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CAPPS System Changes - February 2025

The system change information below provides a summary of the new and/or updated functionality that was implemented into the CAPPS Production environment during the indicated month, including the Service Request (SR) number for the change. This information is reviewed monthly during the CAPPS user group meetings.

The current Release Notes format began in April 2023. For additional details about the SRs listed in months prior to April 2023, CAPPS agency support staff can view the SR details via the SR ticketing system.

Contact the CAPPS Product Team at CAPPS.Product.Team@cpa.texas.gov with questions or for additional information.

CAPPS Financials Changes

  • Update the Contract Management report to properly calculate balances from legacy release amounts, payment IDs, and payment amounts, and remove duplicate voucher data from the report. (SR-60035)
  • Enforce a 10-digit budget journal ID so journals successfully process to USAS. (SR-61486)
  • Added a column to display the PO amount in the Purchase Order Results screen so a user can identify the correct PO and supplier. (SR-61552)
  • Display all associated vouchers (PO or non-PO) on the Contract Document Status page when selecting the vouchers link. (SR-62663)
  • Enable the View Journal hyperlink in cash receipts (Review History page) for users if the page is display-only. (SR-63469)

CAPPS HR/Payroll Changes

  • Administrators in ePM can now view the details of the approval status, allowing them to view second-level manager information, manager’s approval decision, and any comments. (SR-60135)
  • Oracle ePM bug fixes were applied to resolve issues involving 508-compliance, Notify page issues, and disabling the Create Documents link when no document type can be initiated by the employee selected. (SR-60267/SR-60269/SR-60272)
  • Managers will not see time entries that are deleted or zeroed out in the Needs Approval insight counts so that correct counts will be displayed. (SR-60382)
  • Administrators in ePM may transfer performance evaluations of State Active Duty (SAD) employees from inactive to active managers. (SR-61087)
  • FMLA administrators now receive a warning message when approving an FMLA leave request that has not met FMLA eligibility according to CAPPS system calculations. (SR-62816)
  • Administrators in ePM may now run a query for sub-item ratings based on the period begin date that falls within the parameter date range. (SR-61651)
  • Time and Labor users will retain the PTOLX time reporting code entries created on Aug. 1 of each year so that the prior year's PTO balance remains zeroed out. (SR-61825)
  • Added/modified features on the FMLA Balance Inquiry page for displaying the FMLA leave return date and displaying only approved FMLA leave requests. (SR-62801)
  • Administrators in ePM can now view evaluations of former employees even if they are currently employed at another agency. (SR-64049)
  • Vacation and sick leave reported on the monthly ERS Leave Balance file will be accurate when reporting for employees not eligible for accruals. (SR-64431)
  • Time and Labor users will be able to process employee changes when dealing with earliest change date and termination date dependencies. (SR-65250)