Welcome to the FINANCIAL RECORD SYSTEM (FRS) Tutorial


The Financial Record System (FRS) is the University of Vermont's Accounting System. It includes Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable, Purchasing and Fixed Assets data. It is a real time system. What you view is what has been posted. To enter or access data, FRS has a wide variety of screens to select from depending on which task you are attempting to accomplish. In an effort to make a new or infrequent user more efficient in using FRS, the Purchasing Department and the Accounting Information Services department have designed this FRS tutorial.

This FRS tutorial is designed to show you how to accomplish the most frequent tasks or inquiries a typical user performs such as:
  

View an account  balance

Enter and approve  On-line Requisitions

View current month transactions

 Research whether an invoice has been paid

View the list of encumbrances on a particular account

View to see if a budget change order has been processed

View actual expense totals for the month, fiscal year or project to date.

View whether a check has been cut to reimburse business expenses incurred by a UVM affiliated individual.



To help you navigate through the tutorial, the following model is an overview of the different ways you can navigate to the information that you are looking for:


 

Before proceeding, it is important to obtain a broad view of the data flow basics in the FRS system. Please take some time to understand the FRS DATA FLOW model below.


                                                                         NETWORK OVERVIEW

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Download Bluezone to access FRS
 

Hopefully, the above information will provide you with sufficient context to complement this tutorial on the FRS system.  Click here to proceed to the MAIN TABLE OF TOPICS.


Last Edited on : 11/21/02