Cal Answers Financials

Ad Hoc Analysis - Finance

Can I run a concurrent analysis without leaving my current one?

This is helpful when you need to compare two different sets of results within the same dashboard. You can create a bookmark link and open it in a new tab.

You can also open a new tab and go to calanswers.berkeley.edu to go to another dashboard.

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How do I select multiple filter values in the dashboard prompts at the same time?

Single vs. Multi-Select

Prompts with a checkmark allow you to select one value.

Drop-down menu with single selection allowed

Prompts with checkboxes allow you to select multiple values.

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Cal Answers Payroll dashboard live and HR dashboard updates

May 14, 2020

Cal Answers Payroll and HR Communities,

As part of the UCPath conversion, we have updated the Cal Answers Payroll dashboard and we are pleased to announce it is now live with data from UCPath. The Payroll dashboard you have been using up to this point has been renamed Legacy Payroll dashboard and now includes only pre-UCPath data through March 8, 2019, and post-UCPath expense transfers performed in PPS through September 30, 2019. We have also made significant updates to the Position Management and Workforce Detail dashboards.

Payroll dashboard

The payroll dashboard is...

Cal Answers HR Reporting now available

April 2, 2018

Cal Answers and HR BAIRS Community,

We are pleased to announce the Cal Answers Campus Workforce (HR) dashboards are now live. The Cal Answers team partnered with Human Resources professionals from central and campus units to develop dashboards to replace the HR reporting currently in BAIRS, which is being retired in December.

Please take this opportunity to use Cal Answers for all seasonal HR reporting activities while BAIRS is still available to ensure you understand how to find the information you need within the new Workforce Detail and Workforce Summary dashboards....

Cal Answers General Ledger Reporting dashboard now available

April 19, 2018

Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,

The Cal Answers Financials General Ledger (GL) Reporting dashboard is now available. The reports in this dashboard replace the GL summary and detail reports in BAIRS with Cal Answers functionality and global access to campus financial data. Cal Answers functionality includes the ability to filter, include, exclude, and move columns on the fly;...

Cal Answers Gifts in Suspense Accounting Report now available

May 24, 2018

Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,

We are pleased to announce there is a new Cal Answers report available called Gifts in Suspense Accounting. This report displays gifts that are waiting for processing and answers the question “What gifts am I expecting that haven't been processed yet?” The Gifts in Suspense Accounting report is part of the Gift and Endowment Reporting dashboard. It is relevant to units that receive gifts and to the processing units...

Payroll data in BFS and Cal Answers

April 17, 2019

BFS and Cal Answers Community,

Now that UCPath is live, payroll journals will post in BFS and be displayed in Cal Answers more frequently. As a result, we will no longer send email notifications when payroll data are made available in reports.

Payroll expense transfers processed in PPS for pre-UCPath payroll entries (transactions for pay periods ending 03/09/19 and prior) will continue to be posted once a month in BFS with the PPS data available for reporting in the legacy Payroll Expense report in Cal Answers.

If you have questions about using Cal Answers or BFS,...

Saved Customizations and Bookmark Links

Now Enrolling! 2 Cal Answers Basic Navigation Training Session in May

April 24, 2018
Want to learn how to navigate the Cal Answers student data subject areas to access, format and print your data tables? Student Data* Basic Navigation Training

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