i-suite update version 13 i-suite 2013. general focus development – minimal changes to current...
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I-Suite UpdateVersion 13
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General Focus
• Development– Minimal changes to current I-Suite– Primary Focus is e-Isuite
• Supporting Multiple Operating Systems – Windows 7• Reminder to run I-Suite in XP compatibility mode
– Thin Clients/Remote Desktop• Review the supporting document on Home Page
of the I-Suite Webpage: http://isuite.nwcg.gov
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General Changes• New field available to capture resource
cell phone number
• Reference Data Update– Cost Rates are being reviewed and will be
updated
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Resources/Demob• New functionality– Added the ability to collect Name on Picture ID
data during the Check-in process
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Resources/Demob Cont.• Bug Fixes– Release Date for Strike Teams– Check-in date – Changing or entering a release date on a
Parent record– Running a Section Report when sorting by
Subsection will no longer generate an error
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IAP• New Functionality
– Added option to export an entire Plan as individual PDF documents
– Added the ability to insert and delete rows on the ICS 205– Double spaces will replace Semi-Colons to distinguish data
elements in Block 6 of the ICS 204
• Bug Fixes/Changes– Deleting a line on the ICS-204 no longer changes the font on
the form– Identified and corrected data entry fields lengths that did not
match database field lengths
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Time• Bug Fixes– Contractor and/or Agreement Data – Finalized OF-286 Invoices – Missing Days of Postings Report
• Future Changes– Replace Social Security Number with the
Employee Common Identifier (ECI)• ECI is a unique number generated from the
Casual Pay System for all AD/Casual Resources.• Change affects numerous systems• Possible mid-season patch
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Cost
• New Functionality– The “Actuals Only” checkbox is now
available at the subordinate resource level
• Bug Fixes– Assign Dates – Incorrect Cost Estimates
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Custom Reports
• “New” Cell Phone Number field will be available in most custom report views
• The vCost view includes the Cost Update level field
• The vContractorResources view includes Contractor address and phone number
• New Report Views – v288Invoices– V286Invoices
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Supply
• The Supply Bar Code project was used on 9 incidents in 2012
• Kits have been re-built and pre-positioned at National Caches for use in 2013
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2014 Training
• Currently 2 sessions scheduled at the Redmond Training Center:– March 16 – 20, 2014– April 13 – 17, 2014– DNR – Dates to be determined
What is it?
• Two types of e-ISuite– Enterprise – web-based– Remote Site – networked at an incident
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Implementation Status• Delay in original schedule due to change in
software development contractor• Phase 1 Completed• Phase 2 ongoing• Scheduled deployment May/June 2014• I-Suite will be decommissioned after successful
implementation of e-ISuite (approximately December 2015)
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What’s Included
• What Stays the Same?– Current I-Suite capabilities
• What’s New?– Resource Inventory– New software to generate reports– Upward reporting capabilities
• Security– Separation of Duties will be met through having 2
types of user accounts– Allows the appropriate user to update rates or
include rates specific to a geographic area or State
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Home Pagee-ISuite2013
Add an Incidente-ISuite2013
Resource Inventorye-ISuite2013
Agency Implementation
• Individual Agency CIO/Fire Director/Chief approval or direction to use e-Isuite
• Training
• Use of e-Isuite
• The e-ISuite Project Team will be requesting information on trainees to determine needs nationally – beginning January 2014
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QUESTIONS