Download the Software Note: Our network requirements have been updated and can be found here . Please verify with your IT vendor that these changes have been put into place before attempting to download Station Control. You can download CBX from this link . Site-Four clients please use this link . Instructions for Manual Install of CBX Station Control Run the downloaded CBX Install Suite Prod CBX1.exe installer. This will require administrative privileges on the workstation. 1. On the CBX In  More...

Yes. The CU*BASE Budget tool is designed to set the base budget by using the historical record-keeping features of its General Ledger. Through the comparison of historical budgets and actual financial activity, CU*BASE can project a detailed budget in a single pass. Once your Budget is created, you can then use the Finanical Report Configuration to bring in your budget totals to perform your analysis.

The CU*BASE Budget tools are not intended to project your entire balance sheet. While some software products do that, that was never our intent. Our purpose in modeling select assets and liabilities is to create a projection to be used to calculate the income and expense for the budget. It results in a few simple things: You can create reports to present how you see member balances growing in the future. You can create reports to present the actual member balance in comparison to your project  More...

Yes. As long as you’ve set up your Budget Groups carefully, the modeling steps (Steps 5-8) can be done before, after, or simultaneously with the classical budgeting steps (Steps 9-10). Use your Budget Groups to help you stay organized and keep careful track of which G/Ls are being worked in each step. You’ll also need to coordinate any adjustments to your Budget Controls to make sure the proper G/L types are opened or closed at the appropriate times.

Yes. We call that the “classical” budgeting method and you can do this without using any of the modeling tools if you like. You’ll still need to do steps 1 2 to configure your chart of accounts, then proceed directly to step 9 and budget all of your income and expenses using the same technique, using as many passes as needed for different calculation parameters.

You can use a third party tool to work your asset and liability projects and the associated income and expenses. Just remember that you can only upload the income and expense figures into your budget. The upload tool does not support uploading resulting balances for asset and liability G/Ls.

When it comes to filling in your budget worksheet, it’s important to understand the distinction between the classical budgeting calculation (% increase or decrease based on previous year figures), versus how the modeling projections are determined: With the classical budgeting tools, CU*BASE calculates individual branch G/L figures, one month at a time, using previous year data, then shows you the total of those figures on the screen – it does not figure a total then spread it among   More...

Yes, this is possible in most cases, at least for the monthly balances that are used by most budgeting tools and trending dashboards. Since importing detailed history of debits and credits to G/L accounts might not be possible, keep in mind that functionality may still be limited for some tools. Contact Keegan Daniel, VP Professional Services, at kdaniel@cuanswers.com to discuss your options for either flooding data into your database or manually entering data that could be used by the budget to  More...

To set CBX as the home page to automatically open when Edge launches, follow the steps below. 1. Open Edge. Click on the three dots in the upper right-hand corner. Click on “Settings”. 2. Navigate to “Start, home, and new tabs” on the left-hand side of the screen. 3. Under “When Edge Starts”, select “Open these pages:” and click the “Add a new page” button. 4. In the “Add a new page” dialog box, enter the following URL (htt  More...

As we transition from CU*BASE GOLD to CBX, we are shifting from an application that runs directly on a workstation to a more modern, browser-based solution. Previously, CU*BASE GOLD relied on command-line arguments and local temporary files to interact with multiple applications. This approach is not sustainable for the future, as web browsers lack the capability to execute command-line requests and require called applications to be installed and registered on the system. To address this limitat  More...

Production, HA, and beta CBX servers are patched on the Wednesday following the 3rd Tuesday of every month, unless otherwise noted, and will be unavailable from 2 AM ET to 5 AM ET. CTE, dev, QC, and any other CBX environments will be patched the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 8 PM ET to 12:01 AM ET. Please note that CBX will be unavailable during any iSeries maintenance, including scheduled and unscheduled rolls.

To clear the CBX site cache in Edge, follow the steps below. 1. Access your Edge settings by selecting the three dots in the upper right-hand corner and selecting Settings. 2. Choose the data to clear by selecting the Cookies and site permissions tab, then selecting Manage and delete cookies and site data . 3. Select See all cookies and site data . 4. Make sure to select ONLY the CBX cookies by searching “cua”. Only delete the CBX cookies. 5. Then, delete cached images and script  More...

