BIG Benefit Spotlight:
Shattering Crystals with XML Publisher
 If you do not know what a Crystal Report is...skip this! If you do, then you know we have experienced our share of challenges with these reports. This is especially true of the PeopleSoft Tools Upgrade last October.
The good news is that all Crystal Reports are being converted to XML Publisher. The even better news? You don't have to do anything different to get your report. The changes required to make these new reports run all takes place behind the scenes. You will run these reports through Run Control as always -- but the result should process more efficiently and look more professional.
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 Unit testing is on schedule and the testers are confident they are going to provide you, the user, with the cleanest financials work environment possible. At this point in the project, EBS staff and agency partners are running numerous test scenarios on enhancements that are unique to the State of Oklahoma to make sure that everythng ends up where it is supposed go. When they find a misstep -- it is called a bug and it has to be eliminated and the scenario retested.
 We are IN! Retrofits are complete and the EBS Upgrade Team is in the new test environment "unit testing" or "systems testing". We are finally getting a look at how 9.2 behaves with our enhancements and test data! For those of you keeping track on the map above, we have reached another milestone and have moved solidly into the Building Phase. Follow along on your own Milestone Map.
Survival Guide to Go-Live - REMINDER
Hard Freeze August 29
Any queries -- public or private -- created, modified, copied, etc., after August 29, 2014, WILL NOT be available in the new 9.2 version when it goes live.
What You Can Do To Prepare:
- Mark your calendar NOW! "Aug. 29 - Query Freeze".
- Do NOT build, modify, or copy queries after Aug. 29.
- Understand that any queries you build, modify, copy, or receive after Aug. 29 will not be available once we Go-Live.
- For Query Managers, if you must build, edit, or copy, decide how you plan to handle those queries after Aug. 29.
- Notify people you regularly assist with new queries -- let them know how you, as a Query Manager, plan to handle your queries after Aug. 29.
- Do not wait until Aug. 29 to develop a plan or to execute a plan.
- If you MUST build, modify, copy, or receive a query after Aug. 29, record the information about it: the name, data included, where it came from, is it public or private?
Don't forget! Queries you provide to others after Aug. 29 will have to be rebuilt and tested thoroughly by you, as the Query Manager, once we are live. Because private queries, are just that -- private -- EBS is limited in what it can do to assist individual users with private queries.
REMEMBER: Public Queries that exist prior to Aug. 29 will be carried over into the upgraded environment, so keep notes on modifications and distribution you may do after Aug. 29.
How is EBS attempting to address private queries that currently exist? See the June 12 Financials Buzz.
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