TRAVEL UPDATES
The Travel Tips & Workarounds page now features “Recently Delivered Bug Fixes and Enhancements”, which makes it easier to view the recent improvements to the Travel functionality. Take a look at this latest update here.
SEPTEMBER UNHQ PAYROLL LOCK
BI SYSTEM UNAVAILABLE SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
On Saturday 3 September 2016, the Umoja Production BI system will be unavailable between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (New York time) to facilitate essential maintenance and patching activity. The patch will further assist in improving performance of the BI system.
On 1 July 2016, Umoja achieved another milestone by deploying the Services Delivery (SD) functionality to 23 peacekeeping missions, special political missions and DFS offices in Headquarters.
This solution allows UN departments, offices and missions that provide services to internal and external clients manage the costs and billings for their services.
REMINDER TO ALL UMOJA USERS ON THE NEW USER ACCESS PROVISIONING (UAP) PROCESS
UMOJA WILL BE UNAVAILABLE SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2016
Please note that most Umoja applications (ECC, SRM/Portal and Employee and Manager Self-Service)
will be unavailable from 8:00 am to 11:00 am CET (2:00 am to 5:00 am NY time) on Saturday 6 August
to conduct monthly planned aintenance activities. The Umoja BI system will be available during this
3 hour period.
Dear colleagues,
The Umoja Team and OHRM have been working diligently to make improvements to the Time Management module, in particular enhancements to Leave requests.
Changes to Leave requests effective as of 1 August 2016
Uncertified Sick Leave can now be claimed under two leave types:
REQUESTING ACCESS TO UMOJA IS GETTING EASIER
We are pleased to announce that on Monday 25 July 2016, Umoja will launch a new User Access Provisioning
application.
The new application will expedite the process of requesting and granting access to Umoja by processing
requests directly in the Umoja portal, automating the workflow process and replacing all paper requests and
signatures.
We are pleased to announce that on 25 July 2016, the Umoja User Access Provisioning (UAP) process will be enhanced with more automated features.
The new UAP application will expedite the process of requesting and granting access to Umoja. User Access will be processed directly in the Umoja portal, automating the workflow process and replacing all paper requests and signatures.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) hosted its second Umoja Townhall meeting this past 14 June 2016. The Townhall focused on C5 Deployment activities and was attended by more than 300 national staff members. The event was Chaired by the Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Imran Riza and Chief RICTS representing Mission Support, Mr. Roy Joblin.
