Financial Administration

Implementation FAQ

While the Shared Financial System modules are designed to work together, it is possible to implement individual pieces. E.g., an institution that wants to retain its purchasing and accounts payable systems may choose to implement the SFS general ledger. Or an institution that wants to retain its general ledger (and interface to the SFS) may want to bring up purchasing and/or accounts payable.

Those institutions that are planning on retaining their general ledgers beyond Phase 3 will need to replace the interface to the legacy general ledger with on to the SFS. This will need to happen no later than July 1, 2001. Interface requirements will be developed and communicated to those institutions during the current fiscal year (1998-99).
Those institutions that are planning to implement the PeopleSoft general ledger in any one of the three phases will need to determine which on-campus systems need to be interfaced to the new general ledger. Any non-PeopleSoft financial modules (e.g., purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing) will either need to be interfaced to the SFS, or results data can be keyed in to the general ledger. Journal generator capability exists to help automate these interfaces; as more information is gained on this, it will be communicated to the affected institutions.