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Pub. Date Title 10/09/2003 GETTING STARTED 06/13/2008 How to Reset Your Password 12/28/2005 Logging On, Passwords, and Using Keystrokes 01/07/2009 ENTERING BATCH HEADERS AND TRANSACTIONS 01/07/2009 Entering Transactions on the General Transaction Entry (S501) Screen 01/07/2009 Finding a Vendor Number for an Individual or a State Employee 08/05/2005 Review, Process, and Release Batches and Transactions 08/31/2007 Looking Up Error Message Descriptions 08/08/2005 Solving Edit Mode 3 Batch Problems 08/08/2005 Daily Batch and Transaction Reports 04/23/2008 FISCAL CODING & PRE-PROCESS REVIEW 04/23/2008 Additional STARS Documentation for Fiscal Coding 10/22/2009 Fiscal Coding and Pre-Process Review - Related Idaho Code 04/17/2008 BUDGETING 04/17/2008 Appropriations: Legislative Controls 04/17/2008 Allocations: Agency Managment Controls 04/17/2008 Financial and Revenue Plans 10/29/2009 Budget Tables and Forms Data Entry 01/19/2006 STARS Reports for Budgeting 12/19/2008 CASH RECEIPTS 11/08/2007 Cash Receipts - Solving Common Problems 11/08/2007 Cash Receipt and Revenue Reports 05/22/2006 CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE (Index/PCA structure, Funds, Objects) 05/15/2008 Agency Classification Structure 05/16/2008 Agency Classification Structure PDF Forms 05/16/2008 Agency Classification Structure Reports 07/12/2005 Grant (setup, data entry, corrections, reports) 03/03/2005 Index (setup, data entry, corrections, reports) 09/23/2009 PCA (setup, data entry, corrections, reports) 07/12/2005 Project (setup, data entry, corrections, reports) 04/06/2009 Statewide Classification Structure 04/06/2009 Object Codes and Structure 04/06/2009 General Ledger Accounts 04/06/2009 Fund, Fund Detail, GAAP Fund Type 04/06/2009 State Goals, State Objectives, Departments 04/06/2009 Forms and Reports 04/06/2009 How to Adjust and How to Solve Common Problems 11/18/2004 DESCRIPTOR TABLES 11/04/2009 DAFR8750 (D98) Descriptor Table Security Report 10/03/2006 Agency Descriptor Tables 04/15/2009 Statewide Descriptor Tables (tables updated by SCO only) 09/23/2009 EXPENDITURES and DISBURSEMENTS 09/23/2009 Expenditures and Disbursements: Adjustments 04/17/2009 Expenditures and Disbursements: Solving Common Problems 11/30/2007 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 12/12/2005 Expenditure Reports 06/09/2009 Encumbrances 04/17/2009 Encumbrances - Solving Common Problems 02/04/2008 Pre-Encumbrances 10/07/2008 Moving Expenses 04/11/2008 Payroll (Labor Distribution) 04/22/2008 Processing P-Card Transactions 03/23/2006 Recurring Transactions 09/20/2001 Rotary Fund 03/10/2006 Change Fund 08/13/2008 Petty Cash 09/15/2006 Travel Advances 08/29/2007 Travel Expenses and Reimbursements 01/07/2009 VENDORS, VENDOR TABLES, AND VENDOR TABLE INQUIRIES 11/20/2008 Using the Web Vendor Maintenance Application 01/07/2009 Finding a Vendor Number for an Individual or a State Employee 12/29/2003 Workers Compensation (for vendor setup) 04/27/2005 1099-Misc (for vendor setup) 10/03/2007 Vendors and Vendor Tables - Solving Common Problems 08/08/2007 INTERAGENCY BILLING 08/26/2008 Document File Status Indicators 03/24/2009 Interagency Billing: Solving Common Problems 11/07/2008 Subsidiary Numbers for Interagency Billings 09/24/2007 ONLINE FILE INQUIRY 06/20/2002 PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENTS 01/09/2006 REPORTS (Request Levels, Reports on Microfiche) 07/14/2009 STARS Reports by SYS ID and Number (see Appendix F for specifications) 02/22/2002 Report Request Levels (use to order reports) 12/22/2004 Reports on Microfiche 07/14/2009 DSA Only Reports (SYSID: DSAONLY) 02/04/2009 TABLE AND FILE PURGE PROCESSES 07/29/2005 TRANSACTION CODE DECISION TABLE 11/04/2009 DAFR8640 Transaction Code Decision Table Report (Autodoc - List of Transaction Codes) 11/04/2009 DAFR8740 General Ledger to Transaction Code Cross-Reference (List of TCs that post to the GL) 08/27/2008 Document File Status Indicators 12/31/2008 WARRANTS AND WARRANT CANCELLATIONS 04/08/2007 Obtaining a Copy of a Warrant

STARS Manual: App. A - Subobjects STARS Manual: App. B - Forms STARS Manual: App. C - Other Info STARS Manual: App. D - Summaries STARS Manual: App. E - History & Major Changes STARS Manual: App. F - Report Examples and Specifications STARS Manual: App. Y - System Management Guide STARS Manual: App. Z - System Reports