usps updates

March 2008

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Records and views have been added to UDMS for the USPDATMST.IDX and USPDATES.IDX files◦ USPDATMST Record Definition

DATES_MSTR_REC◦ USPDATES Record Definition

DATES_REC◦ USPDATEMST View Definition

DATES_MASTER◦ USPDATES View Definition

DATES

2

Modified to include validation changes for Feb. 2008 reporting cycle

released in OECN_OOPS on 02/07/2008

3

Added new valid state/territory abbreviations AA – Armed Forces America AE – Armed Forces Europe AP – Armed Forces Pacific

4

The concealed flag name has been changed to “Skip Concealed” to avoid confusion

5

CHGEMPID was incorrectly changing deferred or in-progress ATDSCN entries to posted. This has been corrected.

6

A new token representing year to date adjusted gross <ADJUSTEDYTD> has been added to both CHKPRT.DAT and DIRCHK.DAT

Will contain the YTD taxable gross from the employee’s 001federal deduction record plus the adjusted gross amount from the payroll

7

The USER_MONEY_2 and USER_CODE_2 fields can now be loaded into DEDSCN via USPLOAD

8

DEDNAM was not properly validation the state abbreviations entered. This has been corrected.

9

Updated to include new OSDI districts for tax year 2008

Released in OECN_OOPS on 01/16/2008

10

All web application backend XML RPC routines have had their file IO modified in an attempt to eliminate file locking issues.

11

The word unencumbered was spelled incorrectly on the BUDPRO report. This has been corrected.

12

The words strict and adherence were misspelled in the help for the pay date method field. This has been corrected.

13

Some warning messages were still referring to the old OBES acronym. These references have been changed to ODJFS.

14

Added several new STRS districts

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