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Finance Basics - Individual Awards & Discretionary Funds - Research Funding - Security & Workflow - Shopping & Procurement
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Orbit Reporting and Analytics is the reporting tool used to report back financial data found in Oracle. The Orbit Reporting and Analytics tool has multiple reports to help you define your search based on your reporting needs. This reference guide is intended to guide users who are looking to view or navigate Orbit Reports. |
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The COA Hierarchies report is an Orbit report available for all Oracle users to better identify the necessary Chart of Accounts segments required to perform financial transactions. This document is intended to help users locate and review all currently active values for each Chart of Accounts (COA) segment, including Entity, Organization, Account, Fund, Purpose, Program, Activity, Site, Affiliate, and Future, using the COA Hierarchies Report available in Orbit. |
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The following guide is intended for all stakeholders of the Individual Awards and Discretionary Funds (IADF) process including IADF Administrators, Project Managers, and Faculty, Principal Investigators (PI). |
> IADF PI Dashboard |
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This document is intended for all stakeholders of Clinical Research, Individual Awards and Discretionary Funds (IADF), and Sponsored Programs to process information on reviewing the PI Fund Analysis Report in Orbit. The PI Funding Analysis report provides information on a Principal Investigator’s funding. |
> PI Dashboard |
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This document is intended to help users identify the security role(s) and data access assigned to individuals in Oracle and Orbit, which define the specific system privileges and actions they can perform in Oracle, as well as the dashboards and reports they can access in Orbit and the information they can view within those dashboards and reports. It also includes guidance on reports detailing users assigned to Project Teams supporting both sponsored and non-sponsored projects. |
> Security and Project Team Member Reports |
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The following guide is intended for employees who are looking to view or complete any of the following actions: |
> Supplier Profile |
Accounts Payables/Expenses - Finance Basics - General Ledger - Grants/URA - Security & Workflow - Shopping & Procurement
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This document is intended for users to find Accounts Payable information for a given organization or unit. The suite of reports provides details on the status of payment, payment terms, payment discounts, and invoice documents. |
> Payables Management Dashboard |
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Orbit Reporting and Analytics is the reporting tool used to report back financial data found in Oracle. The Orbit Reporting and Analytics tool has multiple reports to help you define your search based on your reporting needs. This reference guide is intended to guide users who are looking to view or navigate Orbit Reports. |
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The COA Hierarchies report is an Orbit report available for all Oracle users to better identify the necessary Chart of Accounts segments required to perform financial transactions. This document is intended to help users locate and review all currently active values for each Chart of Accounts (COA) segment, including Entity, Organization, Account, Fund, Purpose, Program, Activity, Site, Affiliate, and Future, using the COA Hierarchies Report available in Orbit. |
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This guide is intended to help users understand the information found in the Unit Financial Dashboards. The reports found in this folder are intended to help units review their financials for a given month or year, compared to what is budgeted or forecasted in UCPlan, and will give the details to help investigate any variances. |
> Unit Financials Dashboards |
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This document is intended for users to find Grants Monthly Ledger details information for a given user’s needs. The suite of reports provides details on the projects financial performance and will help users with Sponsored Award report-outs with faculty and sponsors. This suite of reports can connect users to the monthly expenditures related to a given Project. |
> Grants Monthly Ledgers |
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This document is intended to help users identify the security role(s) and data access assigned to individuals in Oracle and Orbit, which define the specific system privileges and actions they can perform in Oracle, as well as the dashboards and reports they can access in Orbit and the information they can view within those dashboards and reports. It also includes guidance on reports detailing users assigned to Project Teams supporting both sponsored and non-sponsored projects. |
> Security and Project Team Member Reports |
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> Supplier Profile |
Finance Basics - General Ledger - Grants/URA - Individual Awards & Discretionary Funds - Payroll - Research Funding - Security & Workflow - Shopping & Procurement
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Orbit Reporting and Analytics is the reporting tool used to report back financial data found in Oracle. The Orbit Reporting and Analytics tool has multiple reports to help you define your search based on your reporting needs. This reference guide is intended to guide users who are looking to view or navigate Orbit Reports. |
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The COA Hierarchies report is an Orbit report available for all Oracle users to better identify the necessary Chart of Accounts segments required to perform financial transactions. This document is intended to help users locate and review all currently active values for each Chart of Accounts (COA) segment, including Entity, Organization, Account, Fund, Purpose, Program, Activity, Site, Affiliate, and Future, using the COA Hierarchies Report available in Orbit. |
> Public |
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This guide is intended to help users understand the information found in the Unit Financial Dashboards. The reports found in this folder are intended to help units review their financials for a given month or year, compared to what is budgeted or forecasted in UCPlan, and will give the details to help investigate any variances. |
> Unit Financials Dashboards |
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The following guide is intended for all stakeholders of the sponsored awards process including URA Administrators, Department Research Administrators, Faculty, Principal Investigators (PI), and research leadership. |
> Sponsored Programs PI Dashboard |
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This document is intended for users to find Grants Monthly Ledger details information for a given user’s needs. The suite of reports provides details on the projects financial performance and will help users with Sponsored Award report-outs with faculty and sponsors. This suite of reports can connect users to the monthly expenditures related to a given Project. |
> Grants Monthly Ledgers |
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The following guide is intended for all stakeholders of the Individual Awards and Discretionary Funds (IADF) process including IADF Administrators, Project Managers, and Faculty, Principal Investigators (PI). |
