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SPA Process User’s Guide
Chapter 3 – Navigation

Logging On to the SPA System

To log onto the SPA system, each agency must have:

  • A connection to the Comptroller’s office mainframe,
  • Security access into the Comptroller’s office mainframe and
  • Security access to the SPA system.

Each SPA user must have a user ID, SPA profile and SPA Application Security Profile assigned by the agency’s security coordinator, which together provide security access to the Comptroller’s office mainframe.

Procedure

  1. Enter USAS on the Texas Map log-on screen or on an agency’s log-on screen.
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  2. Press Enter. The Texas Comptroller Access screen appears.
    VTAM/Switch 6.3  Session Manager                                 Term: TCP50779
                                                                     Date: 07/14/2011
    Please enter your userid and password                            Time: 08:49:50
    
       User ID  : _______
       Password :
    
    
       New Password :
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  3. Enter the user ID in the USER ID field.
  4. Press Enter. The system tabs automatically to the PASSWORD field.
  5. Enter the user password.

    Note: If a user does not sign on to the Comptroller’s mainframe for more than 30 days, the user’s password is suspended. The agency’s security coordinator must reset it.

  6. Press Enter. The Uniform Statewide Accounting Session Manager screen appears.
    VTAM/Switch 6.3       Application Selection       User: TEST111  Term: T10123EA 
    ===>  _______________________________________________________________________
     
    Select one of the following applications to start a new session
    
     1 USAS(P)   USAS PRODUCTION  ACTIVE    19 SPRS(C)  SPRS CONVERSION  ACTIVE
     2 USAS(T)   USAS TRAINING    ACTIVE    20 SPRS(P)  SPRS PRODUCTION  ACTIVE
     3 USAS(S)   USAS AGY SETUP   ACTIVE    21 SPA(TEST SPA USER TEST    ACTIVE
     4 SPA(P)    SPA PRODUCTION   ACTIVE    22 USAS(C)  USAS CONVERSION  ACTIVE
     5 SPA(T)    SPA TRAINING     ACTIVE    23 TINS(C)  TINS CONVERSION  ACTIVE
     6 USPS(P)   USPS PRODUCTION  ACTIVE    24 TINS(M)  TINS MAINT TEST  ACTIVE
     7 USPS(T)   USPS TRAINING    ACTIVE    25 N/A-25                    INACTIVE   
     8 USPS(S)   USPS CONVERSION  ACTIVE    26 SFS (L)  DEPLOYMENTS      ACTIVE
     9 TINS(P)   TINS PROD        ACTIVE    27 SFS(K)   PARALLEL         ACTIVE
     10 HRIS(P)  HRIS PRODUCTION   ACTIVE
     11 FACTS    FACTS PROD        ACTIVE
     12 N/A-12                     INACTIVE                                          
     13 TSO      TSO ON PROD       ACTIVE
     14 USPS(C)  USPS PROD CAL     ACTIVE
     15 CICS     CICS CPA          ACTIVE
     16 USAS(A)  USAS ACCEPTANCE   ACTIVE
     17 HRIS(A)  HRIS ACCEPTANCE   ACTIVE 
     18 USAS(F)  FINANCIAL REPORT
    PF1-HELP  PF3-END  PF7-BACKWARD  PF8-FORWARD  PA1-ROTATE
    
  7. Select system number 4 (SPA).
  8. Press Enter. The SPA News screen appears.
  9. Press Enter again and the SPA Menu appears.

    Note: If Pause/Break is pressed, a blank screen appears. The SPA Menu can be accessed by entering PAMENU and pressing Enter twice.