To add financial detail to generic or Budget Grouping specific salary placeholders
Navigation: NUPlans Contributor> Add Salary Data Websheet
1 Select Placeholder Type
- Generic New Employees – allows data entry for 5 generic salary placeholders per Budget Grouping
- Budget Grouping Placeholders – allows data entry for Budget Grouping specific placeholders that have been added in NUPlans Web
2 Select Placeholder from the drop-down menu
3 Select appropriate Department/Project combination (optional)
- Budget Groupings that budget by Home Department do not see this selection for Budget Grouping Placeholders
- Department/Project selected does not need to match departments/projects entered for the placeholder data
- Department/Project is used to restrict visibility to entries for users who have security limited by specific departments and project (rare.)
4 Select number of lines to display
- When editing previous entries, you may need to select a higher number to see all previous entries for the placeholder
5 Click Refresh to update the data entry grid based on selections
6 Enter data lines for placeholder
a. Placeholder Approval
§ Blank – Same as Unapproved
§ Approved – Only approved placeholder lines flow to budget
§ Unapproved – Entry is not approved to flow into budget
b. Fund, Department, Project, Account – Funding Chartstring for placeholder
c. Amount – Placeholder salary amount before benefits
d. Comments
e. Funding Status Change
§ Remove Funding – zeroes out amount and prevents line from flowing to budget
§ Reactivate – reactivates proposal line, reestablishes amount if previously entered
§ Blank – same as Reactivate
7 Click Refresh to save changes
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