{"id":2903,"date":"2012-05-22T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2012-05-22T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T13:00:06","slug":"ebs-forms-improved-by-a-wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"EBS forms improved by a Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"

When EBS went live in January 2011, there were only two forms categorized as \u2018smart,\u2019 the Student and Graduate Assistant hire forms. A smart form validates all data at submission and when all approvals are in place, the data updates automatically in the HR\/Payroll system. All other forms required manual intervention at some point during processing.<\/p>\n

We quickly realized that we needed to improve the process and speed up the timeline from submission to completion on the HR forms. The EBS Team is in the process of redesigning many of the Human Resources forms using a \u2018wizard style approach.\u2019 This approach is similar to processes used by online retailers. Users will answer a series of questions to determine the correct form and the path for completion of that form.\u00a0 \u00a0With these \u2018smart\u2019 forms, data is broken into logical units, business rules are enforced, data is validated as the form is completed and, when possible, position and employee information is pre-populated. When all approvals are in place, data will automatically update in the HR\/Payroll system. This will help to eliminate errors and decrease processing time.<\/p>\n

The following redesigned forms launched May 7:\"Computer<\/a><\/p>\n