News about upcoming improvements to FAMIS.
Extending the time-out period for FAMIS
Published: June 15, 2023
To extend the session time-out period, a configuration setting in Open Text/Host Explorer must be changed. To change this setting: Open Session Properties by either: Right-click on the new profile icon and select ‘Properties’ to open the Session…
Tuesday, 5:20 p.m. FAMIS 3270, Canopy, integrations and SSO apps are up!
Published: November 22, 2022
FAMIS 3270 and Canopy are up and operational; all integrations are now running.All SSO applications are active. There is a known issue with occasional dropped 3270 sessions. We are continuing to work to find and resolve the underlying…
Tuesday, 10:45 a.m., AggieBuy access is now available
Published: November 22, 2022
AggieBuy is back online! We anticipate all remaining applications to be fully functional by mid-afternoon…
Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., FAMIS and Canopy are back online. Known issue with occasional dropped 3270 sessions
Published: November 22, 2022
FAMIS 3270 and Canopy are up and operational. Known Issue: we are seeing occasional dropped 3270 sessions, we are aware of the problem and working on the issue. Please just log in again and let us know if you have additional issues. Integrations…
Monday, 8:30 p.m., Services Coming Back Up
Published: November 21, 2022
FAMIS 3270 and Canopy are up and operational; integrations are being turned on tonight and tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. AggieBuy access is targeted for 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. We anticipate all remaining applications to be fully functional by…
Monday, 1:20 p.m., It’s a GO!
Published: November 21, 2022
We are continuing to move forward with the implementation as planned. It is anticipated that the replatformed FAMIS will be operational no later than 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22. The team will continue working through some issues over the next…
Sunday, 5:45 p.m., Issues encountered, work will continue into Monday
Published: November 20, 2022
The team has made great progress this weekend; unfortunately, we have encountered a couple of issues that must be resolved. Our implementation partner, Anubex, has delivered a fix that will still need to be thoroughly tested before we can go-live. To…
Sunday, 11:00 a.m., Conversion Status
Published: November 20, 2022
Sunday, November 20th 11:00 a.m.: A significant issue has surfaced. We are continuing to investigate and will have a go/no go decision late…
Saturday, 4:40 p.m., Systems & Integrations Back Up
Published: November 19, 2022
All systems and integrations were successfully brought up. Some minor issues were encountered and are being worked on. Technical team validation is complete. Member users will begin testing at 5:00…
Saturday, 12:30 p.m., System Validation Continues
Published: November 19, 2022
11/19/22, Saturday, 12:30 p.m., System validation continues; a few issues have been discovered and are being…
Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Data Conversion Complete
Published: November 19, 2022
11/19/22, Saturday, 9:30 a.m., Data conversion complete; system validation is beginning. No issues found at this…
Friday, 7:00 p.m., Continued Progress
Published: November 18, 2022
Friday, 7:00 p.m.: Conversion activities are progressing as expected. No issues are noted at this…
Friday, 3:05 p.m., Conversion Begins
Published: November 18, 2022
Friday, 3:05 p.m.: The initial steps in the conversion process have begun, and data migration is underway. Please anticipate approximately 24 to 30 hours for this phase to be…
Normal Maintenance Schedule:
Published: September 2, 2022
TAMU IT performs machine maintenance on Sunday mornings, so FAMIS may beunavailable until noon. Please call the TAMU IT Help Desk Central at 979.845.8300if you encounter any…
Modifications to Screens 19, 34, 69 and 74
Published: September 29, 2021
For the first time in FAMIS history, FAMIS needs to display figures in the billions. To accommodate this need, we are adding a panel to the following screens: Screen 19 (SL 6 Digit List with Category Totals)Screen 34 (Summary By Budget Pool)Screen 69 (SA…
Entire Connection functionality to be disabled on September 30th
Published: September 24, 2021
As we move forward with the FAMIS Modernization process, the Entire Connection 3270 Emulator software will be disabled. As a result, we are moving this functionality (printing or downloading from FAMIS) to Canopy. On September 30, 2021 we will…
Changes to the FAMIS Reports Database and Website
Published: August 12, 2021
On August 16, 2021, you will see changes that support better-input validation, visual validation and error feedback in: Report SearchReport RequestYear-End Job RequestTMASS Request And you will see changes that increase login security: Login with…
New Financial Systems Modernization Project Website
Published: January 28, 2021
The Financial Systems Modernization project is an initiative to replace the legacy technologies behind FAMIS and to modernize the financial systems and processes used by members of the A&M System. We have developed a project website to provide more…
Laserfiche Access Verification Process
Published: December 13, 2019
We have approximately 900 FAMIS Users that currently also have access to the FAMIS Reports and HRC Laserfiche repositories, and just like their FAMIS access needs to be expired, their access to Laserfiche needs to be removed.…
FAMIS FTP connection to TAMU Mainframe to require TLS 1.1 or Higher
Published: November 22, 2019
Beginning December 6, 2019, TLS 1.1 or higher for all FTP connections to the TAMU mainframe.…