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CAPPS System Changes - December 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

  • This enhancement enabled the integration of an asset voucher adjustment or reversal to the Asset Management module that will adjust or retire the asset as well as send the adjustment or retirement in t CAPPS to SPA interface. (SR-60046) 
  • Corrected code so when EDI vouchers are submitted to CAPPS, the 1099 attribute value is sent to USAS when the following conditions are met: the vendor has the withholding indicator checked on the Supplier Identifying Information page and the account on the voucher distribution line has the 1099 attribute set. (SR-60137)
  • Added a hyperlink in the General Ledger module within the Journal ID field in the Cash Receipts Review History screen to allow for a reference of the journal ID amounts. (SR-60148)
  • Added the ability to use SpeedCharts in the CAPPS Travel & Expense (T&E) Module for travel advance and expense reimbursements. (SR-60154)
  • Created views for accounts payable user preferences and added the new views to the query tree. This allows the ability to query the user preference data and use it for reporting. (SR-60179)
  • Created a SQL Object for travel and expense (T&E) queries for the supervisor approval workflow role. This allows for proper routing of CAPPS T&E documents (travel advance and cash advance) to the correct approver based on the criteria defined in the approval process definitions. (SR-61691)

CAPPS HR/Payroll Changes

  • Final summary rating is now visible in the View Documents page for agency and statewide admins. (SR-60032)
  • Employees with SAD1 employment standard hours are not to be counted as FMLA eligible service hours, so that the employee's FMLA eligible hours are correctly calculated. (SR-60033)
  • The Time Needs Approval Status MSS report will now display correct information for a dually employed manager at one agency and a non-manager at another agency. (SR-60129)
  • 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. Redeployed 12/19/24. (SR-60142)
  • The Audit - Position Exceptions report will now accurately display “N” in the department subtitle field for a business unit where no errors are found, and the report was converted to BI Publisher and users will now be able to run the report as an Excel data dump as well. (SR-60230)
  • New action reason Z49 with same edits as 049 has been added that will differentiate advanced progression commissioned staff. (SR-60259)
  • Changes keyed to an employee's FLSA indicator or work county will be picked up and sent to SPRS for processing, so that SPRS is kept in sync with employee information in CAPPS. (SR-60303)
  • Employee six-month continuous service date and six-month service indicator will recalculate and update as necessary when changes are made to any of their existing prior state service row information. (SR-60336)
  • Correct history role users can save 049 action reason on the first day of the prior month without getting error message. (SR-60419)
  • Allow 2nd level approval manager and/or agency administrator to view the 1st level manager and employee evaluation comments during the evaluation process. (SR-60919)
  • Manage Legislative Longevity link should display details of all effective dated rows. (SR-61690)
  • Managers should only be able to view performance management documents for their current direct and indirect reports on the Reports To Document Status report. (SR-62533)
  • The Audit - Position Exceptions report run control page will now show appropriate errors for required fields. (SR-62831)