The purpose of this document is to assist campus users with troubleshooting items that arise in TAE.
Helpful Tidbits
- Transactions with the same Appointment Number cannot be approved, pushed back, or deleted individually, they must be approved, pushed back, or deleted together.
- Once the “Send Appt Notification” step has passed, any changes made to the appointment on the My Approvals page, will not appear on the employee’s appointment notificaiton. If user needs a change made to appear on the employee’s appointment notification, then user will need to push back the transaction prior to the “Send Appt Notification” step. The “Send Appt Notification” step is identified on the CSU TAE WorkFlow Steps page.
Appointment Notifications
Based on the EE Group, only a certain number of appointments can have the same appointment number and appear on the same Appointment Notification. If more than the allowed appointments are created under the same appointment number, then the appointment notification will not display all the appointments on one appointment notification.
CHART: EE Group and Number of Appointments that can have the SAME Appointment Number and appear on the SAME Appointment Notification
EE Group |
Number of Appointments that can have the SAME Appointment Number and appear on the SAME Appointment Notification |
01-Lectures | 3 |
02-Counselors | 3 |
03-Librarians | 3 |
04-Coaches | 3 |
05-Summer | 3 |
06-Substitutes | 2 |
07-Extensions | 3 |
08-Additional Employment | 3 |
09-TA | 1 |
10-GA | 1 |
11-ISA | 1 |
12-TA Substitutes | 2 |
13-TA Summer | 1 |
14-Extension Non-Credit | 3 |
The Appointment Notification will fail to display an end date if the incorrect date field is completed and approved.
If the Appointment Notification has been changed mid process from a Lab to a Lecture, then the Appointment Notification will not print the correct information. To resolve this, the appointment must be fully canceled and then resubmitted.
Appointment Numbers
Unfortunately, once multiple appointments are submitted with the same appointment number they cannot be separated. The only way to separate the appointments is to request CMS to delete the data from the TAE Staging, History, and Letter tables. A ServiceNow ticket will need to be submitted with the following information:
- CHRS ID
- Empl Record Number
- Department ID
- EE Group
- Appointment Number
When this occurs, user will be need follow the “~Manual Load to Job” process:
- Manually enter the transaction into Job Data, based on the information on the My Approvals page.
- Return to the My Approvals page, select “~Manual Load to Job” in the Other Action field, check the “Approve” box and click “Save & Submit”.
- The transaction will no longer appear on the My Approval page.
CI Load to Job Reports
If the employee you tried to Load to Job, does not appear on the Successful Load to Job Report or the Load to Job Error Report, confirm the following before submitting a ServiceNow Ticket:
- The Action/Reason is correct.
- The Eff Seq is not 1 or more without an Eff Seq of 0 being loaded at the same time. (Note: DO NOT change the Eff Seq to 0 unless the row that has Eff Seq 0 is changed first.)
An appointment may fail to load for various reasons. Review these messages to identify the potential cause.
These messages may differ based on the scenario, as they are only examples of what might appear. If the message you received is not listed, a ServiceNow ticket may be required.
Meaning: Error has occurred that is beyond your troubleshooting abilities.
Next Step: Submit a ServiceNow Ticket.
Meaning: User trying to load the transaction into Job Data is not authorized.
Next Step: Message should only appear if the user is missing security role: CHR_PT_PeopleSoft_Advance. If it is found that the user has the security role and is still receiving the message, submit a ServiceNow Ticket.
Meaning: Action/Reason is missing or incorrect.
Next Step: Review and update accordingly.
Meaning: Action/Reason is missing or incorrect.
Next Step: Review and update accordingly.
Meaning: Action/Reason is missing or incorrect.
Next Step: Review and update accordingly.
Meaning: Action/Reason is missing or incorrect.
Next Step: Review and update accordingly.
Meaning: The Job Component Interface failed due to previous or other errors.
Next Step: Check for any other errors that occurred when the transaction was submitted and update the appointment accordingly.
Meaning: One of the data elements entered for the appointment is incorrect and causing the record not to load to job.
Next Step: Check for any other errors that occurred when the transaction was submitted and update the appointment accordingly..
