Report for September

• Changes made to code to remove schema and business rule errors
• Updates made to data, on request from HR, to minimise the manual updates needed
• HR continued extensive data update exercise

Issues:

• Last minute changes required to remove schema and business rule errors. This required staff in IS Apps to be removed from other project work to complete this higher priority work. The changes needed to be made direct to the XML output as HR were unable to re-run the live extract process, these changes will now need to be incorporated to the extract code.
  • Although many of the issues were data specific and required the full data set to be updated in Oracle HR (which was only completed mid September) there is a concern that many of these issues were missed through the testing period between May and September. This matter is to be discussed in more detail with the HR Systems Team manager to better understand the limitations and risks for testing and to identify if there are any steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of this reoccuring. 
• HR are in discussions with HESA over the LOCLEAVE feild as this has not been gathered for all staff types and therefore cannot be included in the submission. Depending on HESA's response this may require further effort from IS Apps to ensure the XML is correct for submission. 

Next Steps:

IS team:

support HR to ensure that the HESA submission can be made as required

Review last minute changes made after the final extract and update the extract code to ensure that these are included in the live code for future years. 

Business:

Confirm HESA response regarding the LOCLEAVE for casual staff

Submit initial XML to HESA