Human Capital Planning (HCP)

October 2023 Release Notes

October 17, 2023

October 2023 CalPlanning Release Notes

The CalPlanning FY24 Forecast and a preliminary version of the FY25 Operating Budget are now available for planning. We used data from CalPlanning FY24 Operating Budget Final as sources for FY24 Forecast and FY25 Operating Budget. Note: the FY25 Operating Budget has not officially launched and therefore no budget assumptions have been built into the FY25 Operating Budget. We are providing access to the budget in...

March 2021 Release Notes

March 5, 2021 (revised March 5, 2021, 5 pm)

March 2021 CalPlanning Release Notes

The CalPlanning tools (CalPlan, HCP, CalRptg, HCPRptg, SmartView) are available with 2021 January Actuals. Updates include:

FY2020-21 Forecast Working version has January Actuals

Annual removal of DeptIDs for planning has been completed

Simplified the way that Pooled Positions and Fee Remission are planned in HCP

Loaded updated FY21...

On the HCP001 report, what is the Actuals Journals at the end of the report?

When a transaction is done in a BFS journal outside of UCPath and we are unable to link a BFS transaction to an employee, HCP creates a member in the Employee dimension called “Actuals Journals.”

The Actuals Journals amount represents the actualized consolidated employee benefits for GAEL and UCRP Supplemental Assessment that are transacted in BFS at the DeptID level that cannot be attributed to an individual employee for the closed months.

Actions required after CalPlanning upgrade

July 6, 2021

CalPlanning Community,

We have upgraded CalPlanning to improve performance, reliability, security, and compatibility with newer browsers and operating systems. All CalPlanning tools (CalPlan, CalRptg, HCPRptg, SmartView) are now available.

Please note: There are several actions users need to take when they first log back into CalPlanning. Please review the linked job aid or...

How do I plan for a vacant position?

To plan for a vacant position in HCP, you create a To Be Hired (TBH) employee to serve as a placeholder for the compensation expense associated with your planned employee.

Add TBH showing on context sensitive menu

From the Monthly Pay Rate tab on the Manage Existing Employees and Job Codes form, right-click on the first column...

How do I know which of the 5 Plan Only Fund Members an individual fund rolls up under in CalPlan and HCP?

You can reference the BFS to CalPlan Fund Map Table. The table maps each of the 25,000+ individual BFS Funds to the 5 Plan Only Fund members available in CalPlan and HCP. Use the Find functionality in MS Excel to locate the individual BFS fund in Column A and Column D includes the name of the Plan Only Fund.

As this table is updated with each monthly CalPlanning release it is recommended that you access it from the CalPlanning Job Aids...

Can I change an existing employee's Job Code in HCP?

Yes. From the Monthly Pay Rate tab on the Manage Existing Employee and Job Code form, right-click on the row of the employee whose job code you would like to change. Select Manage Employee / Update an Existing Employee.

Update Existing Employee on context sensitive menu

In the Prompt Form, change the job...

We are going to be hiring a additional employee later this year. Is there a way I can add the compensation expenses for this employee to my budget without knowing who the person is yet?

Yes, HCP allows you to plan for a To Be Hired (TBH) employee

From the Monthly Pay Rate tab on the Manage Existing Employees and Job Codes task, right-click and select Manage TBH / Add TBH. Select the DeptID (defaults to value in the right-clicked row), TBH #, Job Code, Monthly Pay Rate, Start Month and Year, End Month and Year, and Comment (optional). Then select Launch to create the monthly pay rate row for the to be hired employee....

If I have an employee who is leaving and I plan to re-fill the position, do I need to remove them from HCP?

If you have an employee who is leaving your unit and you plan to rehire for the position, you have two options for planning for the new hire compensation. You may use either option; it is not necessary to do both.

1. Reuse the existing plan data. Change the values on the Monthly Pay Rate tab to zero for the months you expect the position to be vacant. Put a note in the Comments field to indicate that the future plans are for the new hire.

2. Remove existing plan data and create a To Be Hired employee. Zero...

Can I delete a Pooled Position that was created but no longer needed?

Yes, you can delete the intersection for a Pooled Position that has no data in the Forecast year (and Operating Budget year if available).

From the Create and Manage HCP Pooled Positions form, right-click on the first column of the row containing the Pooled Position you would like to delete and select Manage Pooled Position / Delete Pooled Position

You cannot delete an intersection for which there is data, even if the month has closed.