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Understanding Earning Codes
Published: January 30, 2025
Introduction The Texas A&M University System set up and defined earning codes as part of implementing the Workday human capital management (HCM) and payroll system. Earning codes are a controlled data element critical to any Workday Payroll…
DRAFT – Understanding Subsidiary Ledger Budgets versus General Ledger Fund Balance
Published: November 12, 2024
NOTE:November 2024: This FAMIS white paper was written in 1991 yet remains relevant today. It has been edited and updated but is by and large presented in its original form. In FAMIS, budget authority is given to cost centers by budget entries in…
Understanding Emoluments
Published: July 19, 2024
This whitepaper addresses processing emoluments by the Texas A&M University System and integration with Workday and FAMIS.…
Understanding County Earnings
Published: July 19, 2024
This whitepaper addresses the unique funding structure and payroll processing for Texas County Extension agents by the Texas A&M University System and Workday. County Extension agents receive funding from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the local county government.…
Budget Module Update – Spring 2023
Published: July 21, 2023
Background In FAMIS, the budget module is a collection of screens, processes, and functions that allow the A&M System and its member institutions and agencies to develop the operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The outputs of the…
Understanding the FAMIS Chart of Accounts Structure
Published: July 29, 2020
Introduction The Texas A&M University System uses the Financial Accounting Management Information System (FAMIS) fund accounting financial software. Chart of Accounts / Account String The format of the FAMIS “account string” or “chart…
Summer Group Insurance Premium (GIP) Allocation Process
Published: July 29, 2020
Background and overview With the Texas A&M University System’s implementation of Workday HCM, the responsibility of the cost allocation of benefits moved to the process that integrates Workday HCM with the A&M System financial systems (FAMIS,…
Role Review Process Improvements
Published: July 29, 2020
Background The TAMUS Office of Information Technology’s (OIT) System Enterprise Applications (SEA) department supports multiple security role review processes for its FAMIS and Single Sign On/related applications and the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)…