PeopleSoft Announcements



News and announcements regarding PeopleSoft HCM (Human Capital Management), PeopleSoft Finance and Employee Self-Service.


November 2022

2022-11-18 SDCOE will be closed Wed. 112322 - 112522 for the Thanksgiving Holiday

2022-11-18 Benefit On-Demand Event Maintenance error preventing benefits from processing

2022-11-18 Benefit On-Demand Event Maintenance error has been fixed

2022-11-15 Limited component lockdown for Payroll processing tonight Tues. 111522

2022-11-14 Secure Auth access to Finance

2022-11-07 Warrant printing now being done through PeopleSoft

2022-11-07 Hosting Provider will be performing network maintenance on Sat.111122

2022-11-07 Hosting Provider performing network maintenance on Sat.11-11-22

2022-11-04 Planning for 1099 process for 2022

October 2022


2022-10-25 October 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3


2022-10-22 Yearly Disaster Recovery Failover Test Successfully Completed at 1:10 pm


2022-10-21 October 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE (10/21/22)


2022-10-21 FIXED – Absence balances are now fixed and up to date (10/21/22)


2022-10-21 Yearly Disaster Recovery Failover Test tomorrow Sat.10/22/22 (10-21-22)


2022-10-21 Nightly Absence Calc Process did not run successfully last night (10/20/22)

2022-10-19 Limited component lockdown for Payroll processing tonight, Wed. 10/19/22

2022-10-19 Save the Date for the 2023 PeopleSoft Conference

2022-10-18 New look to PeopleSoft Announcements

2022-10-17 Yearly Disaster Recovery Failover Test is happening this Sat. 


2022-10-17 New PeopleSoft announcement format coming!


2022-10-14 Open Enrollment Season - Revised Benefit Offerings


2022-10-12 Peoplesoft HCM Project: Job Data Modernization Update


2022-10-12 Secure Auth Portal for PeopleSoft Is now working


2022-10-12 Secure Auth Portal for PeopleSoft not allowing users to log in


2022-10-10 For Districts Using the Rapid Time Excel-to-CI Spreadsheet New Quantity Validation Added

2022-10-07 PeopleSoft Security Audit Webinar 10-20-22 

2022-10-07 Reminder PeopleSoft extended system maintenance tonight, Fri. 10-07-22

2022-10-07 Yearly Disaster Recovery Failover Test 

2022-10-06 By Payline screen error message

2022-10-05 Issue with districts seeing other districts’ paysheets / paylines has been fixed

2022-10-05 Districts seeing other districts paysheets / paylines

2022-10-05 Exception Hourly Time Invoked for October 2022

2022-10-05 October 2022 Paysheets have been created

2022-10-03 FIXED – Absence balances are now fixed and up to date 10-03-2022

2022-10-03 PeopleSoft extended system maintenance this - Fri. 10-07-22 

2022-10-03 Extended Maintenance due to Disaster Recovery Failover Test, Sat.10-22-22 

2022-10-03 PeopleSoft HCM and ESS is now available

2022-10-03 Service Now is available

2022-10-03 PeopleSoft HCM and ESS is down

2022-10-03 Service Now is down

September 2022

2022-09-27 September 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 3 of 3

2022-09-27 Reminder to join us for the 2023 PeopleSoft Conference Kickoff Meeting tomorrow 9-28-22

2022-09-23 September 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3 

2022-09-21 September 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE

2022-09-19 Extended Maintenance due to Disaster Recovery Failover Test 

2022-09-19 Limited component lockdown for Payroll processing tonight 

2022-09-16 ISSUE Unable to update the Salary Step on Job Data

2022-09-15  2023 PeopleSoft Conference Kickoff Meeting

2022-09-06 Exception Hourly Time Invoked for September 2022

2022-09-06 September 2022 Paysheets have been created

2022-09-01 Time has been loaded for today’s Off-Cycle payroll process; you will be locked out of some features at 5:00 pm

2022-09-01 PeopleSoft ESS access issue after doing password reset has been resolved

