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January 28, 2022
CHANGE: Submitting Requisitions in BCB

Beginning January 31st, you will again use the Validate with ERP and Place Order button to submit your requisitions (instead of the Submit Requisitions button).  In December, this button was temporarily disabled in BobcatBUY due to sys

January 26, 2022
Removal of A&E Tracking Fields in BCB

We wanted to notify you that we are removing the compliance questions related to Affordability & Efficiency (A&E) from our BCB requisition screens.  While we are still committed as a University to the A&E measures as part of the Governor’s mandate, we no longer need to track this data via the

December 23, 2021
Confidential Shredding Update

In August and September, we were working through the transition of vendors for confidential shredding services. Subsequently, we have failed to come to terms on a contract with the new vendor and will not be moving forward with them and have instead awarded the contract to our existing vendor, Shred-it.

December 3, 2021
CHANGE: Submitting Requisitions in BobcatBUY

In July 2021, our BobcatBUY provider introduced a new enhancement that performs real-time account validation by adding a feature called Validate with ERP and Place Order.

November 18, 2021
Holiday Expenditures

Ohio University is committed to the responsible use of public funds and as such is providing guidance on holiday expenditures as follows:

November 10, 2021
Confidential Shredding Updates

In August and September, we were working through the transition of vendors for confidential shredding services.

November 10, 2021
Cashnet is now Transact Payments

In 2016 Cashnet was acquired by Transact, the leader in innovative payment solutions for a connected campus.  In alignment with Transact’s launch of their

November 10, 2021
October 2021 OBI Dashboard Enhancements

On October 19, 2021, the Appointment Information and Costing dashboard was updated to aggregate the hourly pay rows instead of showing a separate row per pay period.  The dashboard previously aggregated hourly pay in this manner, but the report inadvertently changed when the FY21 furloughs were reversed. 

November 10, 2021
BobcatBUY User Interface Update: Approvals Folder

On Monday, November 15, 2021 the Approvals folders in BobcatBUY (BCB) will look slightly different.  This User Interface (UI) update will apply the same look and feel updates seen throughout BCB.  To learn more about the UI update, please review the

November 10, 2021
Important Deadlines for the Winter Break Closure

As we wind down the calendar year, it is important to start planning for Thanksgiving and Winter Break Closure (WBC) payments. Please keep in mind the following deadlines: