Update to Workday Accounting Feed in OBIEE makes it easier to find cost center information for student financial data

When we released the reporting dashboard for comparing student financial data in OBIEE with that in Workday, the Cost Center field could only display up to 30 characters. This limitation could make navigating filters and finding the subject cost center challenging, especially if the user did not know the cost center number. We’ve expanded this […]

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Issue Resolved: Grant PI report not working

Known Issue: The report CR GRA PI Award Lines Financial Summary was not working last week. This is now resolved. Estimated Time to Resolution: Resolved. Details: Updates have been made to CR GRA PI Award Lines Financial Summary resolving errors reported by users. As a reminder, grant managers should continue to use the report CR GRA SPS Award Lines Financial Summary instead of CR GRA PI […]

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Changes in Workday to support travel reimbursement deadlines

Beginning in February 2022, expense reports submitted past the deadline of 60 days will include a new step requiring the employee/traveler to acknowledge the travel being reimbursed will impact their taxable income. The 60-day deadline is an IRS requirement, and WSU’s Business Policies and Procedures Manual (BPPM) section 95.20 states that “Employees who do not meet this deadline […]

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Issue Resolved: Time blocks overrides not functioning to pay student employees from multiple sources

Known Issue: The process to pay hourly employees with different funding sources in Workday was not working as expected, so these employees have been paid from their costing allocation funding source instead. We recommend following the guidance in this matrix to ensure that hourly employees with different funding sources are being paid from the right one. Estimated Time […]

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Issue: Workday Knowledge Base search restrictions

Known Issue: Some users are unable to see all results when searching the Workday Knowledge Base. Estimated Time to Resolution: Unknown Details: Community feedback has brought to our attention that some users cannot see all results when searching the Workday Knowledge Base. These users can see the top 5 results that show up below the search bar as […]

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Issue: Grant PI report not working

Known Issue: The report CR GRA PI Award Lines Financial Summary is not working at this time. We are investigating this issue. We recommend that grant mangers run the report CR GRA SPS Award Lines Financial Summary instead. Estimated Time to Resolution: Unknown. Details: We are aware that some grant managers are having issues running the report CR GRA PI Award Lines Financial […]

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New resources for Grant Administrators

The first Workday Reporting for PIs training session was held Tuesday, January 18.  The resources from that session, including video demonstrations, may be helpful to Grant Administrators; therefore, we’ve made them available at the links below. A website featuring links to each video and the PowerPoint is found here. The Workday for Faculty website can be […]

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Update to Effort Certification business process routing

We have a review step in the Effort Certification business process (BP) for the Effort Certification Reviewer security role that is not functioning correctly when an employee is working on Grants tied to multiple Cost Centers. We are changing the first step in the business process from a review step to an approval step. The […]

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New event series: Making Workday Work

Making Workday Work is a new series of events hosted by the Modernization Initiative. Each session will focus on a specific topic or question within Workday to address common questions and concerns. Join us for our first Making Workday Work session on Wednesday, January 13 on Zoom to learn about encumbrances and how they function in Workday. […]

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January reporting updates

Here are new and updated reports for the month of January. NEW REPORTS CR PRO Expense Reports Subject to 60 Day Tax Audit Returns expense reports subject to the 60 day tax rule. CR FIN Financial Related Worktags Returns cost centers, projects, programs, gifts, and grants with related (allowed and default) worktags. REPORT MODIFICATIONS Removed […]

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