Glossary of terms and acronyms
Here are some of the acronyms and terms used on the project. Send us a note at hrms@uclink.berkeley.edu if we've missed one that confuses you, and we'll add it to the list.
APO Academic Personnel Office
APM Academic Personnel Manual
APS Academic Personnel System: database used by the Academic Personnel Office to track tenure, faculty events, and histories.
BAAS Berkeley Affirmative Action System: reporting system for staff and applicant affirmative action data (captured by ATS).
BAIRS Berkeley Administrative Initiative Reporting System: reporting environments for the Berkeley Financial System and HRMS.
BFS Berkeley Financial System: PeopleSoft financial application in use at Berkeley for Accounts Payable, Purchasing, General Ledger and other financial operations.
BIBS Berkeley Integrated Budget and Staffing System: application that tracks permanent and temporary budget as well as permanently budgeted positions for Berkeley.
BIS Berkeley Information Systems: data warehouse for central administrative systems such as BFS and HRMS.
HR Human Resources at UC Berkeley
HRMS Human Resources Management System: software application for tracking and reporting on workforce and employee data.
ICE Interactive Course Enrollment: web-based self-service system for Berkeley staff training and development courses.
IS&T Information Systems and Technology: Berkeley administrative department that provides campuswide computing, communication, and technology services. IS&T is responsible for the technical environment upon which HRMS will rest.
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: network security protocol widely used on campus.
OHR The Office of Human Resources, now known as Human Resources at UC Berkeley
OPTRS Online Positive Time Reporting System: subsystem of PPS used for reporting positive time and vacation and sick leave accrual/usage.
PIA PeopleSoft Internet Architecture: technical architecture used by PeopleSoft in its web-based applications.
PPS Personnel Payroll System: payroll system used by UC campuses, designed and updated by the Office of the President. PPS holds payroll, benefits data, and leave accrual.
PPSM Personnel Policies for Staff Members: the policies that cover mployees who are not exclusively represented by a union.
PRT Position Resource Tracking: module of BIBS used to track permanently budgeted positions.
TAP Temporary Assistance Program: Berkeley's former in-house temporary staffing service.
TCS Title Code System: UC application that tracks information on titles used throughout the system and sends update transactions to the Title Code Tables used at each campus.
TCT Title Code Table: a set of control tables in PPS that tracks compensation data for each title.
UCbencom Self-service UC employee benefits application run by Office of the President. Employees can access UCbencom by web and telephone. It then stores employee benefit data in PPS.