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Frequently Asked Questions - General Login
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    What is a UCSBnetID and UCSBnetPassword?
    How do I obtain my UCSBnetID and UCSBnetPassword?
    My UCSBnetPassword does not work. How do I reset it?
    What are the restrictions for the UCSBnetPassword?
    My listed contact information is incorrect. How do I correct it?
    Which browsers are supported for use with Academic Personnel web applications?
    Why do I need to enable cookies/javascript?

Frequently Asked Questions - Additional Compensation
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    Where can I get more information about additional compensation?
    What is additional compensation?
    What are the limits on additional compensation?
    Who is responsible for assuring that the maximums are not exceeded?
    Can I pay summer salary to a faculty member who is on leave fall quarter?
    What is a faculty consultant payment?
    I input a Faculty Consultant by-agreement payment but when the payment was made it was less than it should have been. What did I do wrong?
    What is the difference between an “intercampus one-time payment form” and a “multi-campus appointment form”?
    What limitations are there on intercampus one-time payments?
    How do I process a one-time payment form?
    How do I put the one-time payment in PPS?
    A faculty member wants to be “released to grant”. What is that, what kind of approvals do I need, and how do I put it into PPS?
    A faculty member wants to be paid their ‘housing allowance”. What is that and how do I pay it?
    How do I know what days during the summer can be used for additional compensation payments?
    Can I pay all 3/9ths of summer salary my faculty member is earning during the same month?
    How do I know which chart to use to figure payment of summer 1/9ths?
    What title codes do I use to pay additional compensation?
    How do I pay 1/9ths from Non-State Funds (Extramural funds)?
    What is the NIH cap?
    How do I pay out Startup 1/9ths or other 19900 funded 1/9ths?
    How do I pay 1/9th on 19900 funds split between two months?
    I’ve been told to pay out a flat dollar amount of summer compensation, not 1/9th. How do I do this?
    How do Summer Session payments figure into additional compensation limits?
    When can I pay someone an administrative stipend?

Frequently Asked Questions - Case Processing & Reporting Application
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    What are the requirements for using the on-line Case Processing Application?
    I need more help. Who can I contact?
    What kinds of documents will the application accept?
    What do I need to know before I scan in documents?
    How should I scan in or upload letters of recommendation?
    What happens if I need to upload a revised document?
    How do I add an electronic signature to a document?
    What do I need to do before my faculty can sign their Safeguard Statement?
    How do I remove Tracking Changes from my Word Documents?
    How do I make the Budget & Planning Teaching Report upload better?
    How can I find out where in the process a case is?
    How do I sign my safeguard statement?
    What is the Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members Annual Report?
    How do I complete my Outside Activities Report Electronically?

Frequently Asked Questions - Payroll Personnel System
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    Do I have to put a without salary employee in PPS to get them a UCSBnetID?
    How do I process a faculty separation and rehire as an emeriti?
    I’m trying to add a recall appointment and the emeriti faculty is no longer in PPS, what do I do?
    I have a faculty member who is approved for a quarter of childbearing and ASMD. How do I reflect both in pps when they are in the same quarter?
    My department is hiring a new faculty member and they are going to be on leave for the first quarter of the appointment. How do I put this in PPS?
    Do I need to enter the step information on the distribution line for an affiliated appointment?
    I have a faculty member going out on a medical leave. What leave type should I use in PPS?
    What is the difference between an “intercampus one-time payment form” and a “multi-campus appointment form”?
    What limitations are there on Multi-campus appointments?
    How do I process a multi-campus appointment form?
    How do I put the Multi-campus appointment in PPS?
    How do I do PPS input for a Postdoctoral Scholar?
    How do I know what salary rate to use on the appointment and distribution lines?
    What is a “basis paid over”?
    What is a duration code?
    What vacation accrual code should I use for an academic appointment?
    What do I put in the FTE field?
    How do I know what to put in the “step” field?
    What is the “o/a indicator” field?
    What about employee relations codes and employee relations units?
    What do I use for the “next salary review date” for an academic?
    Where can I find all of the codes used in PPS?
    What do I do if a 9/12 employee is signing their paperwork after the pay start date?
    How do I hire a Teaching Assistant or Associate starting September 1 for fall quarter?
    How do I input a merit increase for an academic employee?
    How do I input a promotion for an academic employee?
    How do I input a leave for an academic emloyee
    How do I enter visa information into PPS?




    


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