2019v1 UMDashboards Release

NickRelease Notes

Enhancements

  1. UMD Dashboard Launcher
    a. New, modernized look.
    b. Images and text scale with screen size and resolution.
    c. Addition of a link to the Office of the Provost’s Strategic Mission page.
  2. UMD Fund Balance Dashboard Renamed
    a. Now titled KFS Balance Dashboard
  3. UMD KFS Balance Dashboard
    a. IMPORTANT: Now reflecting cash balances under fund balance columns to improve
    intuitiveness and visualization of a unit’s/account’s cash position
    i. Positive Fund Balance=Surplus
    ii. Negative Fund Balance=Deficit
    b. Addition of “Division” Filter
    c. Renamed:
    i. Non-Restricted Accounts to State Support Unrestricted & Restricted Accounts
    ii. Restricted Accounts to Non-State Support Restricted Accounts
    d. Redeveloped Non-State Support Restricted Accounts
    i. Displaying “Award Total” and “Project to Date Expenses”.
  4. Award Total = object code 6356 from account’s balance sheet.
    ii. Added “Burn Rate”.
  5. Burn rate calculation: Project to Date Expenses/Award Total
    iii. Addition of “Days Remaining” column
  6. Days Remaining = Project End Date – Today’s Date
  7. UMD Award $$’s by Agency & Sponsor
    a. Addition of “Subdepartment” filter

New Training Resources

Training resources are now available on the collaborative UM Dashboards Analytics page: https://go.umd.edu/umdanalytics.

Training materials available include:

  1. UM Dashboards User Manual
  2. UM Dashboards QuickStart Guide
  3. UM Dashboards Logging in Tutorial Video

New Short URL

UMDashboards Short URL: go.umd.edu/dashboards.

The previous URL of https://dashboards.umd.edu/idashboards/sso is still functional.