September/October 2015 USDA Staff Acquisition Solution
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eRecruit Release Notes September/October 2015 USDA Staff Acquisition Solution October 2, 2015 *Proprietary Information* RELEASE SCHEDULE ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 RELEASE CONTENT – FUNCTIONAL OR USER INTERFACE MODIFICATIONS................................................................................. 4 1. UPDATED VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER NOT SHOWING IN ANNOUNCEMENT PREVIEW WITHOUT EDITING STEP 5 ........................... 4 2. UPDATED/REMOVED INCORRECT/UNUSED E-MAIL MERGE FIELDS .................................................................................................... 6 3. (FSIS) ABILITY TO SEND AUTOMATED E-MAILS PER GRADE AND SERIES .............................................................................................. 8 4. FIXED ISSUE WHERE “CANCEL” CANNOT BE SENT TO USAJOBS FOR ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBERS CONTAINING “&” ............................... 10 5. CERTIFICATE CREATION ASSIGN USERS STEP, PAGE NAVIGATION ONLY SAVES THE LAST USER SELECTED ................................................ 11 6. FIXED APPLICANT POOL ISSUE WHERE RESUBMITTED APPLICATION WITH SCREENED OUT SERIES/GRADE SHOWED AS ELIGIBLE .................. 13 NEW FEATURES NOT ENABLED IN USDA INSTANCES: ............................................................................................................................. 15 7. CONFIGURABLE SYSTEM BANNER NOTIFICATION FUNCTIONALITY ON LOGIN ...................................................................................... 15 8. NEW ICONS IN THE RECRUITMENT REQUEST WORKFLOW TO VIEW AUDIT TRAIL AND COMPLETED FORMS .............................................. 16 eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 2 of 18 Release Schedule eRecruit Environment Deployment Date Non-Production – TS Scheduled to begin at 12:00 AM ET, September 16, 2015 Team NTIS Testing September 16th – October 2nd USDA Review October 5th – 9th Non-Production – TR Scheduled to begin at 12:00 AM ET, October 12th, 2015 Production Scheduled to begin at 12:00 AM ET, October 12th, 2015 eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 3 of 18 Release Content – Functional or User Interface Modifications The following system changes or defect resolutions are included in this release. 1. Updated Vacancy Announcement Number Not Showing in Announcement Preview without Editing Step 5 NTIS# 2553/2671 JIRA# ER-1720 Module: New Recruitment Request > Workflow Step 1 (Recruitment Request) and Step 5 (Vacancy Announcement Template) When creating an announcement and updating the announcement number in workflow step 1 before posting, the announcement number within the preview page was not updated to reflect the current announcement number unless a user edited Step 5 Vacancy Announcement Template. 1. Create a New Recruitment Request. 2. Complete workflow steps 1 to 5. 3. Click the “Preview USAJOBS Job Ad Content” link and verify the Vacancy Announcement Number. 4. Close the preview page and click on workflow step 1 (Recruitment Request). eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 4 of 18 5. Update the Vacancy Announcement Number and click “Save and Continue” at the bottom of the page. 6. Click on workflow step 5 (Vacancy Announcement Template). 7. Click the “Preview USAJOBS Job Ad Content” link and verify the Vacancy Announcement Number is updated. 8. Continue building the announcement to workflow 10 (Post Vacancy to USAJOBS). 9. Click the link “Preview USAJOBS Job Ad Content” and verify the announcement number is updated. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 5 of 18 2. Updated/Removed Incorrect/Unused E-mail Merge Fields NTIS# 2538 JIRA# ER-1722 Module: Applicant Pool > Actions > New Email Several email merge fields were either incorrectly mapped or not used and needed to be removed from view. The USAJOBS Official Position Title merge field was replaced with the Official Position Title. The following fields have been removed: Vacancy Fields Reference C Occupational Series (FWS), C Occupational Series (GS), C Pay Grade, C Pay Plan, C Pay System, Job Highlight 1 Merged, Job Highlight 2 Merged, Job Highlight 3 Merged, Job Keywords, Job Overview Merged, Job Reference System Fields Reference Access Protocol Task Fields Reference Process Name, Task Details, Task Name, Task URL Merge Fields are available in e-mail templates that may be accessed from within the Applicant Pool. 1. Access the applicant pool of any announcement and select an applicant. 2. Under the Actions drop-down, click the option “New Email” and click “Go”. