Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.0 Upgrade
The upgrade to the Oracle PeopleSoft Financials software from version 8.4 to 9.0 is almost upon us. The conversion process is scheduled to begin at noon on Friday, March 13th, and be completed Monday afternoon, March 16th. The EIS Financials system will be available once again to users at all campuses on the following Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
Every effort has been made to minimize the impact of the upgrade on the users of the Financials system. The unavailability of EIS Financials is not very problematic since the upgrade schedule is taking advantage of UNT’s holiday for Spring Break on Monday, March 16th. Since the campus is closed for the holiday, the only time that the system will be unavailable to UNT users during regular business hours will be in the afternoon of Friday, March 13th. Though the UNT Health Science Center (HSC) is open on March 16th, the EIS Financials environment will not be accessible to HSC users that day.
The users in the various administrative and functional areas for UNT, HSC, and the UNT System have been diligently working over the past several months to become familiar with and test the new version of the software. It has been quite an interesting experience for all of them as they discover enhanced features and new functionality in this latest version of PeopleSoft Financials. Purchasing and Payment Services at UNT and the Purchasing Office at HSC have also spent many weeks preparing training and documentation for e-Procurement users in an effort to aid users in their transition to the new version.
The Financial Information Systems Team (FIST) and the Application Infrastructure Management Team (AIM), as well as several other technical teams within CITC, have spent many months preparing the hardware and software for this upgrade. A major aspect of this process is the trial runs of the upgrade. The trail run activities include performing all of the steps, multiple times, necessary to convert data from the old version of the software to the new version. Both the functional users and technical teams have been heavily involved in this process to facilitate and prepare for the big event.
There is much anticipation and confidence that this upgrade will be a success. All of the hard work that has gone into this undertaking is now coming to fruition. It has truly been a challenging and exciting project and all involved are anxiously awaiting the go-live.
Additional information about the upgrade is available at the following electronic resources:
