Departmental Inventory Portal Navigation

Tabs

Tabs appear at the top of each Web page in the Financial Resource Management System (FRMS) and are used for navigation to various subsystems. The Departmental Inventory Portal is accessed from the Procurement first-level tab and then the Inventory tab. From the Inventory tab, the Item List, Item Details, and Mass Update tabs are used to view and make direct updates to inventory items.
The page you are currently on will be identified by an orange indicator arrow on the tab.

Icons

Departmental Inventory Portal uses icons (images) throughout the system that serve a variety of functions.

Icon	Description
	The lookup icon is used to search for field specific data.
	The Help icon is used to access information on specific, context-level topics. A new window opens and offers assistance with the associated term or concept.
	The information icon next to an inventory number is used to view additional details about an item.
	The up/down arrow icon is used to reorder data in charts, tables, and columns.

Inbox

The inbox links to a user’s personal UT Direct Electronic Document Inbox where documents await for review and approval.

Related Sites

FRMS Help – Links to the FRMS Help Welcome page that contains help and support for common FRMS processes.
Inventory Removal Request (IRR) form – Links to a form that requires approval before removing any item from the university.
Physical Inventory Certification form – Links to a form that requires state organizations to complete a physical inventory of all equipment in their possession once each year.
SPA Process User’s Guide – Links to Texas’ State Property Accounting System (SPA) Process User’s Guide.
CCART – Links to Capitalized and Controlled Asset Removal and Transfer System (CCART), a Web-based system used for managing inventoried assets.
Inventory Equipment Located Off Campus log – Links to a checkout log that requires departments to inventory equipment located off campus.
Self-Tagging Template – Links to a template that self-tagging departments are required to use.
Inventory Services
askUS – Links to a database of frequently asked questions and answers to many of the university’s administrative systems.