements.
If you want to change your password before it expires to meet the new requirements, you may do so at any time.