Department Use Fields in SIRI

Departments can utilize "Department Use" fields in SIRI to customize their account reporting with department-specific attributes or tags, enabling more tailored reporting.

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Step 1: Access the template

Navigate to SIRI's Financial Dashboards and locate the "Chart of Accounts -- Department Use Template" report under Money > Reports (Figure 1).

Dept Use Fields in Siri-Navigate Step.

Figure 1

Step 2: Generate and export

Apply any desired filters, run the report, then export it to Excel.

Step 3: Fill out the template

Update only the yellow-highlighted columns labeled "Department Use 1-5" with text or numeric entries (up to 50 characters each). Importantly, don't modify any other columns (Figure 2).

Dept Use Fields in Siri-Excel Columns.

Figure 2

Step 4: Submit for processing

Email the completed Excel template to ub-stateaccounting@buffalo.edu, and Financial Management will upload the updates to SIRI within 1-3 business days.

Step 5: View updated fields

Once processed, users can view these custom Department Use fields in SIRI Money by right-clicking account headers and selecting "Include Column" (Figure 3).

Dept Use Fields in Siri-View Updated Fields.

Figure 3