Forms and Reports Selection

Each option at the RFQS Remote Forms Queuing System menu provides a submenu that lists all forms or reports in that option. Each submenu has a pay period selection screen that provides the current pay period, previous pay period, and other pay period to be used for selecting output.

Note: For purposes of this procedure, instructions in this section relate to the SF-50-B, Notification of Personnel Acton. The SF 50B option only has a pass selection screen showing First Pass, Second Pass, and Both Passes options.

Use the instructions below for these forms.

To Select This option:

1. Tab to the Forms menu.

   Note: The cursor is automatically positioned to request SF 50B.

2. Press Enter. The Pay Period Selection screen is displayed.

   

3. View the description of each option listed on the Pay Period Selection screen.

   Field	Description
   Current Pay Period.	Refers to the most recently processed pay period.
   Previous Pay Period.	Refers to the pay period prior to the current pay period.
   Other (Last 26 Pay Periods).	Used to select a pay period prior to the previous pay period.
   Return to Previous Menu.	Used to return to the Forms menu.

4. Tab to the option desired.
5. Press Enter. The appropriate option name appears on each screen.

   Note: Data is processed for a pay period after BEAR Bi-Weekly Examination Analysis and Reporting System executes.

Selecting the Other Option:

1. Tab to the Other (Last 26 Pay Periods) option, from the Pay Period Selection screen.
2. Press Enter. The Pay Period Status screen is displayed showing the current pay period for processing.

   

   Note: No entry is required.

3. Press Enter to continue. The Pay Period Entry screen is displayed.

   

4. Enter the applicable pay period.

   Note: Up to 24 pay periods prior to the previous pay period can be selected.

5. Press Enter. The Selection Criteria screen is displayed except when the SF 50-B is selected. The Pass Selection screen is displayed only after selecting the SF 50-B.

   

A pass is a system processing cycle which updates the SF 50 B files. Below is a description of each pass.

To Select an Option From the Pass Selection Screen:

1. Tab to the applicable option.
2. Press Enter. The Selection Criteria for SF-50-B Notification of Personnel Action screen is displayed.

   

   Note: All or a combination of the fields listed below may be displayed depending on the particular form or report selection.

3. Complete the fields as follows:

   Field	Instruction
   Command	Type H for the Help screen or R to return to the RFQS menu. Tab to the next field.
   User's Name To Be on JCL	Type the user's name or other information to identify the report destination.
   Remote Destination	Type the printer identifier where the form is to be printed.
   Last Character of Job Name	Type any letter (A-Z) or number (0-9) to identify this report from others being specified. This character becomes the last character of the job name. If no entry is made, the system defaults to Q. It is recommended that a unique six-digit job-name character be entered whenever the possibility exists that more than one report will be requested. If a character is not entered and the system defaults to Q, when two reports are requested, both jobs would have the same job name. Since duplicate jobs cannot execute at the same time, one job would have to be completed before the system could start executing the other job. If the reports were given different job names, they could be executing simultaneously.
   System Output Class	Type A to generate a hard copy at the designated printer or Xt o hold output for viewing at the terminal. For instructions on viewing a report before printing, see the ISPF procedure which is available online at the NFC National Finance Center Web site. To view and/or print this procedure, select HR and Payroll Clients from the My NFC drop-down menu on the NFC National Finance Center homepage. At the HR and Payroll Client page, select the Publications tab in the center ribbon. Select the ISPF manual located under the Reporting publication category. If no entry is made, the system defaults to A.
   Number of Copies	Type the number of reports needed (1-5). If no entry is made, the system defaults to 1.
   Department Code	Type the Department code.
   Agency Code	Type the Agency code.
   Submitting Office Number	Type the POI personnel office identifier.
   Org Structure Level 2	Type the second level of the organizational structure code.
   Org Structure Level 3	Type the third level of the organizational structure code.
   Org Structure Level 4	Type the fourth level of the organizational structure code.
   SSN	Type up to three employee social security numbers (SSN). To print all SF 1150s of the requested pay period, leave the SSN fields blank

4. Press Enter to submit the job for output, after completing the applicable fields. The RFQS menu is displayed.
5. Select the appropriate menu and proceed as described, to request another form.