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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:52:00 -0800 (PST)
From: ets.announcement@enron.com
To: enron.operations@enron.com
Subject: XMS - Expense Management System Availability
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Concur Technologies=01, Expense Management System (XMS) is now available to=
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ETS employees.  You can prepare your expense report, send it for approval,=
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and transmit it for payment using the intranet.  It is more "user-friendly"=
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than the previous Excel-based form and efficiently integrates with the SAP=
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accounting system.  We request and encourage you to start using it.

System access on the Enron intranet:

To access the system, go to the Enron Transportation Services Home Page and=
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type "http://xms.enron.com" in the "Location"  field.  This will access XMS=
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software.

Using the system, once accessed:

LOGON ID=20
Enter your personnel number (P number).   If you don't know your "P" number=
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your "HR rep." has it!

PASSWORD
The first time you log in, the password is upper case ENRON.  The system wi=
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guide you through confirming your personal information and changing your=20
password.  The Enron Code of Ethics prohibits the sharing of passwords and=
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logging on as another person.  Please observe Enron=01,s policy. =20

If you can't log in to the system, go to the IT Central web page from the=
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Enron intranet home page and select "Services"
click "Security Requests" click "eRequest"  (or call 713-853-5536).

OTHER
Once "in", the XMS system will help you get set up, including designating=
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those who will be approving your expense report, and, if applicable, those=
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who have been designated to prepare your expense report. Additionally, ther=
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is a "tour" that you can take to get acquainted with system features.

User Guide!!
Hard copy step-by-step documentation is also available from "IT Central" we=
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page on the Enron intranet.
After getting to "IT Central" on the Enron intranet, click through the=20
following and you should be there:
"Services", "Training", "Documentation", "XMS User's Guide" (which will com=
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up through Adobe Acrobat).

Application Support Services
Call the ISC help desk at 713-345-4SAP (4727).=20

Accounting Coding=20
No changes in coding are being implemented as a result of the transition fr=
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the Excel template to XMS, in fact much of the coding will be "suggested" b=
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the XMS software. You will need a FAR #, cost center, or WBS elements as=20
applicable.


GOOD LUCK!!