AIF
Annual Increase Form: Replaced with VU Merit Increase form (electronic)
BA3
Finance database to record personnel changes
BO
Business Objects (BO) is a query, reporting and analysis tool that allows users to create custom reports and analyze information found in a variety of corporate databases, called universes. With over 80 different Business Objects universes throughout Vanderbilt, each with its own universe manager, it is important to know which one you need to access. For a listing of the most widely-used BO universes, please see the Vanderbilt Business Objects website.
CORES
Core Ordering and Reporting Enterprise System
DMS
Departmental Management Systems: Reporting database
DOM
Department of Medicine
EDC
Earnings Distribution Change
eDog
Electronic disbribution of general ledger (GL) web application; please see
User Guide.
ePAC
Electronic personnel action change; please see
ePAC Help.
eProcurement
Purchasing system that enables the online creation and submission of requisitions. Additionally, based on the center number(s) used and dollar amount on the requisition, eProcurement routes the requisition to the appropriate person for approval and ultimately transmits the purchase order to the vendor.
JE
Journal Entry
NCOA
Narrative Chart of Accounts
OCM
Office of Contracts Management
OSP
Office of Sponsored Programs
PCard
Department Credit Card
PAF
Personnel Action Form
PDQ
Position Description Questionnaire
Privilege Management
Web application that combines People, Privileges and Resources (cost centers, home departments, etc.) to create Privilege Assignments, which are permissions that control access and authority within numerous Financial, HR, Procurement and other web applications or business processes throughout Vanderbilt. Replaced STAR.
PMF
Position Management Form
PTF
Proposal Transmittal Form
RDC
Retroactive Distribution Change
SOM (or VUSM)
School of Medicine
VPES
Vanderbilt Performance Evaluation System
WALDO
Web access to labor data on-line