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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">As part of the MyRA Portal Upgrade, new navigation functionalities have been applied to MyRA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">1 – To create an agreement, select ‘Create’ and then ‘Create Agreement’ (see Figure 1).
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">2 – A navigation pane has been added to the left side of an agreement (see Figure 2).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">3 – ‘Validate’, located in the navigation pane, will check the SmartForms for missing data (see Figure 3).
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">4 – ‘</span><span style="font-family:Roboto">Exit’, ‘Save’, and ‘Continue’ activities are available on each SmartForm (see Figure 4).<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">5 – On the Additional Information SmartForm, the ‘Finish and Submit’ activity will save the agreement and route it to the Office of Sponsored Programs for review (see Figure 5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto">The PERIS™ MyRA module<span style="color:black"> will undergo scheduled maintenance for a portal upgrade on Friday,
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