Successfully logging in opens the Home page, as displayed by the image below;
The Home Page displays the logged on Submitter's Name - label 1 above, and the Submitter menu - label 2 above - with menu items that represent the role(s) that have been assigned to you in the reporting process. Each menu item opens the Report Selection page that is specific to the role it represents
A Submitter may have one or more roles in the reporting process, e.g., a Submitter may be a Submitter, a Verifier or an Approver, or all three roles, or any combination of these roles. These are displayed in the Submitter menu
From the menu, click the menu item for which you have a report(s) to work on. This opens the Report Selection page as displayed by the image below;
On the Report Selection page is a grid that contains the report(s) that you have permission to work on, based on your selected role - label 1 above.
In the grid, each row contains the summary of each report as follows;
- The current and open reporting period - 2 above
- The Submitter for each report - 3 above. In the above case, Demo Submitter has permission to work on Demo Submitter2's report (where if Demo Submitter2 is unavailable/unable to work on his/her report, and Demo Submitter is elected to serve as proxy for Demo Submitter2)
- The report's Submitter's Verifier - 4 above
- The reporting Unit - 5 above
- The current Workflow Stage of each report - 6 above. In the above case, each report is at the Submitter workflow stage, meaning that the reports have not been submitted yet
- The Stream to which each report belongs - 7 above
- Click Select - 8 above - to open the desired report. This opens the Report Submission page for the selected report
- Click View Report - 9 above - to view the compiled report for your branch for the current reporting period.
After clicking "View Report" - label 9 in the image above, it opens the login page in SAP BusinessObjects, where the reports are compiled and stored. These reports are updated every time a Submitter captures data in MERMS

To log in and view the report, use the following Submitter Names;
- for GDARD - gdardSubmitter, and the password is gdardSubmitter, in small letters
- for AOG - oagSubmitter, and the password is oagSubmitter, in small letters
You can only access the SAP BusinessObjects reports when you are inside the premises of the Gauteng Provincial Government