Department Maintenance

To request new departments or to change/inactivate existing departments, please use the eDept – Department Request / Update form in PeopleSoft.  This form can be accessed via the Galaxy portal, through Gemini > Gemini for Departments > Forms > Budget & Accounting > eDept – Dept Request/Update.

The eDept form can update the department description, parent department, manager and fiscal officer, budget journals/transfer approvers, ePAR approvers, ePUR approvers, and ePREM approvers/submitters.

Resources/Documents

• Chartfield Values – Other Fields references definition of a department

Contacts

• Department Manager/Fiscal Officer – budget@utdallas.edu
• Budget Journals/Transfers – budget@utdallas.edu
• ePAR Approvers – payroll@utdallas.edu
• ePUR Approvers – budget@utdallas.edu
• ePREM Approvers/Submitters – hr@utdallas.edu

JIRA is used to request enhancements, PeopleSoft role access, as well as report business system issues. Access to JIRA is obtained through an (eCAT) electronic computer access ticket.

A link to the JIRA Project Tracking system can be found in the Galaxy portal under “Toolbox” or here: https://jira.utdallas.edu/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa

Your NetID and password is required to log in.

Approval from Trusted Approvers is required to process a JIRA request. 

Follow the steps in the JIRA Request Quick Guide to submit service requests, including requesting access to a cost center.