MARS

From Oracle R12 (updated weekly)

• portfolio of current research award projects with project dates and investigator names
• direct costs by department and collaborator, with expenditure category, displayed in a graph
• graphs toggle between actual amounts and run rates

From CoreHR (updated monthly)

• names and FTE of staff who are directly paid from the project

From X5 costing and pricing (updated nightly)

• Project reference codes (Funder and department references

Project data can be enriched with key dates, website links and free text notes.

Please note that data from Oracle R12, X5 and CoreHR cannot be changed within MARS. Any changes need to be made within each system.

Each department should have one or two departmental user managers. These departmental user managers should be sufficiently senior so they can grant access to standard users.

To be set up as departmental user manager, please complete the MARS departmental user manager request form, have it approved and emailed to mars@it.ox.ac.uk by your head of administration, head of department or similar
senior role.

MARS departmental user manager request form

MARS departmental user manager request form

This page describes how to grant access to standard departmental users and project users: MARS help website

Please note that standard departmental users will see all your department’s data, while project users only have access to specific projects, selected by yourself.

Your departmental user manager will be able to grant you access to your project(s). If you do not know who your departmental user manager is, please contact your Head of Administration and Finance (or equivalent). MARS displays information from three different source systems, R12, X5 and CoreHR. If you have questions about data in MARS please go to your departmental contact for the relevant source system.