Cardinal Tech Upgrade – What to Expect in Cardinal HCM

The Cardinal Project sent this bulletin at 05/16/2023 03:46 PM EDT

This communication is being sent to all Cardinal HCM Core Users, ESS Time & Attendance Users, HR Directors, Payroll Officers, Interface Contacts, and AITRs.

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As a reminder, all Cardinal applications will be unavailable to all users from Friday, May 19 at 5:00 p.m. through Monday, May 22 at approximately 11:00 a.m. due to technical upgrades. Batch processing will run as normal on Friday night, May 19. Refer to our last communication here for impacts. 

Below you will find an outline of the changes you will see after the deployment of this upgrade on Monday, May 22, and how they will affect your use of Cardinal HCM.

HCM Homepage Changes

Impacts: All Users

  • The Cardinal Homepage in HCM will look slightly different but will function the same.
  • A new Search Bar will be available on the Homepage. This Search bar can be used to quickly search for a specific Cardinal page by name.
  • The Menu tile will display in the NavBar, formerly known as Navigator. This feature is only available to Core Users (not ESS TA or ESS Only Users)
  • Menu Breadcrumbs will be available in the NavBar. Breadcrumbs allow you to easily view the path and click on any part of the path to return to the selected menu.
  • Favorites and Recently Visited will be available on the left side of the Cardinal Homepage for quick access.

Use the NAV205_Overview of the Cardinal HCM Homepage job aid to learn more about how to use the new features of the Homepage.

Enter Key Change

Impacts: Core Users and TA ESS Users with modify access

Instead of using your mouse to click in fields to enter values, the Tab key on your keyboard can be used to populate the selected value and navigate from field to field on the page. With this Technical Upgrade, the Enter key on your keyboard should not be used, as values may not populate and be validated.

Timesheet Tab Change

Impacts: TA Core Users and TA ESS Users

When accessing your own Timesheet or another employee’s Timesheet, the active tab can now be identified as the tab without the first letter underlined. There is no impact to tab functionality.

Timesheet page tabs. Absence tab is highlighted as the active tab.

Process Monitor Page Changes

Impacts: Core Users and VDOT TA ESS Users with reports access

When accessing the Process Monitor to verify that processes have completed and/or retrieve reports, you will find new buttons have been introduced. This includes:

  • The Clear button clears the filters and sets them to their default values.
  • The Reset button resets filters to the last saved values.
  • The Actions dropdown field allows you to quickly navigate to the Message Log and View Log/Trace links.

Use the NAV225_Generating an HCM Report job aid to learn more about the new buttons/fields.

Please email the Cardinal team at ProjectCardinal@doa.virginia.gov with any questions you have, using “Cardinal Tech Upgrade - HCM” in the subject line.

Regards,

The Cardinal Team