Department Management System (*)

* Access within UConn Health Network only.

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The Department Management System (DPMS) launched in 2006, is a FileMaker-based application that streamlines departmental administration.

This empowers department administrators to:

  • Ensure data accuracy: Verify and reconcile information across institutional systems.
  • Project spending: Forecast expenditures, including salaries and fringe benefits.
  • Monitor financial health: Generate financial reports for grants and other funds

Principal Investigatorsn (PI) can request access to the online fund management portal to view their grant expenditure reports.

    The system pulls information from Banner Finance and HuskyBuy.

    • Fund balance from Banner Finance
    • Fund budget from Banner Finance
    • EPAFs (Electronic Personnel Action Form) information from Banner HR
    • PO (Purchase Order) paid and JE16 (Journal Entry) transactions from Banner Finance
    • PO (Purchase Order) information from HuskyBuy

    The following are the main functions of the system:

    • Manage fund budget and spending
    • Project and manage salary and fringe spending by user
    • Manage PO (Purchase Order) item information and paid information
    • Generate a fund monthly report
    • Generate a fund salary & fringe projection report
    • Users can submit TA (Travel Authorization Form)
    • Manage TAs (Travel Authorization Form) and reimbursements
    • Manage pending support, create a summary report and a due-date calendar
    • Input student evaluation info and generate report for Oral Medicine/OFP & TMD/Oral Pathology Clinical Practicum (CDSC-9393/CDSC-9493). Instruction

    Administrators in the following departments are the primary users of the system.

    School of Dental Medicine:

    • BioMedical Engineering
    • Craniofacial Sciences
    • Oral Health & Diagnostic Sciences
    • Reconstructive Sciences
    • Research Office

    School of Medicine:

    • Cell Biology
    • Center for Vascular Biology
    • Center for Molecular Oncology
    • Genetics and Genome Sciences
    • Immunology
    • Neuroscience
    • Pediatrics
    • Psychiatry
    • The Cato T. Laurencin Institute

    Administrators access the system through FileMaker Pro. Other users access the system through the website within the UConn Health network.

    Fund questions, contact

    Laura Didden
    Business Service Manager
    Research Office - School of Dental Medicine

    Ph#:    860-679-3891
    Email: ldidden@uchc.edu

    Laura Didden

    Other questions, contact

    Caibin Zhang
    Application Architect
    Research Office - School of Dental Medicine

    Ph#:    860-679-4498
    Email: czhang@uchc.edu