CURRENT EFFORT CERTIFICATION PERIOD:

July, 2024 - December, 2024

 

What is effort certification?  Reasonable assurance that salary charges are accurate.

Why do we certify effort?  It is a Federal Requirement.

Whose effort is certified?  5R Monthly Employees: Faculty, Professional staff & RA's

How often is effort certified? Semi-annual certification, by award PI.

Where is effort certification done? In LoboWeb. 

 

If you are having technical issues, please do the following:

  • Use this link rather than the Employee Dashboard link: https://lobowebapp.unm.edu/EmployeeSelfServiceAdmin/
  • Verify you have the required BAR role:
    • To request a BAR, go to https://bar.unm.edu/.
      • Go to “Search Roles”
      • Type in Search “Effort Certification”
      • Add “Department Effort Certification”
      • Submit the request.  Your supervisor will be listed on your request.  You can reach out to them if necessary to get approval.
      • Remember that on-line training is required to get the BAR role.
    • If you need training for the BAR role or if you want a refresher, online training is available through Learning Central (https://learningcentral.unm.edu).  Just remember to use the new link rather than the Employee Dashboard once you get ready to certify!
      • Go to “Learning” and search for EOD 932 – Required Effort Certification Training for Pre-Reviewers and Effort Certification for Certifiers.
    • Make sure you are connected to VPN if you are off campus.  The easiest way to connect for effort certification is through this link: https://unmvpn.unm.edu/https/lobowebapp.unm.edu/EmployeeSelfServiceAdmin/
    • If you are still having issues, clear your cache.  FastInfo ID 4599 can assist with this step: Go to https://unm.custhelp.com/app/answers/list and enter 4599 in the search.  Click on “How to Clear Cached Browser Items”.
    • Try an incognito screen (crtl+shift+N) and use the new link mentioned above.

If you still have issues after the above steps, please email the appropriate office:

Main/Branch Campus: maineffortrptng@unm.edu

 

On-line training is available thru Learning Central:

EOD 932* – Required Effort Certification Training for Pre-reviewers(Department Administrators) and Effort Certification Training for Certifiers(PI's)
Please request: BAR role: “Department Effort Certification”

MyReports FNRECDS Effort Certification Detail and Summary Report is located in the Finance tab, F All Campus Reports folder.  This report, when run in detail, allows users to reconcile between individual pay period percentages and allocations to the total reported in the effort report. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the demise of ePrint reports FRROEC01 and FRROEC02, the FNRECDS summary report type will generate the same information previously contained in these reports.

MyReports report FNRECRT-Effort Certification Status Report is located in the Finance/F All Campus Reports folder. This report provides a list of employees in the effort queue by Status and State of the employee record and also allows departments to view any pending actions or actions taken by Organization code.

MyReports report Account Administrator List is located in the Finance/F Core Office Reports/F Contract and Grant folder. This report provides a list of Account Administrators (AA) by Organization code of who have been identified as the Reviewer for each Grant.