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In 2022, Stanford Financial Management Services will launch a new course focused on financial stewardship expectations. This course will replace the Financial Confidentiality course, which serves as a pre-requisite to gaining access to many financial systems and tools.

Topics Include: New Expenditure Details report view, new ad hoc user forum, managing your aging and force cleared transactions and more

The Client Satisfaction Survey is an ongoing conversation with the Stanford community to learn about their experiences with the financial tools, systems and services that FMS provides and uses that feedback to inform strategic initiatives and continuous improvements.

Authority Manager is the Stanford-developed tool used to grant employees access to the university's many administrative systems. As the number of business applications used at Stanford increases, keeping track of who has authority to access data and perform administrative tasks becomes more complex...

Fingate's user-centered redesign improved the website's functionality and received positive feedback

Stanford upgraded its version of Oracle Business Intelligence on April 19. The upgrade has little to no impact on the current user experience but provides the technology base to release future improvements. If you experience problems or see unexpected results, we recommend you clear your cache and...

Topics Include: ER Cleanup, Labor Schedule Enhancement and OBI Upgrade

This debut issue of a new quarterly newsletter provides the financial community with resources and practices to support them in their role and toward the university's broader pursuit of excellence in financial stewardship.

Based on feedback from our campus users and the number of support requests submitted to the Financial Support Center, FMS is introducing a new Oracle Financials Inquiry Tool to improve system efficiency and awareness of transactions requiring pending action by yourself or others. The new Pending...