Welcome to A&F Administrative Systems. Our goal is to provide A&F staff with the systems, software, and training that's needed to do your jobs with excellence. Please use the menu above to navigate our application and desktop support areas. Should you need further assistance, please refer to the contact information to the right. Our office will be happy to assist you.
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Applications HR Direct 9.2 Upgrade Complete
The HR Direct application upgrade is complete and the system is available. You must clear your browser cache daily when accessing HR Direct. Click HERE for the job aid on clearing cache.
Applications Internet Explorer 10 PeopleSoft Compatibility Workaround
Various PeopleSoft compatibility issues exist with Internet Explorer 10 (such as spinning clocks and timeouts on certain search panels). To resolve these issues PeopleSoft Finance and HR should be run in Compatibility Mode for Internet Explorer 10 (this is not necessary for IE 9 or other browsers). To set IE 10 to use this mode for PeopleSoft, please read the jobaid here.
General OfficeMax purchases require access to BuyWays
With the new OfficeMax contract you will need to be a shopper or requisitioner in BuyWays to place orders:
- To become a requisitioner, please sign up for training at http://www.umass.edu/wld/working-umass . If you do not already have access to Finance or BuyWays you must also submit a Finance Access Request .
- To become a shopper, please have your business office, supervisor or department head email afs-secadmin@admin.umass.edu with your name and department. For the addition of multiple shoppers in a department, please use the Shopper Template
For more information on the new OfficeMax contract, please see the Procurement website at www.umass.edu/procurement
General Heartbleed Vulnerability
Questions about the Heartbleed Vulnerability? Check out OIT's latest announcment here
Desktop A&F-Wide Java 1.7 Upgrade and Impact
In order to keep A&F Desktops secure, all A&F computers have been upgraded to the latest version of Java 1.7. Most users will not notice any change, however, users of the HR and Finance Mobius Batch Report Tool will need to perform an additional step in order to print their reports. Instructions on this printing workaround are here. Users of Buyways may enounter a blank screen, which can be reloaded by pressing the F5 key.