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• System Government Costing's Monthly Facts and Reminders for April

  Apr 21, 2021 10:15 amBuying and ContractsAccounting and Budgeting

  Service activity Webi reports are now in EDDIE.

  EDDIE is the browser-based Business Objects environment for running custom reports. It runs similarly to Webi but requires no installation.

  Individuals involved with calculating service activity rates have found the service activity reports very useful. These reports pull the transaction data needed for a rate calculation. Using these reports as the basis for the rate calculation demonstrates that the information matches the university's financial statements.

  There are four service activity reports available:

  • Expenditures and Transfers
  • Salaries and Wages
  • Equipment Depreciation
  • Fund Balance

  Follow these steps to access the service activity reports in EDDIE:

  1. Log into EDDIE
     1. https://eddie.ds.uillinois.edu/
  2. Click on the Documents tab in the upper left corner
  3. Click on the Folders  tab in the bottom left
  4. Open the Public Folders, or expand using the "+"
  5. Then scroll down to the folder OBFS System Government Costing
  6. Select the report you want to run
  7. Refresh the report
  8. Enter the report parameters for the fund
     1. Note that to run the Salaries and Wages report you will need HR access in Banner. To get this access your USC will need to request access from the DS Security Application. Here is a link: https://www.aits.uillinois.edu/access/get_access/get_data_warehouse_access/
  9. Click "OK" to run the report
     1. Instructions to run these reports are located here https://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/government-costing/service-Activities/

  Contact
  If you have questions about service activities or how they are calculated feel free to consult System Government Costing's "Who to Ask" list to find an expert who can help.