There are three different ways to create new contracts.  You can use one or a combination of the three choose which option works best for you to create your new contracts. 

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   title Mass Copy Compensations (Similar to NEWCNT/BUILD)
   Mass Copy Compensations Info This option allows you to Include Concealed Archived Employees or Archived Compensations if desired.  Go to Processing/New Contracts. Click on Mass Copy Compensations tab. Select a Job Status. Check the 'include archived employees' ONLY if you want archived employees included.Select a Job Status Check the 'include archived compensations' ONLY if you want archived compensations to be included. If you want to include Compensations that are only active from a particular date, you would choose or enter the date in the box provided, otherwise all compensations will load. Select Pay Groups by moving them over the left 'selected' box. Enter in a Contract start and stop datedates that will be used on the New Compensations. Click on the Build New Contracts button. New contracts will then be built and can be seen under Processing/New Contracts/New Contract Maintenance Each new contract will need to be manually updated with new data. This would include Contract Amount and Contract Obligation and any other updates to the Compensation, if needed. The Calculate button would then need to be used to calculate the Unit Amount and Pay Per Period.

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   title Import New Contracts (Similar to NEWCNT/IMPORT)
   Import New Contracts  The following  Note Importing New Contracts will require you to have a spreadsheet populated with employee information to create the New Contract compensations.  Creating this spreadsheet can be done several ways.  Use the option that works best for you.  Once the spreadsheet is created you will update the columns with New Contract data.  To create a spreadsheet with data from the current compensations in the software you can run the New Contract Load.  This report may have already been loaded into the Home screen or Reports/Report Manager from previous years, if not see next step below.  You will use this to gather the information needed to create the spreadsheet for the New Contract Load. Save the file in .csv format. If New Contract Load is not in your Home screen or in your Reports/Report Manager, you can load the file to add this report to your reports list. Click on this link to download the report definition: New Contract Load .rpd-json (It can also be found in the NWOCA Report Repository)  may be generated to assist in creating a spreadsheet to load new contracts. The report definition will first need to be downloaded and import it into the Redesign to generate it. Instructions info Next in USPS go to Reports/Report Manager and click 'Import Report', select the New Contract Load from your downloads, and save. Additional instructions on how to import a .json file can be found at Importing a .json file. Using Report Definitions.   If preferred, a spreadsheet can be created using the Core/Compensation grid and selecting the appropriate fields from the grid and filtering the grid for current compensations. Click on the Report option at the top of the grid choosing and the Format- Excel >Excel-FieldNames.   The user should update the obligation/amount and header information, also add the header-contractType and add NewContract in that column for all employees and then save the file as a CSV file.  There are four required fields on the new contract CSV file: employeeId, jobNo, contractType and compensationLabel.  Label is only required if the employee has more than one Compensation for a Position.  The remainder of the data available is optional and will be dependent upon the contract type being imported.  Also, suggested are the fields - payPerPeriodManualCalculationMode and newCompensationLabel.If you have an existing spreadsheet, in order for the Import option to properly build new contract records, the data columns must contain the appropriate heading information in row one. These headings must Save the file in .csv format. If you have an existing spreadsheet, update row one to the appropriate column headings shown below.  Save the file in .csv format. Info   For New Contract type contracts, the following columns (with the exact column headings) are required to be included in your spreadsheet created in the steps above.   employeeId - formatted as a number jobNo - formatted as a number   contractType - 4 for new contract newCompensationLabel -  fiscal year (such as 23-24 or 2023-2024) contractAmount - required for all stretch pay compensations contractStartDate - first work day on job calendar contractStopDate - one day prior to next year's first work day on job calendar Any additional information you wish to have loaded in the new contracts need to have the headings to match what is defined in the New Contracts chapter in the USPS-R User Manual in order for the Import program to recognize and load the data. Manual. Warning Please be aware that the header columns are case sensitive. Go to Processing/New Contracts Click on /Import New Contracts Tab Choose your file, must be saved in a .csv format. Enter a Contract Start Date, ONLY need if you want to select specific lines within your spreadsheet that have a specific start date, otherwise leave blank to import all. Click on Import New contracts can be seen under Processing/New Contracts/New Contract Maintenance

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   title New Contract Maintenance (Similar to NEWCNT/MAINT)
   New Contract Maintenance Tip This option is best also used when creating a mid year contract change. This will allow you to create a single employee's New Contract. Go to Processing/New Contract Maintenance Click on Copy at the top left of the grid Select an Employee Compensation Contract Type (New contract) Click on Create Make necessary changes to the contract Click on Save