5.4.0 Is Now Available

What You Should Know

Release Overview

We are excited to share these highlights for the Anthology Finance & HCM 5.4.0 release. Your feedback is invaluable as we build solutions to serve you.

Anthology Inc. continues to improve performance and reliability in the product as described in the Resolutions section of the release notes as applicable.

Timeline

July 18, 2023 - Anthology Finance & HCM 5.4 available

Check Service Desk to confirm your upgrade window.

Release Highlights

Student Accounting

Finance

• Multi-Selection additions

  We have improved efficiency by adding multi-select capabilities to both the Sending checks/deposit to Student History and Integration request forms.

• Enhanced validations for posting checks based on Integration configuration

  We have added additional error handling for instances when users attempt to post Checks even when the Accounting configuration is not set to "Anthology Finance & HCM."

Human Resources

• Faculty Type field enhancements:

  In our ongoing efforts to enhance usability, we have moved the Faculty Type so that it's no longer imbedded within the IPEDS reporting tab. You can now easily locate this filed in the following areas:

  • In Modules > Human Resources > Positions > All positions > Open any position > Expand the General Tab > Note "Faculty type" drop down

    AND

  • In Modules > Human Resources > Positions > All positions > Open any position

  • Select Changes timeline > Manage Changes > Select Position details tab > Note "Faculty type" drop down

• IPEDS reporting enhancements

  We are also enhancing our IPEDS reporting functionality by bringing you the ability to report in either Summary or Detail. "Summary" is our default option that shows the aggregate totals for each report. The new "Details" option will break those aggregate totals down and show you the First and Last name of each employee making up those totals. You will see this option in our first wave of reports which includes:

  • Staff totals by gender and race/ethnicity

  • Staff by assigned position

  • Staff totals by assigned position

  • Staff worksheet

Improved Synchronization between Anthology Finance & HCM and Anthology Student

• Email formatting changes:

  Previously, when creating a worker in HR, it was mandatory to provide a primary email address with a minimum length of six characters, excluding the '@.domain' portion. Now, customers can create employee/staff profiles with any number of characters. This ensures successful synchronization between the two applications.

• Clearer and more complete data sent to General and HR tabs of Staff records in Anthology Student

General Tab: Address field sent from HR to HR tab in Student

HR Tab: Date Hired, Position, Department fields changes entered in HR sync appropriately to Anthology Student

• Newly added validations and clearer messaging for criteria required for successful synchronization

  With this latest release, we're improving the process by which newly created or updated Employee/Worker/Faculty records in HR automatically sync to the Staff record in Anthology Student. These improvements include additional validations and clearer messaging for potential blockers to a successful synchronization.

Fund Source Management

We have moved the Fund Source Posting form to its own independent navigation option, allowing users to more easily access and update appropriate data. Additionally, we have revamped the user interface (UI) of the form to ensure consistency with other Finance and Operations (F&O) forms. These modifications have been implemented to provide a streamlined experience for users, enhancing overall usability and navigation efficiency. You can find this new form in the following location:

• Modules > Student accounting > Financial Aid Fund Source > FA Fund source posting

Integration Logs

We have made improvements for the logging functionality that allows our Anthology teams to better assist in troubleshooting issues reported with the Anthology Student integration.

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