Overview
This job aid shows benefits officers how to generate and submit the PSR Outbound Interface file.
Background
- The CalPERS Pension System Resumption (PSR) interface is an automated interface exchange of data between the CSU and CalPERS for processing Payroll, Retirement and Health enrollment information.
- For CSU, CalPERS will update their system with information (daily T-Log feeds) from the State Controller’s Office (SCO/PIMS), CSU’s pay agent and the campus Human Resources production environment.
- Therefore, it is important that the campus benefits staff ensures that all appointment information is updated in PIMS prior to processing PSR benefit transactions.
- You submit the file using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Run PSR Outbound Interface file before running the PSR inbound Interface file.
Create the PSR Outbound Interface file
Step 1: On the CSU Administrator Home, click the CSU Benefits Administrator tab.
Step 2: In the navigation panel:
- Expand Interface with Providers node.
- Click CSU PSR Interface.
Optional navigation: Navigate to Menu > Benefits > Interface with Providers > CSU PSR Interface
Step 3: Search for Run Control ID. If you do not have a run control ID, click Add a New Value to create one called [Campus]_PSR_OUTBOUND.
- The CSU PSR Interface page opens.
Step 4: Complete the fields:
- Business Unit: You can run this process for only one business unit at a time.
- Email Contact: Enter the email address of the technical support person at your campus. This contact receives Success/Fail messages.
- Finalize - Send to CalPers: To generate and send a file to CalPERS, select the Finalize – Send to CalPers checkbox.
- If this field is not checked, the program runs but the permitting event transaction will not send. Errors will be processed and will show up on the error table but the CSU Permitting events tables will not be updated and the file will not be generated. Also, the process to encrypt the data and send the file to CalPERS is only activated if this box is checked.
Step 5: Click Save.
Step 6: Click Run.
- The Process Scheduler Request page opens.
Step 7: On the Process Scheduler page:
- Select the CSU PSR Interface - Outbound process (CSUPSRO).
- Click OK.
Step 8: Open Process Monitor.
Step 9: Click Refresh until the Distribution Status is successfully Posted.
Review the log files
Always review the log files, even when the Run Status says success.
Step 1: Click the CUSPSRO link.
Step 2: Click the CSUBB02C link.
Step 3: Click View Log/Trace.
Step 4: Click to view the output file.
Step 5: Review the output.
The .OUT file automatically FTP’d to CalPERS when the Run Status is Success and there’s data in the file. If there are no transactions to send, the file is not FTP’d to CalPERS. The screen shot below is an example of what the end of the file looks like when there are no transactions to send and there are transactions in error.
Step 6: Return to the Process List page.
Step 7: Click the CSU_PSRFTPO link.
Step 8: Click View Log/Trace.
Step 9: Click the .log file to open it.
Step 10. Review the process log and make sure that there are no issues or errors on the log. The screenshot below shows an example of a process log with an issue that requires a solution.
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