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CAPPS System Changes - November 2024

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

  • Apply Indexes to PC tables to improve performance when running project costing programs. (CSD SR-60653)
  • A custom edit on the Receipt page will provide an error message if an Asset ID is used and is in “Disposed” status to prevent the AP/AM interface from sending bad data to AM. (CSD SR-60124 / ASP SR 41324)
  • Apply code to copy in the universal field values from the source vouchers into the various voucher styles (ADJ, CORR, MVA, MVR). (CSD SR-60120 / ASP SR 41187)
  • Rewrite Outstanding Pre-Encumbrance Report to CAPPS. (CSD SR-60040 / ASP SR 35739)

CAPPS HR/Payroll Changes

  • Agency administrators are now able to review who approved performance documents in the audit history. (CSD SR-60134 / ASP SR 43617)
  • Managers will now be able to see Time and Labor details of their indirect reports including Time Certification, Shift Pay, Time and Leave Setup and Override Scheduled Workday details. (CSD SR-60142 / ASP SR 44665)
  • T&L superusers now have query access to agency-specific default setup data. (CSD SR-60159 / ASP SR 46611)
  • T&L supervisors will be able to view the Leave Liability Report with correct column headers and correct totals. (CSD SR-60184 / ASP SR 49069)
  • New fields were added to help provide more pertinent details on the Leave Balances by Agency Report. (CSD SR-60198 / ASP SR 50669)
  • For employees with two lump-sum (LSV) entries in a single paycheck, payroll will now process without any errors. (CSD SR-60234 / ASP SR 52595)
  • ESS users will be able to update and add direct deposit instructions without inadvertently inactivating their direct deposit. They will now receive a warning message and have the option to prevent saving unwanted changes. (CSD SR-60253 / ASP SR 53519)
  • Candidates who already exist in CAPPS will be successfully processed with updates to their personal data at the time of hire without errors. (CSD SR-60308 / ASP SR 54802)
  • The 180-day process (ASTL0101) will now inactivate T&L records, zero out leave balances and inactivate shift information for 069 (Death) terminations so that they are inactive in T&L and do not have any leave balances or active shift assignments. (CSD SR-60385 / ASP SR 55811)
  • The audit trail of batch transferred documents status will be viewable to reconcile historical transactions across various queries. (CSD SR-60741)
  • The SPRS Payroll Outbound Process is now configurable so that new General Deductions can be configured and processed through SPRS. (CSD SR-60959)
  • A new PS query was created to identify employees who do not have an ABBR amount on their primary job record. This will help identify and correct employee information prior to payroll processing to ensure employee benefit deductions are accurate. (CSD SR-60984 / ASP SR 55354)
  • T&L supervisors will no longer receive invalid error messages when adding a new shift enrollment row for a rehired employee. (CSD SR-61106)
  • The PEI process will not create data outside of the parameters set on the run control page. This removes duplicate rows for dual/concurrent employees and will only include the terminations and prior state service information defined on the run control page. (CSD SR-61815)
  • Time entry access for employees is now based on agency configurations for allowable days, so manager or TL superuser intervention is not needed to perform time entry. (CSD SR-62277 / ASP SR 55129)