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Run CSU Benefits Reports

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Overview

This job aid shows Benefits officers how to find and run delivered and CSU Benefits Reports.

Daily review items

  • A Benefits Officer must review the following items daily.
Review item  Details  Navigation 
CSUBASDL logs CSU_PERM_DEL
CSU_BA18003
CSUBA01A
CSU_BA_EV_DT
PSPBARUN
CSU_PERM_INS
Reporting tools > Report Manager
CSU Benefits Reports CSU Benefits Termination Rpt
CSU Benefits Transaction Rpt
CSU Job Changes Prior Ben Admin
CSU Process Status Rpt
CSU Snapshot Unique Constraint
Benefits > Reports > CSU Benefits Reports
Delivered Reports Invalid Elections Rpt
Report on Flagged Items
Benefits > Manage Automated Enrollment > Investigate Exceptions
CHRS BA Baseline Queries  CSU_BAS_SS_NT
CSU_BAS_SS_EVENTS
CSU_BAS_HEALTH_PERM_AUDIT1
CSU_BAS_HEALTH_PERM_MISSING
CSU_BAS_CALPERS_ID_MISSING
CSU_BAS_CALPERS_ID_MISSING_DEP
Reporting Tools > Query > Query Viewer

Report Information

Report Information 
CSU Benefits Termination RptIdentifies employees who have lost benefits for the selected report coverage date range. Employees in job codes that are on the CSU_EXCLUDE list and the ACA_Exclude list are not benefits eligible and are not included on the CSU Benefits Termination Report." See the Appendix for the CSU_Exclude list and the ACA_EXCLUDE list.
CSU Benefits Transaction RptProvides specific information about job data changes that may affect eligibility or enrollment and will require notification and a possible review by benefits staff. The report selects data where either the Job Data Action Date, Job Data Effective Date, or the Job Data Last Update Date/TIme are within the report request dates. Employees that are in job codes that are on the CSU Exclude list are not benefits-eligible, and are not included on the CSU Benefits Transaction Report. Run and use the Benefits Transaction Report daily.
  • Download and save the report as an Excel file
  • Highlight report columns N, S, T, AI and AJ
  • Sort the report by Action (column N to easily review the hires, rehires, transfers, terminations, retirements, position changes, time base changes, and to review and determine if the correct action/action-reason code was used
  • Use the highlighted columns and compare the previous Total FTE (column AI) against the Previous Total FTE (column AJ) to identify new hires, terminations, retirements and true time base changes
CSU Job Changes Prior Ben AdminDetails any changes in Job data that pre-date the Benefits Administration Start Date.
CSU Process Status RptLists all participants in a particular process status or set of status levels. The report selects data where either the Job Data Action Date, Job Data Effective Date, or the Job Data Last Update Date/TIme are within the report request dates.
CSU Snapshot Unique ConstraintIdentifies employee records causing the unique constraint error from the BEN100A snapshot process. This page is not technically a report.
Invalid Elections RptShows error messages relating to election changes
Report on Flagged ItemsReview and resolve items on this report daily. Select reports on participants flagged for:
  • Address eligibility change
  • Multijob indicator changes
  • Job eligibility changes
  • Event disconnected
  • Event out of sequence

Run a report

Step 1: Open the CSU Benefits Administrator tile.

image csu benefits administrator tile

Step 2: Navigate to the report location.

  • Reports > [report name]

Step 3: Search for your run control ID.

  • If you do not have a run control ID, click Add a New Value to create one.
image of search criteria

Step 4: Enter Report Parameter values.

  • Image below is example report. Each report might have different report parameters.

Guidelines

  • Do not select the Default - 30 Days check box and From and Thru dates.
  • Default - 30 Days:
    • For the CSU Benefits Transaction Report, the 30 day checkbox looks for Coverage Begin/End EFFDT equal to or less than 30 days from the report run date.
    • For the CSU Benefits Termination Report, the 30 day checkbox looks for Coverage Begin/End EFFDT OR Coverage Elect Date equal to or less than 30 days from the report run date.
  • New Hires: To see future enrollments for New Hires, use the From and Thru Dates. Set the Thru Date to 2 months into the future.
image of report parameters field

Step 5: Click Run.

  • The Process Scheduler Request opens.
image of run button

Step 6: Confirm the active Server

  • Name is selected: PSUNX
image of server name PSUNX

Step 7: Click OK to run the search.

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View report results

Step 1: On the report page > click Process Monitor.

image of process monitor button

Step 2: Click Refresh until the Distribution Status is Posted.

  • Some reports can take a long time to complete. If you do not want to wait for it to finish, you can come back to it later.
image of refresh button pointing to distribution status

Step 3: Click Details.

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Step 4: Click View Log/Trace.

image of actions click view log trace

Step 5: Click a file to download and view it.

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What to do next?

  • Resolve issues that you find in the report.
Expand or collapse content Exclude lists

The employees on the CSU Exclude List receive no benefits. The CSU_EXCLUDE process sets Elig Fld 1 to N.

The CSU_EXCLUD and ACA_EXCLUD lists are provided in the Benefits Troubleshooting Guide: Excluded.

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