IPPS-A QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Approval Chain - ANSWERChain of Command A defined path of Approvers, Reviewers, Intermediate Approvers, or Alternate Approvers (where needed).Аpprover - ANSWERSignatory A User gives the authority to approve transactions and submits them to the next Signatory level of approval authority, a Reviewer or ad hoc. Approvers have the ability to approve, deny with comments, or recycle.Department of the Army - ANSWERCompany In IPPS-A, Company is the
Department of the Army including all components: Company Active Army, National
Guard & Reserve Record Home Department - ANSWERUsed when an Intermediate Approver or Approver in the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of time. Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate Approver for further action.Host Department - ANSWERThe host department determines the $1 Pool for some of the PAR transactions. This is determined for the Member by the department ID (UIC) recorded on the job record for the employee record.IA - Intermediate Approver - ANSWERIndividual who can view and recommend approval or denial are required to provide comments for recommended deny actions (actions will move of a workflow action. IA's forward despite recommended deny).The Change Effective Date for the Change of Position must fall within what date range? - ANSWERThe Assignment Begin and End Dates.Delegate - ANSWERCommander/Approver (Delegator) may designate (i.e., proxy) their approval Delegator authority to another Member who acts as a Delegate or Proxy for the Approver.Deny - ANSWERThe ability of the Approver to disapprove an action. The Deny action cancels the Deny transaction and the Initiator is notified of the decision.Comments are required on a denied transaction.Department - ANSWERUnit Identification identifies each Department of A six character alphanumeric code that uniquely Defense entity. The first character is the Service Identifier (W= Army). The next Code (UIC) three characters indicate Parent Unit Designator (i.e.: Alphabetic indicates MTOE units) and the last two are the
descriptive designator (i.e.:A0 = Alpha Company).
Department Security Tree - ANSWEROrganizational The Department Security Tree is the security structure controlling system Hierarchy for permissions. A department is a node on the department security tree. If a Administrative user has access to a 1 / 2
specific node, they will also have access to the node Control below it in the tree structure.Dual Persona User - ANSWERMembers who have two Common Access Cards (CAC). A Dual Persona User is a user that is a current Army National Guard or Army Reserve Soldier and N/A is also either a Government Civilian or Contractor with a POI record. These users will need an additional record as a POI within IPPS-A in order to separate both their job status and functions within IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Soldier works as a State Military Technician or Contractor.Dual Role User - ANSWERN/A A user who is an Army National Guard or Army Reserve Member with two job functions (e.g., M-Day & FTM - Title 10/31), and one CAC. They will need their roles separated by their job function when they login to
IPPS-A. Example: M-Day Unit Commander serving FTM in the State G1 office.
Effective Date - ANSWERA method of dating information in IPPS-A and determines the start day of pay for grade changes. In IPPS-A, Effective Date is used to represent Date of Rank/Grade, Date of Appointment, Date of Transfer, Date of Hire or date a transaction was applied to a Member record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.Escalate - ANSWERUsed when an Intermediate Approver or Approver in the approval chain has not responded to a transaction within a specified period of time.Escalation allows the Intermediate Approver or an Approver to designate an alternate Approver for further action.Effective Date - ANSWERA method of dating information in IPPS-A and determines the start day of pay for grade changes. In IPPS-A, Effective Date is used to represent Date of Rank/Grade, Date of Appointment, Date of Transfer, Date of Hire or date a transaction was applied to a Member record. The user can predate information to add historical data to the system or postdate information in order to enter it before it goes into effect.What must you do this before you can edit the Member's MGIB election? - ANSWERClick the Correct History button When reviewing an assignment this action may be taken. - ANSWERRecommend Approval Add an Approver Add an Intermediate Approver Recommend Denial Which of the following statements is correct? - ANSWERNot all assignments have funding.Use View Duty Status to view duty status for one Member at a time - ANSWERFalse Which column do you use to update Duty Status? - ANSWERI Want To
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