Overview
- This article provides a detailed breakdown of how to run the NGN Recharge Summary Report
- The NGN Recharge Summary Report contains the detailed recharges posted to the department chart strings: Project, Task, & Funding Source in OFC
- The primary audience for this report are financial officers looking to reconcile the NGN recharges posted to their department ledgers
Critical Concepts
- Basic Cognos access is required to view/run this report
- NGN continues to follow salary cost transfers, previously called EPETS, now called Direct Retros
- The field in the final report with the Recharge Prior Amount, see Step #8 below, refers to NGN activity that is due to a salary cost transfer
- The source data in which NGN logic is applied to and follows is the UCPath Labor Ledger: Payroll
- The data for the Labor Ledger can be found in the COGNOS Employee Activity Hub (EAH)
- For more information related to the rules and logic leveraged please visit Blink NGN Billing Communications Access Billing
- This blink webpage has the most up-to-date information and updates on NGN recharge billing
Steps to Take
1. Log in to reports.ucsd.edu
2. Select Budget & Finance tab
3. Under Telecommunication & NGN section, click Next Generation Network Communication Users - Recharge Summary by OFC Chart String, the following report prompt page will display:
4. Choose a Month End Process Date, a required field, in order to run the report
5. Search for a Chart String Code using the parameter boxes for Financial Unit, Project, Fund, Funding Source, Function, or Task
6. If applicable, in the Employee parameter box, search for an Employee Name
7. Once selections are complete, click the Run button at the bottom of the page
8. The report will run and results will display, please be advised that the higher level of chart string elements you incorporate, the longer the report run time
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