Umoja Release Note: 01 April – 30 April 2019

 

Umoja Release Note # 2019-063
For the period 01 April – 30 April 2019

Umoja System Changes

CS: TV - Travel Management  

RFC-6100000109        (26 Apr)
External Reference        CCBREQ-5517
Description

Created new derivations for TV.20, TPO Non-Commercial, and OHCHR. Also added a pop-up to confirm that the justification to be added is not available in the drop-down list when "Other" from 21-day justification is selected.

RFC-6100000110        (09 Apr)
External Reference        CCBREQ-6213
Description

Additional enhancements have been made to Medical Travel Interface:

1. If a new family member is added to a trip, this will only send the newly added family member record with the initial sequence number. 
2. If a family member is removed from a trip, this will only send the canceled record and not the entire records of the other members. 

RFC-6100000121        (26 Apr)
External Reference        CCBREQ-6558
Description

Developed a new report that extracts travel information as required by legislative bodies, such as the ACABQ and the 5th Committee, to be runnable by missions and entities instead of relying on Umoja staff to provide the extract.

RFC-6100000144        (26 Apr)
External Reference        CCBREQ-3310
Description

Developed an enhancement that provides flexibility in deriving the GL commitment item from the travel solution to handle exceptions. This allowed us to eliminate 9 out of 12 travel activity types which existed solely to derive the correct mapping.

RFC-6100000188        (29 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Updated the POV reimbursement table in Umoja with the new rates as outlined in ST/IC 2019/6 (Rates for reimbursement for travel by private vehicle).

RFC-6100000209        (26 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Created new views of the Greenhouse Gas Report (BI) to serve a double purpose: 
1.    To simplify the reporting of GHG emissions for the UN Secretariat to the UN System as part of the annual inventory.
2.    To support the new Senior Management Compact indicator (decrease in travel-related GHG emissions), at a minimum annually, but ideally periodically, so managers can monitor it during a performance cycle.

RFC-6200000153        (02 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6608350746
Description

Fixed a defect that partial cancellation functionality was not working as expected for certain trip activity types.

FI : AP - Accounts Payable

RFC-6200000313        (11 Apr)
External Reference        RFS-1-6870563851
Description

Creates a 15% Reimbursable VAT Code for Gambia: Tax Code is GB, and Reporting Country is GM. 

FI : CO - Cost Accounting (Controlling)

RFC-6200000359        (16 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6330654745
Description

Created a new substitution rule for Funds Commitment type 59; once a WBSE/IO is entered when the document is posted, the Cost Center will also be included (based on the funds center in the funds commitment).

FI : GR - Grantor Management 

RFC-6200000318        (23 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Deactivated the mobile client function in CRM. 

RFC-6200000341        (15 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Hid the "Skip selection review process" field on the Grantor program and "Skip selection review process" field on the Application in CRM. 

RFC-6200000090        (11 Apr)
External Reference        SAP Incident:532881/2018
Description

Applied an SAP provided fix so that the multi-funding rule gets blocked once an invoicing document is created.

RFC-6200000098        (03 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Created a new enterprise role ‘GR.13 ROLEALL:GRANTOR_MANAGEMENT:TECHNICAL_PROCESS_EXPERT’ for Tier 3 process expert support users and modified ‘GR.09 ROLE:ALL:GRANTOR_MANAGEMENT:SUPPORT_USER’ for Tier 1 support users.

RFC-6200000190        (11 Apr)
External Reference        SAP Incident: 70713/2019 
Description

Applied an SAP provided a fix to repair an inconsistency with currency decimal conversion in Grantor Management.

RFC-6200000266        (15 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Made the following changes to the Grantor Management Application:
1. The workflow status is now displayed on the Object
2. Validation is now required to make sure the Establishment date is entered correctly on the Form
3. The Yes/No option will not be wiped out on the Form, page 4 section under checklist
4. Skip Selection Review Program Validation.

FI : TR - Treasury and Cash Management

RFC-6200000253        (16 Apr)
External Reference        WO-IM-1-6368655991, SAP Incident 634060 / 2018
Description            SAP Incident 634060 / 2018

Applied an SAP provided a fix to be able to run the Bank Statement Monitor (FTE_BSM) in the background.

RFC-6200000321        (18 Apr)
External Reference        RFS-1-6910856821
Description

Updated the account numbers of house banks by switching the account number and alternate account number of CARB1 as requested. 

RFC-6200000447        (29 Apr)
External Reference        RFS-1-6990898871
Description

Created currency pair EUR > BAM (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

HR : CT - Central Master Tables

INTTRK-17799        (8 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6914740101; WO-RFS-1-6914808776
Description

Updated the National Officer salary scale at the NO-D level for the Netherlands, the Hague, effective 1 December 2013.

Updated the GS and NO salary scales for the Slovak Republic effective 1 January 2009. Also note that the effective date of spouse allowance is 1 June 2009.

HR : OM - Organization Management

RFC-6200000397        (23 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Added budget section and additional indicators for XB funds to the BI - OM – PEOPLE report. 

HR : PA - Personnel Administration including Workforce

RFC-6100000255        (30 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

    Renamed the nationality "OTH-Kosovo1244" to "Other-YU" as per OLA decision.  
    Modified the validation on IT0002 to only allow HR Partner Support users to select "Other-YU" nationality, but not regular HR Partners.

IN : SY – Security

RFC-6200000212        (15 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Removed Progen Business Patner from the menu path of all technical roles. 

