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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