All VPN data connections directly to your data processor (CU*Answers, CU*Northwest, CU*South, etc.) should be anchored by a stable internet service provider (ISP) with a static IP. Outlier branches that receive CBX/GOLD connectivity through a primary or secondary location (which has a static IP and VPN tunnel back to the data processor) can leverage Dynamic DNS, Dialup VPN IPSEC, and SD-WAN with multiple ISPs to form more stable connections back to the data processors using their primary/seconda  More...

If a member cannot view their check, the research team needs the following information: Credit Union Questions What is your credit union name? Have multiple members reported that they cannot view checks? Are these members having the same experience when viewing their check? (See Member Questions. ) Has the check appeared on the Check Exceptions Report? (TNDET) Was this check cleared at the teller line? (Sometimes this is referred to as a counter-killed check.) Are you able to retrieve a chec  More...

Here are seven things to review if you are trying to research why a loan did not report to the credit bureau. Look to see if the loan is flagged not to report to the credit bureau: Access Tool #20 Update Account Information (shortcut: acct) for the account and click the Credit Reporting Info button. The Report to credit bureau flag must be checked. Look at the Credit Report History located in Loan Account Inquiry via the Delinquency window (F23 or click the lookup button next to the Deli  More...

In general, we try to ensure that we log things that directly affect (a) what a member sees/can do or (b) how the system processes something. So for example, a config that alters rates or dividend servicing settings, or that changes a member’s permissions or their personal info, that sort of thing, would definitely be written to a log. However, while many of our configurations do log to file maintenance, there are some configs that are simply informational-only codes, with free-form te  More...

Yes! With the 16.12 release we added a feature that allows you to take a snapshot of your entire budget at any time and store it in a new warehouse file, separate from where your “live” budget is stored. This lets you store several versions of your budget – such as both a conservative and aggressive budget using different calculation assumptions. You can use archived snapshot(s) in the Variance Analysis dashboard to compare your actual performance against multiple archived budg  More...

Yes. There is a technique for reviewing and manually adjusting branch allocation calculations for projected asset and liability balances. See the Budgeting with CU*BASE booklet for instructions. NOTE: The classical budgeting tools also contain a “Close a branch” function which zeros out monthly figures from your budget starting with a month you specify. But this does not affect projections for asset and liability balances used in the modeling tools.

General Requirements CU*BASE GOLD, CBX, and the associated cuasterisk.com software suite ( Station Control , ProDOC, SearchLink, etc.) require that the following networks be routed to the cuasterisk.com network (typically via a CU*Answers Cisco router): For all CU*Answers privately routed networks below, all ports/services should be allowed outbound from any device accessing CU*BASE or CBX. Required for standard Production connectivity: 63.150.21.96/27 63.236.240.16/28   More...

Previously, credit unions used Code 38 for “Return to Maker”, but this code is no longer available in the system. This change was initiated by a Reg CC change in 2018. Now, if you are presented with a situation where you need to return a check to another institution, it is recommended that you use one of these codes to clarify the reason for the check return. Some codes allow you to make the change in CU*BASE. Others require that you contact your Check Item Processor. Read below for   More...

As CBX is presented in-browser, you now will now use the built-in browser printer options to print a CBX screen. These printer features are located as the 3 dots in the top left corner of an Edge browser. The print options are very similar in other browsers, as well. See more about taking screenshots in CBX: What are some best practices for taking a screenshot in CBX?

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the changes ma  More...

Refer to the IRS.gov website for the current codes they require. These are in some cases different that those used by the core system and CU*Answers, listed below. Note: This information may change. Refer to the IRS website for the most recent information. Contribution/Distribution Codes CU*Answers 1—Early distribution, no known exception 2—Early distribution, exception applies 3—Disability 4—Death 5—Prohibited transaction. 6—N/A, not currently supported 7&  More...

Prior to the 16.10 release, the SSA began using multiple Company IDs, and it was recommended that credit unions consider using Automated Funds Transfers (AFTs) to handle distributions. Beginning with the 16.10 release a new cross-reference system will be implemented that will automatically funnel all incoming company IDs from the Social Security Administration and treat them as if they came from one, consistent company ID we’re referring to as the “Primary ID.” With the chang  More...

Yes, some CBX reports support a conversion to an Excel worksheet. Use the directions in the knowledgebase item below to open your report in the default PDF program on your workstation. Then save the file as an Excel worksheet. Note: This process requires that you have a PDF program installed on your workstation that allows PDFs to be exported into another format. PDF viewers do not support this functionality. (Examples of PDF programs include Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Acrobat Standa  More...