1. February 2011 Presenters: Rick Grunewald Pama Manoranjan
Position
Control-Part 1
February 2011
Presenters: Rick Grunewald Pama Manoranjan

2. Recording date of this workshop is
February 15, 2011.
Some of the rules and procedures discussed in this workshop are subject to change.
Please check university resources before relying exclusively on this recorded presentation.

3. Course Objectives
Describe what position control is and its basic function
Explain what a position is
Understand the basic building blocks of DEPPS
Choose and complete appropriate position control forms
These are our course objectives. After today’s session you will be able to:

4. Course Objectives – Continued
Become familiar with position control and DEPPS terminology
Track the routing of each form
Navigate through the Query Position conversation in DEPPS and extract necessary information

5. What is position control?
The process of creating and modifying positions within WSU’s Departmental Payroll Personnel System (DEPPS)

6. What is the Office of Position Control?
The Position Control Office processes position transactions
Provides support to the Budget Director through financial analysis of salaries and positions

7. POSITION
POSITION

8. Position
A specific set of duties and responsibilities and its concurrent financial resource requirements identified by a position number.

9. The Building Blocks of DEPPS

10. EMPLOYEE
Appointment
POSITION
POSITION
Assignment
ACCOUNT

11. Position Control Forms
Position Action
Expense Assignment Action
Position Identifying Description Change Form

12. Working with Position Control Forms

13. Exercise 1 Set up a new position beginning 2/16/09
Permanent, term=12, Acct B
Area 90, Dept 8710
Title 105G Administrative Asst 3
Range 39 Step A /month
100% Allocation and 100% FTE REQ # 2057

14. Exercise 2 Abolish position 205796
Last date of active position=3/31/09
Area 37, Temp position, 9 month, Cycle Start=8/16, dept 2870 Base rate $2586
Present Position Description: Vacant
Title Code 9905 Title Description Staff Asst
A Effort 50 %

15. Exercise 3 Do an Expense Assignment Action Name: Mark Perelli
FTE 100%, permanent position #222111
ID Number
Transfer expense temporarily from 2/1/10 to 4/30/10 on B
Original account= N
Academic year faculty (8/16 thru 5/15)

16. Exercise 4
Put a new hire into position effective 2/1/09. I’ll give the Before stats.
Position and Travel Exemption Sys Req #: 2107
Name: Vicki Jackson ID #
Same title
80% FTE and Allocation %
(2161 X .80 =1728)
Permanent funding change to: B

17. Routing

18. DEPPS Navigation
Query Position QPSN
QP^######^APTSL
QP^######^ASG
ACRL
ALCN
BASE

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20. Thank you for attending Position Control Training!

21. WSU employees attending this session via videoconferencing and who wish to have it recorded on their training history must notify HRS within three days of the session date: