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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)…