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Enter Appt Data - Lecturers (01)

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Overview

This job aid shows appointment data entry employees how to initiate temporary academic appointments for lecturers.

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.
Menu

Step 2: Enter search criteria for the employees that you want to retrieve.

  • Business Unit (campus)
  • EE Group: 01 Lecturers
  • Empl ID
  • Dept ID
  • Term
  • Job Code
  • Lookback Dt

Guidelines

  • Verify that the Business Unit is correct.
  • This screen capture is split: the left half of the screen is shown above the right half in order to fit on this page.
  • 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.
  • Term: The Term search field will only pull appointments that have been saved on the Appointment Data Entry page with that term.
Search Criteria 1
Search Criteria 2

Step 3: Click Search.

Search button
  • 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.
  • 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.
Review results

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

Empl Stat
TF Job History

Appointment editing guidelines

Use these guidelines when you enter data for your department within each EE group

If you need to…
Do this…
Result
Enter a new appointment for an employee already in the department in the same empl record. Examples:
  • Employee worked the previous term
  • Employee worked in the department but not the previous term
  • After finding the individual within your department, edit the existing row for that employee
  • Approval workflow begins
  • If approved, job entered in Job Data
  • Appointment notification sent
Enter an appointment for an employee who is not in the search results. Examples:
  • New to the department
  • Works in department, needs new empl record
  • New employee
  • Approval workflow begins
  • If approved, job entered in Job Data
  • Appointment notification sent
Enter additional contract details to get them all on one appointment notification. Examples:
  • Get spring and fall in one notification
  • Click the + sign to add another row for that employee
  • Submit all applicable rows at the same time
  • Approval workflow begins
  • If approved, job enter in Job Data
  • Multiple terms of contract go into one appointment notification
Change an existing appointment. Example:
  • Increase units for row already loaded into Job Data
  • Enter the Appt Type and EffDt to retrieve an existing row
  • Edit the existing row for that employee
  • Click Yes to disregard the warning that the term already exists in the history table
  • Other Action field defaults to Revision
  • Approval workflow begins
  • If approved, job entered in Job Data
  • A new REVISED Appointment notification is generated
Cancel an existing appointment after it is loaded to Job Data
  • Approval workflow begins
  • Cancelation notification is generated.
  • Job is canceled in Job Data.

Optional: Add a new employee

If the employee is not in the search returns, or is new to your department, use this procedure to add an employee record. The employee must already have an Empl ID.

Step 1: Click Add new Person.

  • A new row is added to the page.
Add new Person

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.
Empl ID

AY – Enter appointment data

  • Use this procedure to enter appointment data for academic year appointments.
  • 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.

Step 1: Verify and update the Position Nbr field, if appropriate.

  • Only active position numbers are allowed.
Position Nbr

Step 2: Verify the Job Code.

  • Verify or update the position data based on the Position Nbr that you entered.
  • Decide whether a new employee record is needed. If the job code is changing, then a new employee record is required based on the standard job stacking process. For more information, review the CHRS Position Paper on Job Stacking Strategy.
Job Code

Step 3: Verify and update the Grade, if appropriate.

Grade

Step 4: Verify and edit the Base Rate, if appropriate.

Base Rate

Step 5: Click the Lookup icon to select a Term.

  • If your campus uses multiple sessions per term, you must use the lookup.
  • The Term value autocompletes the EffDt, End Date, and Multi Term Date fields
Term field affects EffDt, End Date, and Multi Term Date fields

Step 6: Click the Lookup icon to select a Session Code.

  • If your campus uses multiple sessions per term, you must use the lookup.
  • Field changes automatically update the EffDt, End Date, and Multi Term Date fields.
Session field affects EffDt, End Date, and Multi Term Date fields

Step 7: Click the Lookup to select an Appointment Type:

  • 001-Acad Year
  • 003-Ent Y1
  • 006-Semester
  • 007-Qua Apt
  • 008-Two Qua Ap
  • 014-Ent 1 of 3
  • 015-Ent 2 of 3
  • 016-Ent 3 of 3
  • 017-Multi AY

Guidelines

  • Appt Type is a required field.
  • Certain fields become editable based on the Appt Type field that you select.
Appt Type

Step 8: Optional: Select an Other Action.

  • Use this field to initiate no changes, cancelations, short work breaks, and other actions. To learn more about other actions, see the Appendix.
Other Action

Step 9: Optional: Select an Adjust value to adjust the EffDt, End Dt, or Multi Term Date, then enter dates:

  1. Enter an EffDt
  2. Enter an End Date
  3. Enter a Multi Term Date

Adjust values:

  • Early Term: End Dt and Multi Term Date fields become editable.
  • Late Start: EffDt field becomes editable.
  • Other: EffDt, End Dt and Multi Term Date become editable.
Adjust field shows Other. Effective Date, End Date, and Muti Term Date fields are editable

Step 10: Use the Lookups to select the Weighted Teaching Units (WTU) OR the FTE.