August 2022


2022-08-31 PeopleSoft ESS access issue after doing password reset

2022-08-25 August 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3 

2022-08-22 August 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE 

2022-08-18 Limited component lockdown for Payroll processing tonight 

2022-08-18 All HCM queries scheduled to run during Payroll will be put on “hold” temporarily

2022-08-11 AP WorkCenter links have been fixed

2022-08-08 AP WorkCenter links not working

2022-08-06 PeopleSoft General Announcement,PeopleSoft database upgrade completed

2022-08-05 PeopleSoft extended maintenance for a database upgrade starts tonight, Friday, 08/05/22, at 9:00 pm

2022-08-05 August 2022 Paysheets have been created

2022-08-04 July 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 3 of 3 – ALL PAYROLL PROCESSING COMPLETE, ENCUMBRANCES UPDATED

2022-08-03 Time has been loaded for today’s Off-Cycle payroll process; you will be locked out of some features at 5:00 pm

2022-08-02 Update on timeframe for PeopleSoft database upgrade scheduled this Friday, 8/5/22, at 9:00 pm – Saturday, 8/6/22, at 11:00 am


July 2022


2022 - 07-26 PeopleSoft system maintenance time change for this weekend, Fri. 07/29/22, 9:00 pm – Sat. 07/30/22, 3:00 am


2022-07-26 Reminder: PeopleSoft database upgrade scheduled from Friday, 8/5/22, at 7:00 pm – Sunday, 8/7/22, at TBD 


2022-07-25 July 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3 


2022-07-20  July 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE


2022-07-18 Limited component lockdown for Payroll processing 


2022-07-18 PeopleSoft Support Team is temporarily “holding” all HCM queries scheduled to run during Payroll


2022-07-18 PO Budget Check job back on schedule 


2022-07-14 Some positions are ending up in a “Not Available Status”


2022-07-12 Process still running may affect some updates in Job Data


2022-07-11 Auto Step process for Classified Employees has completed. Process for Certificated Employees will run after 6 pm tonight.


2022-07-11 Auto Step process preventing additions and changes in Job Data 


2022-07-08 Revised: New query created for districts that have set up approval workflow for positions: M_HR_POS_APPROVAL_STATUS


2022-07-08:  2022-2023 Union Dues Rate Changes – Updated Rate Spreadsheet is due Tuesday, 08/23/22


2022-07-08 Year End payroll accruals for Fiscal Year 2022


2022-07-06 Exception Hourly Time Invoked for July 2022


2022-07-06 July 2022 Paysheets have been created


2022-07-05: PeopleSoft database upgrade scheduled from Friday, August 5, 2022, at 7:00 pm – Sunday, August 7, 2022, at TBD


2022-07-01 Most PO’s that were not budget checked have been fixed

2022-07-01 PeopleSoft extended system maintenance starts tonight 

June 2022


2022-06-30 PO Budget Check process running to No Success since 06-27-22


2022-06-30 HCM Queries not executing completely, expiring page

2022-06-30 Users receiving error message when trying to access pay stub

2022-06-27 Duplicate Paysheet Page Numbers 

2022-06-27 Maximum manual page number for Paysheets is 70,000

2022-06-27 PeopleSoft extended system maintenance this weekend, Fri. 07/01/22 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm Sat. 07/02/22 

2022-06-24 Summer Months and Short Work Break information 

2022-06-23 June 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 3 of 3 


2022-06-23 Nightly Absence Calc Process did not run successfully last night (06/23/2022)


2022-06-22 PeopleSoft Password Security has been applied


2022-06-21 REMINDER: Audit and update the SDCOE Custom Override Deductions (Employee) screen for all deductions that are not scheduled to process over 12 months


2022-06-21 June 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3 – OFFLINE EXTRACTS AVAILABLE


2022-06-21 June 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE


2022-06-17 2022-2023 Absence Management – July Entitlements


2022-06-17 You are no longer locked out of HCM/ESS (06/17/2022)


2022-06-16 Year End payroll accruals for Fiscal Year 2022


2022-06-16 Limited component lockdowns during Payroll


2022-06-16 PeopleSoft Support Team is temporarily “holding” all HCM queries scheduled to run during Payroll


