<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear PTP Users,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="m_-9205126384170851506gmail-docs-internal-guid-c43fb0c9-7fff-ade2-c72a-c3abdea89fc9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We want to make you aware of a change in </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Oracle Procurement Requisitions (RSSP)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> related to adding approvers.</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“Add Approvers”</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> button in RSSP will soon be disabled for </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">all users</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. This means no one will be able to add ad hoc approvers when </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">creating a requisition</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This change is necessary because RSSP does not provide the same flexibility as the classic version, which allowed approvers to be added at different stages in the workflow. Disabling this option ensures requisitions follow the correct routing and prevents issues where certain roles (e.g., Transactors) are bypassed.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">What does not change:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Transactors will still be able to add approvers using the approval notification when a requisition routes to them. When approvers are added through the notification, the workflow behaves in a similar way to how it functioned in the classic version. A new guide is available on how to add approvers from the notification </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KkrX11CG1D2Mz27InR7pgEj_AcxrJ3db/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This update aligns with what was communicated to CFAOs during testing and ensures requisitions route properly through the required approval process. BFS will revisit this change in</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> 3–6 months</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to confirm it is meeting campus needs, and also to see if Oracle has provided any new functionality as options.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve and standardize the RSSP requisition approval process.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Asirra Suguitan</b><br>Associate Vice Chancellor and Campus Controller<br>Business & Financial Services</font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://bfs.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://bfs.ucr.edu/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><img width="141" height="43" src="cid:ii_19915be44ea5b16b21" alt="ucr-logo-email" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;width:1.4722in;height:0.4513in"></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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