MIS Applications

  • Application Name: ADM (Admissions)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Admissions applications allow UH to record, track, and correspond with prospective students; receive, track, and match electronic test scores and transcripts; automatically evaluate transcripts and produce transfer equivalency booklets for major feeder schools; record, track, process, and correspond with admissions applicants; monitor scholarship disposition; provide online/real-time inquiry services; produce I-20s and provide other international applicant services; print summary management reports; and generally maintain records and data files. Applications are ADA compliant where required.

  • Application Name: RAR (Registration and Records)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Record and Registration applications allow UH to audit archived permanent records; maintain course catalog, class schedules, and room/building assignments; provide distributed data extraction services to faculty and departments; record, track, and process graduation applications; process/post grades and produce grade mailers; online/real-time record maintenance; produce transcripts and enrollment certification documents; register students in batch and online modes; create academic performance data tapes for major feeder schools; provide online inquiry and comprehensive correspondence and reporting services.

  • Application Name: BAF (Student Financial Services)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    The Accounting, Billing, and Collections applications allow UH to maintain batch interfaces to accounts payable, financial accounting, payroll, State agencies, the bank, housing, financial aid, and various auxiliary departments; bill students, faculty, staff, third parties, and other receivables; collect past due accounts; maintain third party contracts and waiver agreements, control cash, maintain fee schedules, track vehicle registrations and citations, post financial transactions, and produce various financial reports.

  • Application Name: PPA (Planning and Policy Analysis)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    The Planning and Policy Analysis application allows UH to produce official State and Federal reports.

  • Application Name: FAMS
  • Software: COBOL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    The Financial Aid application allows UH to handle grants, scholarships, college work study, and loan transactions; package aid for applicants; and produce management/audit reports.

  • Application Name: UHPROF (Security PROFiles System)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Supports the application security administrators. Provides maintenance and query of security profiles for UH departments, individual users, applications, and database files; and for the links between these entities, e.g. authorization of users to applications.

  • Application Name: TABLES (Central Tables System)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Provides maintenance and query of centralized tables data. Custom online maintenance, online query and browse, and batch query access to each table is automatically generated from the table definition information for the more than 500 tables currently supported.

  • Application Name: UHODOC (Online Application Documentation System)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Provides for maintenance and query of application documentation.

  • Application Name: UHMAIL (Electronic mail system)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    UHMAIL integrates standard electronic mail functionality (SEND, READ, REPLY, FORWARD, FILE, distribution lists, etc.) with the PROFiles security system so that mail can be sent based on users application and department responsibilities.

  • Application Name: UHTOOL (Administrative Computing Developer Support System)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    ADC support system provides tools for supporting the application environment. Includes developer tools, application batch support, performance statistic, audit trails, etc.

  • Application Name: UHBAT (Batch Scheduler)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Provides for scheduling batch processes

  • Application Name: UHAPPL (Program Change Management System)
  • Software: NATURAL
    Hardware: ADMIN Cluster
    Location: University Computing Center
    Batch/Online Status: Both Batch and Online Query and Update
    Application Description:

    Provides change management of NATURAL applications


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