Glossary of Terms
| ADO | Alternate Day Off |
| AM | Absence Management - The Absence Management module tracks and processes paid and unpaid leave of absences, and the accrual of leave time based on an employee’s years of service. Absence Management is fully integrated with the Payroll and Time Keeping modules. |
| CO | Chancellor's Office - The Office of the Chancellor is the official name for the central office governing the 23 campuses of the California State University. Informally called the Chancellor’s Office and abbreviated CO. |
| ESS | Employee Self Service |
| LCD | Labor Cost Distribution - PeopleSoft Commitment Accounting is the budgeting module for HR, which enables users to allocate salary costs to different funding sources. |
| Module | In Peoplesoft (CHRS) represents a bundle of processes associated to a specific HR function that can be accessed via CHRS. Example: Absence Management module |
| MSS | Manager Self Service |
| Oracle/PeopleSoft | PeopleSoft was the company who originally owned the PeopleSoft Human Resources, Student Administration and Finance products adopted by the CSU for the CMS project. Oracle bought out PeopleSoft, and the software is now commonly referred to as Oracle, although technically it still retains a “PeopleSoft” technical / development platform. |
| PM | Position Management |
| RTP | Retention, Tenure, and Promotion |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert - Campus and/or CMS Central staff who are experts in their respective module / technical areas. |
| Sponsor | is a person (campus president, HRO/AVP or leader) who will champion CHRS at the campus and remove barriers. The Sponsor would receive and share regular program updates; communicate CHRS key messages to campus leadership and share campus leadership feedback with CHRS Program Team. The role of sponsor is critical to the success of the CHRS Program. |
| SWHR | Systemwide Human Resources - This is the Chancellor's Office Governing body for everything HR-Related |
| T&L | Time and Labor -Payroll and Time Keeping are two modules in PeopleSoft that work together to accurately calculate employees’ time and manage employees’ pay. Time Keeping serves as the time reporting system, which is fully integrated with Payroll. |
| TAE | Previously Temporary Faculty) -
TAE is a custom module used for the “management” of Temporary Faculty appointment data. This includes the entry of appointment data, creating appointments and functionality to print appointments; automatic loading of appointment transactions into HR Job Data; and assists in appointment reporting. |
| VSP | Vision Service Plan |
| WA | Workforce Administration -The HR module maintains position and employee data. Data that is stored and updated in this module relates to employee, job, position, compensation, and benefit information. |
| Wave | is a group of campuses implementing CHRS during project phases |
| WTU | Weighted Teaching Units |