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(Last updated 04/15/08)


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redball:  >>> RETRO! <<< (04/15/08)

RETRO PowerPoint Presentation

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STRS Employers' Creditable Compensation Guide

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greenball: EXCEL SPREADSHEET TEMPLATES (02/14/08)

STRS Payoff 10D Automated

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 WHERE IS MY REPORT?! (06/13/05)

Has this ever happened to you?: You request a report, wait a reasonable length of time, then look in the Print Queue, and - - - hey, it’s not there!  Assuming that it must have fallen into a black hole, you resubmit the request and it still doesn’t show up!

Chances are that it is still in the Queue waiting to be executed, especially when the system is busy.  How can you tell?

When you use the "P" option to get into the Print Queue and see that your report is not there, a "J" option will tell you the status of your request - deferred, waiting, or executing.  If you see only your session listed, then your job is probably finished and should now be in the Queue.

yellowball:  If you are running the online display of account detail using Minisoft and can't get the ENTER key to show you all the detail, here is something for you to try...

Start Minisoft and change the following parameters in Config.

1. Select Config from the menu bar. Select Special. Look for and check the box entitled RETURN=ENTER in Block Mode. Click Save.

2. Select Config from the menu bar. Select Keyboard then Mapping. Click on the ENTER key in the numeric keypad section of the top keyboard. Press the Delete Map button at the bottom of the screen. Click on the RETURN key located below the BSPACE key on the bottom keyboard. Press the Map button then the Done button at the bottom of the screen.

3. Select Config from the menu bar. Select Save.

Your ENTER key and RETURN key should now operate the same. This should help when you are logging on and you press the wrong key. It should also help when moving through the display detail screen.

Those of you with brave hearts and strong bones 12 ways may want to give this a try...

Let us know how you like this option.

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greenball:  Here are some useful features in the employee name lookup in the financial system.

When entering a person's last name, two new symbols can be used to help in the search. An @ can be entered to give a generic type of lookup. The only requirement is that one or more characters precede the @. Here are some examples:

Entering a last name of FRE@ will return possible last names of
FREEBORN
FREEMAN
FREEER
FRENCH
FREY

Notice that all of the returned last names begin with FRE. Just make sure that all characters entered prior to the @ are valid for the desired search.

The other symbol is an *. This will return all last names after the first found person. Here are some examples.

This option is not used on the student system.

Entering a last name of * will return all employees for the district. Entering a last name of F* will return all employees beginning with F through the rest of the alphabet. Entering a last name of Z* will return all names that begin with Z.

This symbol can produce a rather long list of names so be careful.

If more than 992 employees are found for any given search, the first 992 employees found will be presented in alphabetical order. To see the remainder of the selected employees, press the function key F4. This will return the next 992 employees. Since the program selects the employees to be displayed in a sequential read of the masterfile and new or modified employees are added randomly at the end of the masterfile, all groups must be checked as each group can contain employees with last names from A to Z. Just because the desired person didn't show as part of the first group, don't give up. They will probably show in the next group.


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