Overview
This job aid shows appointment data entry employees how to initiate temporary academic appointments for Additional Employment
What’s new
- New data entry page that displays multiple appointments simultaneously
- Autocomplete some data fields by using campus-maintained lookup tables
- Automatic approval workflow routing after appointment data is submitted
Before you begin
You should be familiar with the following documents:
Search for employees
Step 1: Navigate to CSU TAE Appointment Data Entry
- Menu > CSU Temp Academic Employment > CSU TAE Appointment Data Entry
Step 2: Enter search criteria for the employees that you want to retrieve.
- Business Unit (campus)
- EE Group: 08 Additional Employment
- Empl ID
- Dept ID
- Term
- Job Code
- Lookback Dt
Guidelines
- Verify that the Business Unit is correct
- Only employees who are in Job Data are returned.
- EE group is required..
- Typically, users include their Dept ID in the search.
- Lookback Dt.: This field is set by default to look back 18 months for employees. You can edit this date.
- Empl ID: Returns the last row in Job Data, regardless of lookback date limits.


Step 3: Click Search.

Employees are retrieved from Job Data. If an employee has worked multiple consecutive jobs, the most recent job is retrieved.
Step 4: Review the results.
- Controls for the display are in the top left and right corners of the page.
- You might need to scroll to the right to see all the data and controls.
Guidelines
- Use the tabs or the Show All Columns button to change your display. Optionally, you can Personalize the columns that are shown.
- Click Find to find a specific employee.
- Click the table button to export the data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
- Use the arrow buttons to page through multiple pages of results, or revise the search fields to narrow your search. For example, use the Dept ID field to show only employees in that department.

Step 5: Optional: Click the Empl Stat value for an employee to view an employee’s work history.

Appointment editing guidelines
Use these guidelines when you enter data for your department within each EE group.
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Enter a new appointment for an employee already in the department in the same empl record. Examples:
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Enter an appointment for an employee who is not in the search results. Examples:
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Enter additional contract details to get them all on one appointment notification. Examples:
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Change an existing appointment. Example:
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Cancel an existing appointment after it is loaded to Job Data |
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Optional: Add a new employee
If the employee is not in the search returns, use this procedure to add an employee record. The employee must already have an Empl ID.
Step 1: Click Add new Person to add a new row to the page.

Step 2: Use the Lookup to enter the Empl ID.
- The Empl ID populates the Name field.
- If the person does not have an Empl ID, you cannot add it here.
- If the person does not have a Business Email, the system warns you and prevents you from submitting the transaction.
- Continue to Enter appointment data.

Enter appointment data
Employee data rows stretch across the page. You must use the scroll bar to see the entire row. This procedure shows fields sequentially from the left to the right of the same row.
When you select the appointment type, some of the fields change. Be sure to follow the instructions for the correct appointment type.
Step 1: Verify and update the Position Nbr field, if appropriate.
- This field is generally updated if there are funding changes.
- Only active position numbers are allowed.

Step 2: Verify the Job Code. This field pulls from the position number and should be 2403.

Step 3: Verify and update the Grade, if appropriate. This field pulls from the position number.

Step 4: Click the Lookup to select an Appointment Type:
- 020-AE-16th WTU
- 021-AE-Lump Sum
- 022-AE AY Daily Rate-172
Guidelines
- Appt Type is a required field.
- Depending on which value you select, other fields become editable or read-only.
- Continue data entry based on the appointment type:
- Appointment Type 020 Enter Data
- Appointment Type 021 – Enter Data
- Appointment Type 022 – Enter Data

Use this procedure to complete data for appointment type 020-AE-16th WTU.
Step 1: Select Appt Type 20.
- You must have an active 2358 appt in the same department for the AY Monthly Base Rate to populate, otherwise you must manually enter this field.

Step 2: Click the Lookup icon to select a Term
- Enter a value for Term only if you are using Appt Type 020-AE-16th WTU.
- If your campus uses multiple sessions per term, you must use the lookup.
- The Term value autocompletes the Effective Date , and End Date.

Step 3: Click the Lookup icon to select a Session Code.
- This field will automatically default to Session 1.
- If your campus uses multiple sessions per term, you must use the lookup.
- The Session value updates the Effective Date and End Date fields.

Step 4: Optional: Select Other in the Adjust field.
- The Effective Date and End Date fields become editable.

Step 5: Enter an AY Monthly Base Rt value.
- AY Monthly Base Rate will autocomplete if the has employee an active 2358 appt in the same department.

Step 6: Enter the Weighted Teaching Units (WTU)

Step 7: Complete the data entry.
Go to Complete the entry.
Use this procedure to complete data for appointment type 021-AE-Lump Sum.
Step 1: Select Appt Type 021.

Step 2: Enter the Effective Date.

Step 3: Enter the End Date.

Step 4: Use the lookup to select the FTE.
- The Lookup open a table with pay decimal equivalents. Only valid values (according to PIMS) are accepted. You will receive a warning message if you enter an invalid value. FTE affects the WTU value.

Step 5: Update the Total Comp.
- AY Monthly Base Rate field is cleared when you enter a Total Comp amount.

Step 6: Complete the data entry.
Go to Complete the entry.
Step 1: Select Appt Type 022.

When the Appt Type is entered the AY Monthly Base Rate populates, the Term and WTU are disabled, if criteria are met.
Step 2: Enter the Effective Date.

Step 3: Enter the End Date.

When End Date is entered the 2403 Base Rt, WTU, and Total Comp Rate are calculated.
Step 4: Enter the AY Monthly Base Rate.

Step 5: Update the Total Comp.
- AY Monthly Base Rate field is cleared when you enter a Total Comp amount.

Complete data entry
Regardless of which appointment type, you can complete the entry for this row using the following steps.
Step 1: Optional: Enter an assignment title.
- Assign Title: A free-text field where you can enter the assignment title.
- The assignment title prints on the employee’s Notification letter.
- This field has a 14 character limit.

Step 2: Optional: Use the Lookup to enter a Project ID. The Project ID populates the Description field.

Step 3: Review the Act Pay columns from January to December.
- Actual pay for each month is calculated from the base rate, FTE and the number of 12mo pay days in that month that the assignment encompasses.
Step 4: Verify Sum Payment, if applicable.

Step 5: Optional: Select REH Annuit if the employee is a rehired annuitant.

Step 6: Optional: Select Diff Appt.
This check box is for submitting multiple appointments for one employee.
- Unchecked: multiple appointments use the same appointment number and are on one appointment letter.
- Checked: This appointment receives a separate appointment number and a separate appointment notification letter.

Step 7: Select Ready if the entire row is correct and ready for processing.

Step 8: Click Save & Submit.
- The rows that you marked Ready are submitted for approval.
- The approval workflow launches. The record is removed from the staging table until the transaction is fully approved, deleted, or pushed back to the originator.

Appendix: Other Actions
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No Change |
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Canceled |
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Revision |
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Short Work Break |
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SWB - No Work Available |
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SWB-Decline Work |
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Termination |
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~Manual Load to Job |
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