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Recent Grants Portal Updates Bring Improved Reporting and Convenience

While the introduction of the Grants Portal in my.SMU has made viewing grant information much easier for our principal investigators across campus, that doesn’t mean the work is done! Our my.SMU developers have worked on a few ease-of-use updates to make it easier to access and view data in the Expenditure Details Inquiry. Here’s what’s new!

A few extraneous data columns were removed from view, including PC Business Unit, Activity ID, and Currency.

A screenshot of the removed columns in the Expenditure Details page of the Grants Portal.

The Supplier Name column has been added next to the Supplier ID column for easy reference.

The Supplier Name column in the Expenditure Details page of the Grants Portal.

The Description column has been moved next to the Account column.

The account description column in the Expenditure Details page of the Grants Portal.

There is now a hyperlink provided in the Voucher ID column. Click on this link to access the detailed Invoice Information Page.

The new VOucher ID column in the Grants Portal Expenditure Details Page.

The Invoice Information Page in the Grants Portal Expenditure Details.
The Invoice Information Page

Journal Line Description and Name columns were also added to allow users to download that data. The Name column only applies to payroll journals. These columns replaced a hyperlink that did not properly download data, now making reports more complete.

The new Journal Line Description and Name columns Journal Line Description and Name columns in the Grants Portal Expenditure Details.

We hope these recent additions are helpful for you!

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Zach Peterson

Zach is a Senior IT Training & Communications Consultant with OIT. Zach began his SMU career at the IT Help Desk in 2012 and joined the Training & Communications Team in 2015. He is a 2011 graduate from the University of North Texas and obtained a Master of Liberal Studies degree from SMU in 2018. He enjoys reading and collecting vintage and antique radio sets. He grew up in Valley View, Texas near Denton.