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Business system Convenience! You now have the ability to create, save, and retrieve user-created report templates in the Asset Management, Finance, Human Resources, and Purchasing applications.

TRS Non-OASDI Employer Contribution (HRS4500) Report: To accommodate the new TRS Non-OASDI (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) employer contribution, effective September 1, 2014, this report has been added to calculate the new expense and interface to finance.

User profiles relocated! Budget and Finance user profiles have been removed from the respective applications, and are now included on the District Administration > Maintenance > User Profiles page.

Districts are encouraged to order blank 1099 and W2 forms for the

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student system Creating course sections just got easier. The Copy Course Section tab al-lows you to copy existing information about a course into brand new course sections, saving you time.

The Course Codes tab allows counsel-ors to access the GPA Override, Special Course Considerations, AAR Use, and Grad Plan Use Code fields without having access to student grades.

Need to quickly find which students don’t have schedules for the school year? Look no further than SGR0010, Students Without a Schedule. Painless.

Test Scores now include maintenance for the ACT Plan and EOC English Transition.

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txSuite SystemtxConnect PortaLive is here! Real-time data is now just a click away. When a parent logs on, he is viewing the very latest data. No need to wait for the server to refresh to get more current information.

The new txGradebook User Log report is now available for administrative users, allowing you to easily view user activity log data by page, user ID, or both.

For a list of additional program changes and maintenance for txSuite, check out the “What’s New in txSuite” link, which can be found in the Table of Contents for txGradebook Help.

Volume 1 | Issue 3 | Summer 2014TxEIS PLUS

Newsletter

Judi Sparks

TCC Manager

Listening to you, our clients, at TCC is strategically important to us. Because “We Listen,” you have a powerful voice into the TxEIS product road map. The toolset TxEIS provides is focused on your needs to meet the increasing demands on business and student information for local, state and federal requirements. Keep talking to us – it makes a difference! Thank you for your support.

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Our MissionProvide a single comprehensive administrative software package to school districts, charter schools, and education service centers throughout the state of Texas.

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What is TxEIS PLUS? TxEIS PLUS is TxEIS plus txSuite, hosting, disaster recovery, support, and training.

TxEIS SystemTimed out, need more time? The Session Timers page was added to the Dis-trict Administration application allowing you to set session timers for all TxEIS Business and Student applications. The session timers must be greater than or equal to 20 minutes and less than or equal to 240 minutes (i.e., 4 hours).

Contact your ESCfor more information.

Business Continued coming school year. When the blank forms are used, the entire form text is printed by TxEIS, avoiding those annoying alignment issues.

Non-Employee records… A new maintenance page was added allowing you to establish non-employee records without entering them to the Human Resources application. This page is located under the new Maintenance menu option in District Administration.

No account code? No problem! The Allow JV Account Creation field was added to the District Administration > User Profiles > Permissions tab; if selected, you can save a journal voucher entry on the Finance > Maintenance > Postings > Journal Budget and Journal Actual tabs with an account code that does not exist in the Chart of Accounts. The account code will be created upon saving the record if all account code components exist in the tables.

Student Continued Time to stock up on envelopes. These reports will display the student or parent/guardian’s address in the window of a number 10 standard window envelope.• SGR1160 Interim Progress Rpt from Gradebook• SGR1300 Secondary Rpt Cards (2 sem)• SGR1350 4 Sem Report Card• SGR1400 Elementary Rpt Card

Things change. Texas has required that schools no longer use social security numbers as staff IDs, but instead use their district-generated employee numbers. We’ve got you covered. The new Set Staff ID to Employee Number utility in Registra-tion will do just that for you. Other pages and reports have been changed, too. Check out the Release Documentation for more information.

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Did You Know?The Texas Computer Cooperative consultants from all 20 service centers have 2160 years of experience? All

that knowledge at your fingertips.

Contact your ESCfor more information.

MEET THE TCC

Charlyn Sciacca TxEIS Student Specialist

Q: How long have you worked at the TCC? A: Twenty-seven years and counting.

Q: What were one or two of your favorite projects? A: Back when the program was called RSCCC, I enjoyed be-ing part of a committee which had input into the design of the Elementary Grading application. Also, have enjoyed convert-ing data from other programs into RSCCC/TxEIS. You really learn a lot about the logic of how the program works that way.

Q: What’s something you enjoy doing when you get home from work or on the weekends? A: My husband and I both like to fish. Although I’m what you call a “fair weather” fisherperson. If my husband is starting to catch fish, my line goes into the water. If not, I have my Kindle and also a set of binoculars for bird watching.

Q: Do you have any pets? A: I’ve had all kinds of pets over the years, but mainly cats. My most unusual pets were a turtle (when I was eight) and a guinea pig (when I was in my 20’s).

Do you think just tells you what you already know? Think again. You’ll learn something new every time you click the little, but powerful, button on the top right of any TxEIS application. Try it and see for yourself.

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tx Connecttx ConnectPortaLivePortaLive

Installation steps have changed!See the txSuite Installation Checklist for the revised instructions.

What Does That Mean?Before, data was retrieved from copies of the Student database, which were “transformed” into data for txConnect using the Transformation Service. This process occurred at specific points during the day.

Now, txConnect parent portal data is live! The data is pulled directly from the Student database. Every time a parent requests data, the real-time data is captured in a “snapshot” that remains static for the remainder of the session. Need to refresh data? No problem. Each time you log on, a new “snapshot” is captured with up-to-the-minute data.

Why is This Better?• When a parent logs on,

he is viewing the verylatest data. No needto wait for the serverto refresh to get morecurrent information.

• Plus, there are fewerchances that errorsare introduced in theprocess.

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Real-time data is now just a click away!May the Transformation Service Rest in Peace

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