2022-06-13 PeopleSoft Password Security Updates


2022-06-03 PeopleSoft extended system maintenance coming in July - Fri. 07/01/22 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm Sat. 07/02/22

2022-06-03 June 2022 Paysheets have been created


2022-06-03 Exception Hourly Time Invoked for June 2022

2022-06-01 Time has been loaded for today’s Off-Cycle payroll process 

May 2022


2022-05-20 Issue approving budget journal with more than 300 lines in Approval WorkCenter


2022-05-20 May 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 2 of 3 – OFFLINE EXTRACTS AVAILABLE


2022-05-18 Duplicate Paysheet Page Numbers 

2022-05-18 Maximum manual page number for Paysheets is 70,000


2022-05-18 Join us tomorrow, 05-19-22, for our Year End Inventory Refresher 


2022-05-17 May 2022 Payroll Distribution Status 1 of 3 – PEDR AVAILABLE


2022-05-17 You are no longer locked out of HCM-ESS 10.37am


2022-05-06 NEW Limited component lockdowns during Payroll starting at 5:00 pm tonight, Monday, May 16, 2022


2022-05-16 PeopleSoft Support Team is temporarily “holding” all HCM queries scheduled to run during Payroll


2022-05-16 Do you want Exception Hourly Time Invoked in July and or August?


2022-05-13 Important Salary Schedule Update and Retroactive Template reminders


2022-05-11 Updates on PeopleSoft Upgrade and Recruiting issues


2022-05-11 Absence Calculation is Complete 05-11-22 8:28 am


2022-05-11 Absence Calculation Still Running (5/11/22)


2022-05-09 MANAGERS: Going on vacation this summer? Don’t forget to set your PeopleSoft “out of office” to temporarily route your approvals to an alternate user!


2022-05-09 How to route my approvals to someone else while I am out of the office


2022-05-09 Join us tomorrow, 05-10-22, for our Year End Finance Refresher


2022-05-09 2022 July Salary Step Advancements


2022-05-09 Updates on PeopleSoft Upgrade and Recruiting issues


2022-05-05 Updates on PeopleSoft Upgrade and Recruiting issues


2022-05-05 PeopleSoft upgrade Is complete and ESS, Portal, HCM and Finance are now available


2022-05-05 Exception Hourly Time Invoked for May 2022 


2022-05-04 Updates on PeopleSoft Upgrade and Recruiting issues


2022-05-03 Time has been loaded for today’s Off-Cycle payroll process 


2022-05-03 Join us for an overview of Fluid Position Management for non-Recruiting districts


2022-05-02 Upgrade issues that are being worked as of 05-02-22, 10:45 am


2022-05-02 PeopleSoft upgrade Is complete and ESS, Portal, HCM and Finance are now available

April 2022


2022-04-29  New Position Management materials


2022-04-29 Absence Calculation is Complete (4/29/22)


2022-04-29 Reminder - PeopleSoft upgrade extended maintenance starts tonight 


2022-04-27 PeopleSoft Upgrade demo and guide updates


2022-04-27 Absence Calculation Still Running on 04-27-22


2022-04-26 Join us for an overview of Fluid Position Management for non-Recruiting districts

2022-04-21 PeopleSoft Upgrade update and upcoming webinars.pdf

2022-04-19 Join us tomorrow, 04-20-22, for our Year End Purchasing Refresher.pdf


2022-04-18 Issue when changing marital tax status in ESS where Federal and State are different.pdf


2022-04-13 PeopleSoft upgrade extended maintenance  Friday, 04-29-22 at 6:00 pm to 6:00 am Monday 05-02-22


2022-04-13 REMINDER: Updated 2022-23 Holiday Schedule due Mon. 06-06-2022.pdf


2022-04-13 REMINDER Updated 2022-23 Absence Management Leave Requirements due Mon. 06-06-2021.pdf


2022-04-13 REMINDER Absence Management June 2022 Vacation Payout.pdf


March 2022


2022-03-03 2022 July Salary Step Advancements