  • WTU and FTE update each other.
  • The Lookups open tables with pay decimal equivalents. Only valid values (according to PIMS) are accepted. A warning message will appear if unvalid value is entered.
  • You might need to use the Advanced Lookup to find the closest approved value to your desired value.

 

WTU and FTE values update one another

Step 11: Optional: Enter the Entitlement, if appropriate.

  • If the employee has an entitlement, enter the number of WTUs that they are entitled to for that academic year if the work is available.
Entitlement

Step 12: Review the Actual CompRate.

Actual CompRate

Step 13: Review the Term Rate.

Term Rate

Step 14: Optional: Select Unconditional if the employee has a full year, full time employment.

  • Checking this box alters the Appointment Notification.
Unconditional checkmark

Step 15: Optional: Select REH Annuit if the employee is a rehired annuitant.

REH Annuit

Step 16: 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.
Diff Appt

Step 17: Optional: Click Save for later.

  • The changes that you made on the current page are saved, but not submitted.
Save for later

Step 18: Select Ready if the entire row is correct and ready for processing.

Ready checkmark

Step 19: 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.
Save & Submit

12 Month – Enter appointment data

  • Use this procedure to enter data for 12-month appointments.
  • 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.

Step 1: Verify and update the Position Nbr field, if appropriate.

  • Only active position numbers are allowed.
Position Nbr

Step 2: Verify the Job Code.

  • Verify or update the position data based on the Position Nbr that you entered.
  • Decide whether a new employee record is needed. If the job code is changing, then a new employee record is required based on the standard job stacking process. For more information, review the CHRS Position Paper on Job Stacking Strategy.
Job Code

Step 3: Verify and update the Grade, if appropriate.

Grade

Step 4: Verify and edit the Base Rate, if appropriate.

Base Rate

Step 5: Click the Lookup to select an Appointment Type:

  • 002-12 Month
  • Appt Type is a required field.
  • Certain fields become editable based on the Appt Type field that you select.
Appt Type

Step 6: Optional: Select an Other Action.

  • Use this field to initiate no changes, cancelations, short work breaks, and other actions. To learn more about other actions, see the Appendix.
Other Action

Step 7: Enter the EffDt.

EffDt

Step 8: Enter the End Dt

End Dt

Step 9: Use the Lookups to select the Weighted Teaching Units (WTU) OR the FTE.

  • WTU and FTE update each other.
  • The Lookups open tables with pay decimal equivalents. Only valid values (according to PIMS) are accepted. A warning message will appear if unvalid value is entered.
  • You might need to use the Advanced Lookup to find the closest approved value to your desired value.
WTU and FTE values update one another

Step 10: Optional: Enter the Entitlement, if appropriate.

  • If the employee has an entitlement, enter the number of WTUs that they are entitled to for that academic year if the work is available.
Entitlement

Step 11: Review the Actual CompRate.

Actual CompRate

Step 12: Optional: Select Unconditional if the employee has a full year, full time employment.

  • Checking this box alters the Appointment Notification.
Unconditional

Step 13: Optional: Select REH Annuit if the employee is a rehired annuitant.

REH Annuit

Step 14: 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.
Diff Appt

Step 15: Optional: Click Save for later.

  • The changes that you made on the current page are saved, but not submitted.
Save for later

Step 16: Select Ready if the entire row is correct and ready for processing.

Ready checkmark

Step 17: 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.
Save & Submit

Appendix: Other Actions

This appendix explains the Other Actions menu choices. Menu choices vary by EE group.

Action
What it does
No Change
  • Uses the same information as was in the last term.
  • Sends a notification to the employee
  • Does not enter new job data.
  • Makes the rest of the row read-only.
  • Do not use this value if you make any other changes to this row.
Canceled
  • Used to cancel an appointment either in the middle of the approval process or after the transaction has been loaded to job.
  • This action sends a notification to the employee and adds a canceled row to job data.
  • See the Cancel an Appoint Job Aid for additional details.
Revision
  • Used to update an appointment either in the middle of the approval process or after the transaction has been loaded to Job Data.
  • This action sends a notification to the employee.
  • Adds a DTA/CNR to Job Data.
Short Work Break
  • Sends a notification to the employee to indicate that there is no work for that term.
  • Adds a short work break row to Job Data.
SWB - No Work Available
  • Used for an employee being placed on short work break prior to end of existing appointment duration because there is no work available.
  • This action sends a notification to the employee and adds a short work break row to job data.
SWB-Decline Work
  • Used for an employee being placed on short work break prior to end of existing appointment duration because the employee has declined work.
  • Sends a notification to the employee.
  • Adds a short work break row to Job Data.
Termination
  • Adds a row to job data to terminate the employee on that effective date.
~Manual Load to Job
  • Action for the final approver when the transaction is unable to be loaded to Job Data using the module

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