Position Budget testing completed

We’ve completed End-to-End testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for position budget in Workday. This wraps up the testing portion of the position budget phase of the project. User Acceptance Testing User Acceptance Testing sessions ran from May 18 through May 20. The 22 testers who participated each ran through 7 scenarios, documenting the results […]

Categories: Adaptive Planning

Updated report for identifying benefits to cover on core funds

Prior to the implementation of Workday at WSU, certain hourly employee benefits paid from core funds (state, indirect cost recovery, and administrative fee and interest funds) were automatically reimbursed from central accounts within the legacy accounting system. When Workday launched, only benefits charged to ledger 5100: Benefits were tagged to be reimbursed from the central […]

Categories: Workday

Position Budget training available this summer

Employees holding Position Budget Manager and Position Budget Specialist roles are invited to attend a new training on Position Budgeting in Workday. This virtual instructor-led training will provide information on how to carry out the position budget functions in Workday, including how to perform business processes, and where to find reporting resources for position budget […]

Categories: Adaptive Planning

Grant managers invited to Modernization office hours

Grant managers are encouraged to bring their questions about reports to a series of office hours with members of the Modernization grants team.  Office hours will be offered at the following dates and times: June 9, 11 a.m.-noon June 16, 1 a.m.-noon June 23, 11 a.m.-noon June 30, 11 a.m.-noon Questions about office hours? Submit […]

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Update streamlines Internal Service Delivery process

When Workday launched, the Internal Service Delivery process (ISD) required approval from the Project, Program, Gift, Grant, and Cost Center managers for the service center and the customer. Thanks to a new enhancement, now the Internal Service Delivery will only require approval from the customer receiving the expense. This streamlines the approval workflow and prevents […]

Categories: Workday

Issue Update: Don’t change PCard transactions with grant worktags after approval

Known Issue: Changing a PCard transaction that has grant worktags after it’s been approved causes imbalances in revenue and expenses. WSU has submitted a case to Workday, and they are actively working to resolve this glitch. We will post additional updates as we know more. Estimated Time to Resolution: This issue has been resolved. Details: As reported previously, […]

Categories: Workday

Watch demonstrations of new finance reports on demand

Are you unable to attend a live demo of the new finance reports CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary and CR FIN Plan to Actuals Summary? Did you attend a demo, but want to revisit the information again? You can now find a recording of a demonstration session on Stream, available to view on-demand. Watch it here. […]

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User Acceptance Testing begins this week

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the Position Budget/Adaptive Planning Project begins this week. Since May 9, the project team has worked on loading data into the system, developing tester workbooks, and more. The testing sessions occur May 18-23. We’ll work on resolving defects and wrapping up testing May 24-27. Thank you to Area Finance Officers […]

Categories: Adaptive Planning

End-to-End testing completed, budgeting for benefits issue resolved

End-to-end testing for the Position Budget phase of the Adaptive Planning Project completed on April 29. The team of 11 testers completed 8 scenarios each, documenting each one in their tester workbooks. They also provided feedback and discussed functionality. Of the 88 total scenarios completed, 5 of them “failed.” One of the scenarios failed due […]

Categories: Adaptive Planning

Change in processing for taxable travel expenses

Beginning with the June Workday monthly update, the departmental expenses associated with taxable travel (see BPPM section 95.20) will be charged to the active Costing Allocation assigned to the employee’s primary position. In the past, departmental tax expenses were charged to the worktags where the travel was originally charged. This change is being implemented simplify the process, and to prevent […]

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