July 2019 SAGE Maintenance Release
SAGE eGC1 & Approvals
Sponsor Deadline Added to Approvals Section
In order to give reviewers/approvers better visibility to the application’s sponsor deadline, the deadline now appears on the Approval Graph in the Application Details section.
PI Assurance Statement Updated with Multiple PI Guidance
The Assurance Statement for Principal Investigators on eGC1s has been updated to include a statement guiding them on their responsibilities for ensuring Multiple PIs from external organizations provide proper assurance, in compliance with federal regulations. The newly included verbiage reads as follows, and is visible on the Certify and Route page when the PI is logged in, and on their approval page when they have not yet noted their assurance:
If this is a multiple PI application, I understand that if I am the eGC1 PI, my approval of the eGC1 indicates I have obtained written assurances from external PIs named in this application that include this Non-UW Multiple PI Assurance Statement.
Application PI Added to Priority Email Notifications
When an eGC1 contains personnel with the Application PI role, the Application PI will now receive the following email notifications to ensure they are alerted to important changes:
- Final Sponsor Documents Required for eGC1 – reminder email for deadlines sent if eGC1 has not been marked “Ready to Submit”
- eGC1 Returned by Reviewer (campus reviewer) – to inform owners their submitted eGC1 has been returned by a campus reviewer
- eGC1 Returned by Reviewer (OSP) – to inform owners their submitted eGC1 has been returned by OSP
- eGC1 Received at OSP – eGC1 has reached OSP and will begin the central review process; includes OSP assignment
- Application Review Notice (auto generated by OSP) – generated after central review and includes OSP review comments
- Requested Documents Ready for Pickup – signed and scanned documents are uploadable to an application and are ready for pickup
- FCOI Just-In-Time notification – to indicate eGC1 has reached JIT
- Funding Action email w/Funding Action pdf attached
- Post Award Change email w/PAC pdf attached
FIX: Non-UW authorized SAGE users cannot create new eGC1
Non-UW SAGE users, such as partners as SCCA or Fred Hutch, were receiving errors when attempting to initiate new eGC1s. The system restriction has been updated, so that all persons with a valid UW NetID and an appropriate SAGE Astra Role can perform their SAGE duties as expected.
FIX: Common Interdisciplinary Org Unit Reviewer checkboxes can’t be unchecked
An issue was resolved where eGC1 preparers who had previously checked one of the Interdisciplinary Organizational Unit Reviewers to add to the approval graph, and then later wanted to uncheck the unit, were unable to do so. Users can now check and uncheck as necessary before completing the eGC1.
FIX: Activity Locations without an address display blank in summary table
In the case where a location sourced from the GeoSims database does not have an address, the summary table on the Activity Locations page will now show the test “Not Provided” for consistency and clarity.
FIX: Editing Activity Locations or International Involvement sections in Firefox causes page to freeze
An issue with Firefox and locking/freezing of the Activity Locations page on edit has been resolved.
SAGE Budget
SAGE Budget Updates to Workday Salary Data Displayed for Personnel
In order to clean up and clarify the salary distribution data presented to SAGE Budget users, the following updates were made:
- Make Institutional Base Salary more easily configurable in SAGE and update existing rules
- SAGE Budget can now be more easily updated when new Compensation Plans are added to Workday. This will ensure salaries in SAGE Budget reflect each person’s Institutional Base Salary. This release also brings SAGE Budget up to date with the Compensation Plans currently in Workday.
- Distribution % for Administrative and Endowed Supplements no longer factor in FTE
- Administrative and Endowed Supplements will now show the Distribution % direct from Workday. Previously, these Compensation Plans used the same Distribution % calculation as General Salary, which incorrectly reduced the total pay for people with supplements tied to part-time positions.
- Administrative and Endowed Supplements now included for Non-Faculty Personnel
- SAGE Budget will now include Administrative and Endowed Supplements in Institutional Base Salary for any UW personnel who have them. Previously, these Compensation Plans were only included for faculty.
Other Minor SAGE Budget Fixes
The following SAGE Budget issues are now resolved:
- FIX: 07 Retirement Benefit percent does not update when changing personnel from APL to non-APL
- FIX: The Update (Benefit) Rate button in personnel salary and benefits by period does not work
- FIX: 01-70 Changing between exemption rate settings for 01-70 staff does not result in refreshed benefits rates for individual personnel entries
SAGE Grant Runner
Populate SF424 Federal Agency from the Opportunity Data
The SF424 Grant Runner sponsor form will now default in the Federal Agency from the opportunity information retrieved from Grants.Gov, instead of the sponsor listed on the eGC1. This will improve accuracy on the Grant Runner form and reduce the risk of issues at the time of submission.
FIX: Error on History & Comments page for Grant Runner eGC1s (Released via patch on 6/19/19)
An issue has been resolved that was causing an error for users when they would navigate to the History and Comments section of the Approvals tab for an eGC1.
SPAERC Updates
- PI Titles Removed from Cover Letter to Sponsor
- Additional Fields Added to SPAERC Application Search
- Assignee Fields in SPAERC are Updated to Display First and Last Name
SERA Updates
- FIX: Unprocessing of FAs/PACs/ADVs Can Cause Errors
AUMS Updates
- Ergonomics Questions Added to AUMS/AHA Application
- Update verbiage on renewal applications
FIDS Updates
- Change of Review Status Now Allowed in Reviewer Module
- FIX: Application PI eGC1s are not displaying properly in FIDS
- FIX: FIDS SFI not displaying when in FIDS Reviewer detail