We’ve updated the titles of two reference guides to provide clarity about their contents, and make them easier to locate in the Knowledge Base. Based on user feedback, we’ve changed the title of Create Spend Authorization to Create, Approve, Change, or Close a Spend Authorization. Additionally, the guide previously titled Create Expense Report is now titled Create, Approve, Change, […]
Principal Investigators (PIs) are responsible for the expenditures charged to their grants. Federal Uniform Guidance and WSU policy (BPPM 40.09) requires that sponsored expenditures comply with four cost principles: reasonableness, allocability, consistency, and allowability. PIs are encouraged to attend an upcoming training session to lean more about how the four cost principles apply to their […]
We’ve created a new report to help Timekeepers, Time Approvers, and HR Partners identify employees with missing time or time off for the month. CR TTK Monthly Time and Time Off Summary can be used to find employees with regular schedules who have not entered enough time or time off by comparing their totals to […]
Beginning Monday, February 6, 2023, HRS is changing how WSU requests documents from job candidates in Workday. This new approach will create a faster, more seamless application process for job seekers, and an easier viewing experience for search committees. The application process will no longer use the questionnaire portion to request supplemental documents (e.g. cover […]
Recent changes include usability updates, process updates, new reports, and addition of helpful information. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for February: General User Information Delegation Finance Create Supplier Request Create Request for Supplier Change Create Supplier Invoice Request Create, Approve, Change, or Close a Spend Authorization Create, Approve, Change, or […]
Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. During a Feature Release, Workday implements a series of system updates, improvements, and new features. The first Feature Release of 2023 takes place March 10-11. As we test the new features and updates we will provide regular communications on the Modernization website and in the […]
Known Issue: The testing of new business process and notification configurations may inadvertently trigger email notifications for some employees. Time to Resolution: By end of day, Thursday, January 26. Details: Some employees have reported receiving email notifications for actions completed on their behalf in Workday by members of the Modernization team. We are currently testing […]
Known Issue: Modernization was recently made aware of an accounting issue which occurred during normal monthly ledger period status updates. The Controller’s Office and Modernization are currently investigating to identify impacted transactions. Time to Resolution: February 5, 2023 Details: During normal monthly ledger period status updates, the January 2022 ledger period was inadvertently opened, allowing […]
Known Issue: FY2024 payroll obligations were created incorrectly. Time to Resolution: Resolved. Details: Normally, positions with a grant on the costing allocation would generate obligations in a future fiscal year. A hotfix deployed by Workday on December 30, 2022, impacted a process WSU uses to update our payroll obligations. This change resulted in the inability of the system […]
Issue: A setting in Workday was briefly changed that resulted in emails being sent to users regarding business processes with custom notifications. Time to resolution: Resolved. Details: On January 10, a setting was briefly changed in Workday in an attempt to turn on email notifications for a specific business process. After receiving several tickets from […]