NISC Overview of Most Recent Software Update

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The IS department has recapped the recent changes that came along with the NISC update - here are some things you should know organized by NISC module:

First to note is that NISC iVue has a new Desktop Manager which is no longer based on Java. As Oracle has changed the licensing for Java, NISC is working to move off of the Java platform.

ABS – Payroll

  • WA Family Medical Leave report needed for reporting later this month.

  • When an employee is associated to an Individual type AP Vendor, any updates to the name fields, address fields, and Business Phone/Ext and Mobile Phone/Ext fields are also updated on the vendor if they are changed on the Employee screen, or updated on the employee if they are changed on the AP > Vendor screen.

  • Report Changes (If any of these reports are part of a scheduled or recurring job in Job Manager, you will need to mark the report or process complete or inactive and resubmit it.)

  • The Job Class field was added to the Employee Totals Detail report parameters. When the Employee field is set to All, you can select a Job Class; otherwise, this field is disabled. The available options in this field are limited to job classes defined in PL > Administration > Job Class.

  • Important Note: Individuals who use ABS Authorization hyperlinks in an email or a PC running Java 11 must run the iVUE Desktop Manager being provided as part of iVUE 2.45 in place of Java WebStart. This is due to a series of changes from Oracle on Java®. Click here for for instructions on installing iVUE Desktop Manager or please contact the IS Dept for assistance.

ABS - Finance

  • Report Changes (If any of these reports are part of a scheduled or recurring job in Job Manager, you will need to mark the report or process complete or inactive and resubmit it.)

  • The Show Comments field was added to the Chart Of Accounts report parameters.

  • An Account Type field was added to the Summary Trial Balance report parameters which allows you to include All, Income & Expense, or Asset & Liability GL account types to the report.

  • Invoice Group was added to the EFT Extract report parameters. When Invoice Group(s) is selected, only invoices with the specified group are included on the report and a payment is created for each EFT amount indicated. The default is All.

CIS - Customer Information

  • Job Manager Settings for Recurring Reports/Processes

  • When a report or process changes in one of the following ways:

    • 1) new field added, 2) new selection added, or 3) left navigation name changes, if it is part of a scheduled or recurring job in Job Manager, mark the report or process complete or inactive and resubmit it. Do not delete the job or job group as it deletes all output from prior runs.

  • Changes were made to the following screens and require your attention if they are part of a schedule or recurring job.

    • Reports > Analysis > CT/PT Analysis – Added Inv And CT Or PT Different To Billing Multiplier field

    • Reports > Customer Management > Daily Interval Rdg Analysis – Added Interval Reading Date field and Split Month Billing checkbox

    • Reports > Messenger > Payment Arrangement Due Notif – Added Number Of Days Prior To Due Date field

    • Reports > Transaction/Activity > Payment Activity Listing – Added option to Apply field

    • Processes > Credit/Collections > Credit Transfer – Added option to Prepaid field

    • Processes > When using Account Level Transfer/Refund, a new Across Providers, Same Account option is available from the Action field for the transfer portion of this process, allowing for transferring balances across providers for the same account. Prior to this change, the transfer would only transfer across accounts for the same customer. When this new feature is used, the process only allows you to run the transfer by itself and does not allow the refund to be run at the same time. All other pre-existing features continue to allow both transfer and refund to be run at the same time.

Work Management

  • NISC Document Vault™ now ignores customer numbers when at a Location Level search. Previously, the customer number wasn’t cleared when searching/navigating at a Location Level, causing customer numbers to be attached to Vault documents for unassociated service orders.

MapWise

  • Now, when you place a span and conduit at the same time, the gs/st conduit feature is updated with the correct assembly default fields.

OMS

  • OMS now integrates with ABS Work Orders to allow you to link outages to work orders and create work order numbers based on outages.

  • Substation/feeder data is no longer lost once master outages are created when a switch is opened upstream of existing outages.

See the full release notes here:  https://community.nisc.coop/servlet/JiveServlet/download/55134-5-123192/Utility_2_45_ReleaseNotes_CombinedPDF-new.pdf

 

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