SC: LE - Logistics Execution 

RFC-6200000353        (10 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6852815829 / 6888920999
Description

Updated the Umoja Warehouse Storage Type in UNMISS: 

1) Plant SS10 - WH U01, U02, U04, U07, U09, U10 and U12
- 11 new Storage Types
- 44 new Storage Sections 

2) Plant LB20 - WH 01A
- Change in WH description from "UNSCOL - BAADBA W1" to "UNSCOL - BAABDA W1"

SC: PM - Plant Maintenance 

RFC-6100000111        (02 Apr)
External Reference        CCBREQ-6062
Description

Modified or added the following reports as part of the GDP project:

    Analysis Workspace - Equipment
    Analysis Workspace - Inventory
    Report 01 Effectiveness of Physical Accountability of P&E
    Report 01/03 Effectiveness of Physical Accountability - Analysis Workspace
    Report 03 Effectiveness of Physical Accountability of NEP Below Threshold
    Report 02: Physical Accountability of Inventory: Strategic Reserves
    Report 02/04: Physical Accountability of Inventory - Analysis Workspace
    Report 04: Physical Accountability of Inventory: Consumables and Supplies
    Report 05 Reconciliation of Not Found P&E
    Report 05 Reconciliation of Not Found P&E – Analysis Workspace
    Report 06 Write-off Backlog for P&E
    Report 06 Write-off Backlog for P&E - Analysis Workspace
    Report 09 Reconciliation of Discrepancies - Analysis Workspace
    Report 10 Provisional R&I Process Timeline
    Report 10 Provisional R&I Process Timeline - Analysis Workspace
    Report 11 Equipment (NEP) Utilization timeframe current cycle
    Report 11/21 Equipment Utilization Depreciation - Analysis Workspace
    Report 13 14 16 Inventory Management Process
    Report 13 14 16 Inventory Management Process - Analysis Workspace
    Report 15 Ageing Stock
    Report 15 Ageing Stock - Analysis Workspace
    Report 19 Accumulated Depreciation to Historical Cost ratio for P&E
    Report 19 Accumulated Depreciation to Historical Cost ratio for P&E - Analysis Workspace
    Report 20 Total Inventory Value (Fixed Assets) - Analysis workspace
    Report 21 Accumulated Depreciation of P&E While In Stock
    Report 28 Accident / Incident Reporting
    Report 28 Accident / Incident Reporting - Analysis Workspace 

RFC-6200000195        (30 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Updated the plant maintenance configuration for new Plant IQ21 in UNITAD. 

RFC-6200000355        (08 Apr)
External Reference        N/A
Description

Fixed a defect in the GDP Report 02 and Report 04 published under Umoja BI/Property Management which has been giving "numeric overflow" error.

SC: SA - Source to Acquire 

RFC-6100000139        (09 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6379464028 / CCBREQ-6590
Description

The office supplies contract (Contract # 4900000030) with Office Depot (Vendor # 1110057330) is due to expire on 30 November 2018. A Letter of Award has been issued to a new office supplies vendor W.B. Mason and UNPD is in the process of finalizing the contract. The Travel and Transportation Section (TTS) is requesting that effective 1 December 2018, the electronic data interface (EDI) currently used for the contract with Office Depot be established for the new vendor W.B. Mason. 


RFC-6100000164        (02 Apr)
External Reference        WO-RFS-1-6355830309 / CCBREQ-6628
Description

Created 2 new Storage Locations in UNFICYP for MED and SUP both linked to Fund 20CUA / Fund Center 18093. The new SLOCs will replace existing SLOCs 3101 MED 1 NICOSIA W1, and 4401 SUP 4 NICOSIA W1 for the reason that the budget allotment has been redirected from FC10184 to FC18093. SLOC 3101 will be decommissioned immediately because it has zero inventory. Inventory in SLOC 4401 will need to be transferred to the new SLOC once that is in place.

RFC-6200000200        (12 Apr)
External Reference        WO-IM-1-6811923221
Description

Applied an SAP provided fix and fixed a defect when re-transferring a PO from SRM to ECC. The unchanged material lines did not have all values passed to ECC. Approver, Incoterm and Location fields were mapped for re-transfer. This is to address the issue of requisitioner value being cleared in the PO (in ECC). 

RFC-6200000333        (08 Apr)
External Reference        WO-IM-1-6742561119
Description

Fixed a defect when creating a Rfx (Bid invitation) from the sourcing cockpit with reference to a shopping cart where the supplier text of all the lines was not being adapted to the Rfx. For example, if there are three lines in the SC with supplier text entered in the notes and attachments section, only the text from the last line i.e. line-3 is being adapted to the Rfx. The text from lines 1 and 2 is not being adopted/ copied. This issue is now fixed. 

RFC-6200000352        (08 Apr)
External Reference        WO-IM-1-6934212808
Description

Fixed a defect where the Unit of Measures (UOM) of an item in ZHRS/ZHRT form is not printed and the appropriate UOM checkbox is not checked. This has been happening since Monday, 25 March 2019,  

SC: TM - Transportation Management

RFC-6100000159        (22 Apr)
External Reference        WP2
Description

Aligned the Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) Air Statements of Works (SOW) with the Troops SOW.

RFC-6200000034        (24 Apr) 
External Reference        TM-Hyper Care
Description

Introduced the following changes to facilitate Master Data team process:

1. Region to be optional (Country will continue to be mandatory)
2. Addition of the Title/salutation field (Mr, Ms, Mrs, etc…)