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 6 of 18 3. The Merge Fields drop-down now contains only fields relevant to the US solution. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 7 of 18 3. (FSIS) Ability to Send Automated E-mails per Grade and Series NTIS# N/A JIRA# ER-4075/ER-4076/ER-4077/ER-4079 Module: System > Application Submit Notifications New functionality has been implemented to allow automated Application Received e-mails that may be triggered for specific Grades and Series. Configuration of E-mail templates and associated Series and Grades will be managed by Acendre Support. On rollout, this functionality will only be configured on in the FSIS instance for Series 0701 at Grades 9/11/12 and Series 1863 at Grades 05/07. 1. In FSIS.TS, post a Vacancy at one of the following series and grade combinations: a. 0701 – 09/11/12 b. 1863 – 05/07 2. Apply to the vacancy via USAJOBS, using an applicant with a valid e-mail address. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 8 of 18 3. Check e-mail to verify receipt of “Application for Vacancy Announcement” e-mail has been received. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 9 of 18 4. Fixed Issue Where “Cancel” Cannot be Sent to USAJOBS for Announcement Numbers Containing “&” NTIS# N/A JIRA# ER-4247 Module: Vacancy Dashboard > Position Information > Vacancy Open/Close Dates When a user attempted to cancel a vacancy posted to USAJOBS where the Vacancy Announcement Number contained an ampersand (&), the user received the following message: “Status: Upload Error The USAJOBS web site is currently unavailable and your cancellation request has not been sent. You will need to re-cancel this vacancy announcement again”. 1. Create new or Copy an announcement with an ampersand (&) in the Vacancy Announcement Number. 2. Post to USAJOBS. 3. Access the Vacancy Dashboard of the posted announcement. 4. Locate “Vacancy Announcement” under Position Information, click the Cancel link. 5. Click the blue link “Cancel Vacancy Announcement” link. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 10 of 18 6. Click “Confirm.” 7. Verify the banner message received “Your request to cancel this Vacancy Announcement was successfully sent to USAJOBS”. 5. Certificate Creation Assign Users Step, Page Navigation Only Saves the Last User Selected NTIS# 2805 JIRA# ER-4321 Module: Certificate When assigning users during the Certificate creation workflow, checking a name on one page then advancing to another page and checking another user did not add all checked users. Only the users selected on the current page were added. 1. Navigate to an existing applicant pool and click “Preview Certificate.” 2. Complete the Applicant List and Filters and Details workflow steps. 3. Click “Assign User(s).” eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 11 of 18 4. Select the checkbox next to at least one user from the first page, then click the right “arrow” to advance to the next page of users. 5. Select the checkbox next to at least one user from the second page, then click “Add Users.” 6. Confirm that all selected Users have been assigned to the certificate. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 12 of 18 6. Fixed Applicant Pool Issue Where Resubmitted Application with Screened Out Series/Grade Showed as Eligible NTIS# 2806 JIRA# ER-4463 Module: Applicant Pool When an applicant applied to a multi-graded Announcement and was screened out at least one grade, edited their application without changing any question responses, and resubmitted their application, the Applicant Pool incorrectly showed their previously screened out series-grade combination as the lowest eligibility category with a score of “0.” 1. Apply to all grades of a multi-graded announcement and answer a screen out question incorrectly for at least one grade. 2. Return to the Back End and confirm the grade for which the screen out question response was selected has a correct Applicant Pool status of “Screened Out.” 3. Return to the Candidate Portal and “Edit Application” then Submit without making any changes to question responses. eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 13 of 18 4. Return to the Back End and confirm the grade for which the screen out question response was selected still has a correct Applicant Pool status of “Screened Out.” eRecruit: September/October 2015 Release Notes Proprietary Information 14 of 18 New Features not Enabled in USDA Instances: 7. Configurable System Banner Notification Functionality on Login JIRA# ER-4075/ER-4076/ER-4077/ER-4079 Module: Back End and Candidate Portal Login Screens New functionality has been implemented that allows Admin users to configure