This job aid shows approvers and payroll personnel how to push back a Temporary Academic Employment (TAE) appointment so prior approvers can make revisions.

Step 1: Click the Navbar button.

Step 2: Open the menu.

Step 3: Navigate to CSU TAE My Approval.

• Menu > CSU Temp Academic Employment > CSU TAE Approval Workflow > CSU TAE My Approval page
• Alternately, use the CSU TAE Approval Chart tile to navigate to this page.

Step 4: Enter any search criteria for the transaction you want to push back:

• Business Unit: Verify that the Business Unit is correct.
• EE Group
• Dept ID
• Job Code
• Position Nbr
• Approval Status
• Approval Level
• Term
• Session Code
• Approver ID
• Empl ID
• Submitter ID
• Look Back Dt
• Appt#

Step 5: Click Search.

Step 6: Open the Approval tab.

Step 7: Click the Pushback lookup to select a prior step in the workflow.  

Step 8: Select the appropriate step in the workflow to push back to.

Step 9: Select the step in which the revision is required.

If you select 0, send an email directly to the originator.

Enter a valid reason in the Reason field.

Step 10: In the Comments section, indicate the approver on whose behalf you are pushing back.

• The comments field is visible to the approvers, so use this field to relay information.
• Include the reason for the pushback and the name of the approver on whose behalf you are executing the pushback.
• Keep comments within the character limit.

Step 11: Click Save & Submit.

• The system reverts the workflow to the specified prior step.

IMPORTANT: Currently, mid-process revisions cause the Action/Reason to update to an incorrect value. Always review the Action/Reason if Revision is in the Other Action field.

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