Meaning: One of the data elements entered for the appointment is incorrect and causing the record not to load to job
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: The job code being used for the transaction is missing from the Process Defaults page.
Next Step: Check the Process Defaults table to verify if the Job Code is missing. If it is, submit a ServiceNow ticket.
Job Aid: Set up CSU TAE Process Defaults
Meaning: The appointment effective date is before the employees Person Data (Modify A Person) effective date.
Next Step: Review Person Data (Modify A Person) to see when the effective date is. If the person date is after the effective date of the appointment, you will need to push back the appointment for a revision.
Meaning: The end date is missing.
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: A required field is not completed.
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: The following employee and empl record number have failed.
Next Step: Start by checking the Empl Record Number linked to the appointment.
- If it’s correct, review any related errors and make necessary updates. If the error continues, verify all appointment details (e.g., Action/Reason).
- If it’s incorrect, use the Unlock process to update the Empl Record Number.
Meaning: Action/Reason is missing or incorrect.
Next Step: Review and update accordingly.
Meaning: Integration is down.
Next Step: Submit a ServiceNow Ticket.
Meaning: Salary Plan entered in Position Data is incorrect.
Next Step: Review Position Data and make the necessary changes.
Meaning: There is another job row with an effective date greater than the input effective date.
Next Step: Complete the Manual Load to Job process.
Meaning: There is another job row with an effective date greater than the input effective date.
Next Step: Complete the Manual Load to Job process.
Meaning: The Grade entered in Position Data is incorrect.
Next Step: Review Position Data and make the necessary changes.
Meaning: Head count of 2 exceeds maximum head count of 1 for position.
Next Step: Review Position Data and make the necessary changes.
Meaning: Date is out of range (back dated or future dated by 30 days).
Next Step: Check for any other errors that occurred when the transaction was submitted and update the appointment accordingly.
This is a soft error and should not prevent the transaction from loading.
Meaning: Hourly Rate is less than the minimum range.
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: The pay has not changed but the action/reason is a pay change
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: The Salary Plan or Grade entered in Position Data is incorrect.
Next Step: Review Position Data and make the necessary changes.
Meaning: The Job Component Interface failed due to previous or other errors.
Next Step: Check for any other errors that occurred when the transaction was submitted and update the appointment accordingly.
Meaning: The Appt Type is missing from the appointment.
Next Step: Review the appointment and update accordingly.
Meaning: The Standard Hours for the Salary Plan need to be reviewed.
Next Step: Submit a ServiceNow Ticket.
Meaning: The record cannot stack due to different Pay Groups
Next Step: Review Job Data for the employee regarding the Pay Group and make any necessary changes.
Disappearing Transactions
This issue can arise for several reasons. Start by checking if you can locate the appointment. Based on your findings, one of the factors listed below may help explain the situation. Before submitting a ServiceNow ticket, please confirm the following:
Confirm the appointment has been submitted and has not been "Saved for Later" on the appointment data entry page. This can be by going to the Transaction Status page or navigating to the Appt Data Entry page and searching for the employee.
Determine if the empl record number the appointment was submitted under belongs to the campus submitting the request. Often times the data entry user will change the empl record number and select one that belongs to another campus. To determine ownership of the empl record number use CSU ID Search.
If it is found that the empl record number was originally associated with another campus, you will have to coordinate with that campus to have the appointment deleted and then work with the data entry user to resubmit the appointment under the correct empl record number.
Confirm that the approver has the correct Dept Row Level Security. They must have access to the department the appointment is submitted for, to see the appointment on the My Approval page.
Confirm that the approver on the correct page, looking at the correct EE Group, and has tried to enter the Empl ID in the search field on the My approval page. Often times the approver needs a little extra assistance in locating an appointment.
If certain fields (Term, Session, Appt Type, Eff Dt, End Dt, etc.) do not match exactly what was entered for the original transaction that was loaded to job, the Cancel After Loaded to Job process will not work. When certain fields do not match what was originally entered for the transaction, the module treats the cancelation as if it is a Mid-Process Cancel rather than a Cancel After Loaded to Job. Using the TAE Approval History page review the original transaction submitted and the transaction submitted as a Cancel.
