DTS Guide 1: Getting Started April 03, 2024
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o “There are errors with this itinerary. Please correct the errors and try submitting again.”
• If creating a document further out than six months from current date, the following error message
displays under the Trip Overview section, Leaving On field:
o “Your overall Leaving date must be less than 180 days in the future.”
• If creating a document with a trip duration of greater than one year, the following error message
displays under the Create Itinerary section:
o “There are errors with this itinerary. Please correct the errors and try submitting again.”
• If creating a document with a trip duration of greater than one year, the following error message
displays under Your TDY Locations(s) section:
o "Total trip duration cannot exceed one year.”
• If editing an existing trip to extend the total trip length and the during is greater than one year, the
following error message displays under the Edit Itinerary section:
o “There are errors with this itinerary. Please correct the errors and try submitting again.”
• If editing an existing trip to extend the total trip length and the during is greater than one year, the
following error message displays under Your TDY Location(s) section:
o "Total trip duration cannot exceed one year.”
• If editing an existing trip to extend the total trip length and the during is greater than one year, the
following error message displays under the Trip Overview section, the Returning On field:
o "Total trip duration cannot exceed one year.”
• If amending an authorization with SPPs, DTS will automatically cancel scheduled SPPs to prevent
improper payments. After adding or editing expenses, reschedule the SPPs on the amendment.
Once an error for trip duration occurs, the traveler, clerk, or NDEA must correct the dates before proceeding
past the Itinerary page.
In circumstances where travel is greater than one year:
• Follow your local business rules on how to document and process the extended trip.
• For DTS purposes users can’t exceed the trip duration limit. Instead, an additional authorization and
voucher is necessary. For auditability, comments can be added to associate the two documents.
4.5.2 What’s New Feature
DTS provides a What’s New feature alerting you when software changes occur. After a system update, the first
time you access an affected module, the What’s New feature activates. You readily receive a series of pop-up
screens annotating any revisions. Once you proceed through the overview, you must select Got It to close the
messaging. Your personal profile tracks your acknowledgement and then the What’s New feature inactivates. As
this a one-time alert, unless there is another system change, you will not see the What’s New alert again.
Note: If you have multiple personal profiles, each one will receive the What’s New communication, requiring
your acknowledgement. Section 5, Using Multiple Profiles explains how to reset and log into DTS, when you
have more than one profile.