SSIS Update - Issue 497

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SSIS Update

Issue 497

10/15/2018

SSIS Help Desk position open

Do you have experience in SSIS? Do you have Mentor or Coordinator or other extensive experience in SSIS? Looking for a new challenge? There is a current posting for a Human Services Program Representative 1 in the SSIS Business Operations Unit at DHS! This position is open to external applicants through Wednesday, Oct. 17.

As a Tier 1 SSIS Help Desk professional you will provide a point of entry for information and problem resolution for Social Services Information System (SSIS) users throughout Minnesota. In this position you will work in a high volume and time sensitive environment and must be able to research, analyze and determine how to provide effective user support. This position can have a significant impact on ensuring all SSIS users throughout the local agencies and Child Safety and Permanency Division (CSP) internal staff understand how to enter data correctly to support the policies, practices and rules for each program area. You will play an influential role in the development, implementation, testing and maintenance of a centralized process for intercepting, routing and responding to the needs and questions of its users.

Apply through Minnesota Careers by October 17. Job ID is 27264. Contact Cynthia Shypulski (651-431-4791), SSIS Business Operations Supervisor, with questions.


November SSIS Worker and Fiscal Mentor Meetings have been cancelled

The November SSIS mentor meetings have been cancelled in order to encourage county/tribal staff to attend the annual Minnesota Child Welfare Conference on November 14-16.

SSIS version 18.4 contains minor enhancements and fixes but no significant functionality changes. Department staff wants to respect the time and resources of local agency staff who would normally attend the mentor meetings and will continue to communicate further details about SSIS 18.4, including release notes and training resources.


SSIS tip: Re-opening workgroups

Workgroups can be re-opened by staff who have the ‘Reset Errors’ function assigned to their role. To re-open a workgroup, right-click on the workgroup and select Maintenance>Re-open Workgroup. There is no restriction to re-opening case management or assessment workgroups. 

Local agencies may re-open intakes workgroups if they are still in the “Intakes Needing Action” stage. Maltreatment reports can be re-opened within 30 days of closure. After 30 days, intake workgroups cannot be reopened by the local agency, and require a data fix request through the Help Desk to re-open. If this occurs, a policy review of the request may also be required.

There are limited circumstances in which a worker needs to re-open a workgroup. Most final data clean-up can be done while the workgroup is closed. Case notes, time records and appeals information can be completed at any time without re-opening the workgroup.

Appropriate reasons for re-opening a workgroup include: when the workgroup is closed in error; when the DHS quality assurance review team has asked to have the workgroup re-opened as part of work needing completion, or if the local agency conducts a reassessment of a workgroup close.


SSIS Repository upload

data-upload

The next SSIS Repository upload will be October 25, 2018 for agencies that are not yet centralized.

Note: Agencies no longer need to email the DHS Help Desk or other MNIT staff when monthly uploads have been completed. If an upload is not completed by the deadline, MNIT staff will reach out individually.


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