- If the certain fields (Term, Session, Appt Type, Eff Dt, End Dt, etc.) are different, the transaction will need to be submitted again with the fields matching.
- If all the field are matching a ServiceNow ticket will need to be submitted with the following information:
- CHRS ID
- Empl Record Number
- EE Group
- Details of the Original Appointment from the TAE Approval History page review
- Details of the Canceled Appointment from the TAE Approval History page review
When “No Change” is in the Other Action field, the transaction does not load to job and will fall off the My Approval page once the Appointment Notification has been sent.
This could occur for various reasons. Begin by confirming the following items below. If any of the reasons for the notification was NOT generating, the reports NOT appearing and the transaction NOT loading to Job and disappearing, are listed below, will need to submit the transaction again.
- On the WorkFlow Approvers page, confirm that the user who approved the transaction has access to the Final Load to Job step.
- On the Workflow Steps page, confirm that the workflow is set up correctly for the transaction being submitted. You will want to confirm that the workflow has the Load to Job and Send Appt Notif box checked at one of the steps.
- On the User Profile page, confirm the user has the CHR_PT_PeopleSoft_Advance role.
If after reviewing, it is found that the reason for the notification was NOT generating, the reports NOT appearing and the transaction NOT loading to Job and disappearing, is not listed above submit a ServiceNow ticket. The ServiceNow ticket will need to be submitted with the following information:
- Details of the Original Appointment (CHRS ID, Empl Record Number, EE Group)
- Details of Final Approver (CHRS ID, Campus ID, Approval Workflow access)
- Image of the Workflow Steps
- Details of the appointment from the TAE Approval History page review
Late Start/Early Term
On the Appointment Data Entry page, normally this should be entered as appointment type 020 (AE – 16th WTU), however the module does not have this capability. Therefore the appointment must be entered using type 021 (lump sum) to process the additional WTU as a lump sum.
On the Appointment Data Entry page, normally this should be entered as appointment type 020 (AE – 16th WTU), however the module does not have this capability. Therefore the appointment must be entered using type 021 (lump sum) to process the additional WTU as a lump sum.
Session Code
There are two reasons that this could be occurring:
- First review the Session Code table and confirm that a Session Code has not created starting with a zero. If a Session Code has been created, you will need to update this on both the Session Code table and the Term table.
- Second review the Term table to confirm that the Description and Short Description field only have numbers, letters, and spaces. If the Description and Short Description field have other characters beyond that, you will need to update.
This could be occurring because the Term table has not been setup correctly. The Description and Short Description field on the Term table should only have numbers, letters, and spaces. If the Description and Short Description field have other characters beyond that, you will need to update.
There are two reasons that this could be occurring:
- First review the Session Code table and confirm that a Session Code has not created starting with a zero. If a Session Code has been created, you will need to update this on both the Session Code table and the Term table.
- Second review the Term table to confirm that the Description and Short Description field only have numbers, letters, and spaces. If the Description and Short Description field have other characters beyond that, you will need to update.
Setup/Configuration
Users are not able to insert a step in the middle of the workflow as the module does not have that functionality. To add a step to the workflow, users will need to add the step at the end of the workflow and relabel the prior steps. This process is explained through the Update TAE Approval Workflows Job Aid
- If you set up your workflow by EE Group and job code, you need to search by EE Group and job code on the Workflow Approvers page.
- If you set up your workflow by EE Group, job code and department, you need to search by EE Group, job code and department on the Workflow Approvers page.
- If you setup your workflow by EE Group and department, you need to search by EE Group and department on the Workflow Approvers page.
- If you recently inactivated a workflow and did not create a new Workflow with a higher month than the recently inactivated, then the new workflow step will not appear on the WorkFlow Approvers page.
When "Auto-Change by Position Nbr" is selected if more than one incumbent shares the position number the most recently added incumbent will pull. You will need to uncheck the "Auto-Change by Position Nbr" field so that the approver does not update.
Reports
This issue can occur for several reasons. Before submitting a ServiceNow ticket, verify that you have the correct role (CHR_TF_Appr_Auth_Error_Log) and check that the email was not filtered into your spam folder.
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