> IADF PI Dashboard |
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This document walks through the Payroll Dashboard in Orbit which contains the following reports: Costing Allocation Detail, Job and Cost Validation Check, Workday Payroll Detail. |
> Payroll Dashboard |
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This document is intended for all stakeholders of Clinical Research, Individual Awards and Discretionary Funds (IADF), and Sponsored Programs to process information on reviewing the PI Fund Analysis Report in Orbit. The PI Funding Analysis report provides information on a Principal Investigator’s funding. |
> PI Dashboard |
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This document is intended to help users identify the security role(s) and data access assigned to individuals in Oracle and Orbit, which define the specific system privileges and actions they can perform in Oracle, as well as the dashboards and reports they can access in Orbit and the information they can view within those dashboards and reports. It also includes guidance on reports detailing users assigned to Project Teams supporting both sponsored and non-sponsored projects. |
> Security and Project Team Member Reports |
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> Supplier Profile |
Accounts Payables/Expenses - Capital Projects & Fixed Assets - Finance Basics - General Ledger - Grants/URA - Payroll - Security & Workflow - Shopping & Procurement
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This document is intended for users to find Accounts Payable information for a given organization or unit. The suite of reports provides details on the status of payment, payment terms, payment discounts, and invoice documents. |
> Payables Management Dashboard |
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The Capital Projects Project Management Dashboards are intended for staff who are working with Capital Projects and need to see information on their project’s performance. This guide explains what each report in the dashboard means and how to utilize the report for financial decision making. |
> Capital Project Management Dashboard |
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Orbit Reporting and Analytics is the reporting tool used to report back financial data found in Oracle. The Orbit Reporting and Analytics tool has multiple reports to help you define your search based on your reporting needs. This reference guide is intended to guide users who are looking to view or navigate Orbit Reports. |
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The COA Hierarchies report is an Orbit report available for all Oracle users to better identify the necessary Chart of Accounts segments required to perform financial transactions. This document is intended to help users locate and review all currently active values for each Chart of Accounts (COA) segment, including Entity, Organization, Account, Fund, Purpose, Program, Activity, Site, Affiliate, and Future, using the COA Hierarchies Report available in Orbit. |
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
This guide is intended to help users understand the information found in the Unit Financial Dashboards. The reports found in this folder are intended to help units review their financials for a given month or year, compared to what is budgeted or forecasted in UCPlan, and will give the details to help investigate any variances. |
> Unit Financials Dashboards |
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
The following guide is intended for all stakeholders of the sponsored awards process including URA Administrators, Department Research Administrators, Faculty, Principal Investigators (PI), and research leadership. |
> Sponsored Programs PI Dashboard |
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This document is intended for users to find Grants Monthly Ledger details information for a given user’s needs. The suite of reports provides details on the projects financial performance and will help users with Sponsored Award report-outs with faculty and sponsors. This suite of reports can connect users to the monthly expenditures related to a given Project. |
> Grants Monthly Ledgers |
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This document walks through the Payroll Dashboard in Orbit which contains the following reports: Costing Allocation Detail, Job and Cost Validation Check, Workday Payroll Detail. |
> Payroll Dashboard |
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
This document is intended to help users identify the security role(s) and data access assigned to individuals in Oracle and Orbit, which define the specific system privileges and actions they can perform in Oracle, as well as the dashboards and reports they can access in Orbit and the information they can view within those dashboards and reports. It also includes guidance on reports detailing users assigned to Project Teams supporting both sponsored and non-sponsored projects. |
> Security and Project Team Member Reports |
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Finance Basics - General Ledger - Security & Workflow - Shopping & Procurement
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
Orbit Reporting and Analytics is the reporting tool used to report back financial data found in Oracle. The Orbit Reporting and Analytics tool has multiple reports to help you define your search based on your reporting needs. This reference guide is intended to guide users who are looking to view or navigate Orbit Reports. |
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The COA Hierarchies report is an Orbit report available for all Oracle users to better identify the necessary Chart of Accounts segments required to perform financial transactions. This document is intended to help users locate and review all currently active values for each Chart of Accounts (COA) segment, including Entity, Organization, Account, Fund, Purpose, Program, Activity, Site, Affiliate, and Future, using the COA Hierarchies Report available in Orbit. |
> Public |
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
This guide is intended to help users understand the information found in the Unit Financial Dashboards. The reports found in this folder are intended to help units review their financials for a given month or year, compared to what is budgeted or forecasted in UCPlan, and will give the details to help investigate any variances. |
> Unit Financials Dashboards |
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Dashboard Structure (Folders & Reports) |
This document is intended to help users identify the security role(s) and data access assigned to individuals in Oracle and Orbit, which define the specific system privileges and actions they can perform in Oracle, as well as the dashboards and reports they can access in Orbit and the information they can view within those dashboards and reports. It also includes guidance on reports detailing users assigned to Project Teams supporting both sponsored and non-sponsored projects. |
> Security and Project Team Member Reports |
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The following guide is intended for employees who are looking to view or complete any of the following actions: |
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(1) Operational Finance Leaders are designated as Entity Financial Managers (EFMs) and Organization Financial Managers (OFMs) in Oracle.
(2) Research/Project Finance Leaders are designated as Project Managers, Department Research Administrators, and/or Individual Awards and Discretionary Funds (IADF) Administrators in Oracle.
(3) Users working in central units that provide support to the entire campus community.
(4) Users who support budgeting and forecasting activities.