Inventory Process
- TCPMENU IN MAINFRAME
SELECT==> X (TPX), Press ENTER (see Initial Display Exam. Screen) - PX
Type your mainframe logonid and password – Press ENTER (See TPX Exam. Screen) - TPX MENU FOR (Your Logon ID)
Put an “S” next to Information Management System. Press ENTER (See TPX Menu for Exam Screen) - WELCOME TO LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY’S IMS SYSTEM, OFFICE OF COMPUTING SERVICES
Type your mainframe logonid and password – Press ENTER, then press PF1 (See Welcome to LSU IMS System Exam Screen) - LSU SYSTEMS MENU
Type FAC for Facilities – Press ENTER (See LSU Systems Menu Exam Screen) - FACILITIES PRIMARY MENU
Press PF3 for Facilities Information Menu (See Facilities Primary Menu Exam Screen) - FACILITIES INFORMATION MENU ACTION ==> V (VIEW); CODE ==> RIR (ROOM INVENTORY REVIEW)
– Press ENTER
(Types of Room Inventory Update Requests: Modify – Changes to currently existing space; Add – Add new space) - ROOM INVENTORY REVIEW (RIR)
- Type in your department code (account number) – Press ENTER
- Select room for Inventory Update Request (Only one room can be updated at a time)
- To Modify currently existing space
- Select applicable room; enter “S” next to the room number and press PF6.
- To add totally new space which is not in current inventory
- I’m Select any room to use as an example, enter “S” next to the room number and press PF6.
- To Modify currently existing space
- ROOM INVENTORY UPDATE REQUEST (RIU)
- Modify (see appendix A, examples 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Enter “M” next to room number. Make applicable modifications. Press ENTER
- Add (see appendix A, examples 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- Add room in building where you currently have other space
- Enter “a” on blank line under room being used as example
- Enter a distinct room number (ex: room # 130 = 0130)
NOTE: All fields are required except notes, which is optional. Press ENTER
- Add room in building where you do not currently have other space
- First, change the FAC number (Nbr) to that of the building where you are adding the new room. PressENTER
- Then repeat step 1 above
- For further updates press PF9 to return to the RIR Screen
- Add room in building where you currently have other space
- Modify (see appendix A, examples 1, 2, 3, 4)
- REQUETS WILL APPEAR IN A PENDING STATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
- To remove pending request (only pending request may be removed)
- Enter an “X” next to the request and press ENTER
- The log contains all requests made by your department and will be listed in one of
the following states:
- Pending – Requests awaiting review by Campus Planning
- Rejected – Requests which have be rejected by Campus Planning
- Accepted – Request which have been reviewed and accepted by Campus Planning
- Complete – Accepted requests become completed after a production batch job runs nightly which updates the inventory
- To remove pending request (only pending request may be removed)
NOTE: You may view the RIR screen at any time to check the status of your inventory, update requests and/or to print out a copy of your log. Acceptance or rejection of requests will prompt an e-mail to be sent to the requester weekly.