
Sorry to steal your thunder, folks, but this is welcome news to us. Thank you in advance from all of the financial clerks!
It's clear that there will be additional communication before the changeover occurs. For one thing, every unit will have to upgrade to MLS 3.2, which isn't even available yet. For another, there once the MLS 3.2 upgrade occurs, the Church will have to do the switchover to CUBS. I'm sure we'll be told just what to expect.GregAnderson wrote:Consider the wards where reconciliation only happens a few days before each audit. Will this habit cause a major problem if a ward receives the MLS update on a day when the reconciliations are not up-to-date?
The way I read the documentation, it's pretty clear that every missionary will have a subcategory automatically created, whether they are in the middle of their mission or just beginning. The Church will have to be able to connect a missionary to the subcategory, which can only be done automatically by the Church or by some sort of linkage -- existing subcategories can't possibly be linked, since there are no standards for how such categories are named.GregAnderson wrote:Will MLS automatically create sub-categories for full-time missionaries where they already exist? (Say, for example, you have someone who's right in the middle of their missionary service when the MLS update arrives?)
There are reconciliation specialists who can be very helpful. If you have already worked with your stake financial clerk and tried everything you know how, and it still isn't reconciling properly, then that might be something to try. Just call Local Unit Support and set up an appointment.PNMarkW2 wrote:Either way, sure wish we could reconcile properly. Oh, it balances, but it's not correct, and it's been this way since year end.
You get your wish (or at least you will later this year when CUBS comes on line) -- these entries will indeed be automatically downloaded to MLS as they occur. That's one of the great improvements that is coming.kh_design wrote:I hope manual budget MLS entries like Distribution Service orders and specifically the Annual Curriculum order will soon be a thing of the past (and I hope this happens in real time, by this I mean at least when send and receives are done, not just at the beginning of the month when statements are posted on MLS).
We just got the message that 3.2 will be downloaded in the next week or so, and we aren't on the beta program. One step closer to full automation of the missionary payments! (a small set, sure, but it's something.)Alan_Brown wrote:It's clear that there will be additional communication before the changeover occurs. For one thing, every unit will have to upgrade to MLS 3.2, which isn't even available yet. For another, there once the MLS 3.2 upgrade occurs, the Church will have to do the switchover to CUBS. I'm sure we'll be told just what to expect.