What does an Exception status mean and how to address it?
This status is often triggered when an effort report does not total 100%. An effort report that totals less then 100% is usually caused by unrecognized earnings. To see if a report has unrecognized earnings, select the “View Payroll Detail” option on the effort report. Typically, unrecognized earnings are payroll transactions that contain an account number, or full accounting unit (FAU), that has not been defined in ERS. When ERS can not identify a FAU on a payroll transaction, it can not include the earning in the effort report calculation because the system can not properly categorize the earning as belonging to a sponsored project or not. Another situation when an effort report will have an Exception status is when a FAU on the report’s total is a negative percent. This usually means a credit has been processed and there has been no debit to offset it. To fix this issue a payroll adjustment needs to be processed. However, there are other situations that can cause an effort report to
