Berkeley Financial System (BFS)

A service overview and catalog of Berkeley Financial System (BFS) provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub.

Description

The Berkeley Financial System (BFS) is Berkeley’s entperprise system for General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Billing, eBill, Commitment Control, Grants, Contracts, and Project Costing. BFS is an implementation of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financials product. The administration of BFS is overseen by the Enterprise Applications, Finance & Procurement (EAFP) governance group, and the AVC & Controller’s Office BFS Business Systems unit.

New Faculty and Staff can request access via Getting started with BFS.

Eligibility	Faculty, Staff, Suppliers, Customers, Students
Contact	Email: bfs@berkeley.edu Website: BFS Support
Availability	BFS is available from 7 am to 9 pm every day, except during scheduled maintenance intervals. Maintenance is typically scheduled for a Sunday morning and is announced to campus well in advance of the downtime. Also, BFS will not be available on the third Friday of February, May, August, and November to allow for any critical patch updates.
Cost	There are no direct costs associated with this service.
Data Classification	This service is rated for: Protection Level: P4 Availability Level: A4 Recovery Level: R3 Compliance: Users are responsible for ensuring data handled within this service complies with the Data and IT Resource Classification Standards.