Employee feedback is critical to our goal of developing helpful and effective Workday training, communications, and support resources for all employees. We’d like to thank the WSU employees who responded to our 2024 Workday Training & Communications Survey, and share some highlights from your responses, along with our roadmap toward putting your input into action. […]
Beginning March 9, a new pop-up lets users view the time entry calendar while reviewing and submitting time in Workday. The new pop-up slides out from the right-hand side of the Time Entry Calendar, enabling users to view a summary of their time entries without obscuring the calendar, allowing for easier reviewing prior to submitting […]
Beginning March 9, the Announcements section is moving to a more prominent position on the Workday Home page, with the added ability to scroll through announcements. If your Workday Home page is organized in two columns, your Announcements section will now be located at the top of the right-hand column, below the banner. If your […]
Modernization offers a variety of options for accessing the latest news and updates about Workday to best suit your needs. Whether you’re looking for updates impacting a specific functional area or security role, or are simply curious about what’s new with Workday, explore the following ways to stay informed about Workday features, resources, reports, policies, […]
Here are the new and updated reports for the month of February. Finance CR ROL Program Role Assignments The report was updated to include a new column for “Program Manager,” in addition to the existing “Program Manager (Assigned)” and “Program Manager (Inherited)” columns. Users with access to all the columns, such as Security Partner, can view […]
Recently, the Award Setup process was updated to enable the inclusion of cost share budget breakdowns in the Budget Setup tab in MyResearch. New awards with cost share are already being set up with cost share budgets. However, for awards with cost share obligations set up before January 1, 2024, grant administrators should submit a […]
Workday Adaptive Grants Forecasting launched for all Grants Managers and Principal Investigators (PIs) on January 10, 2024. Since its launch, more than 75 Grant Managers and PIs have begun using the tool to help project future expenses and remaining balances on their grants. The following training and resources are available to departmental grants administrators and PIs who […]
In Summer 2023, Salary Over the Cap functionality launched in Workday. Below are some helpful resources and reminders for departmental grants personnel who perform processes related to Salary Over the Cap. A “one-stop” reference guide for Salary Over the Cap, Salary Over the Cap Notifications, Actions, and Examples, is currently available in the Workday Knowledge […]
Effective January 29, automatic notifications to employees receiving a one-time payment of Award or Award-Gross-up will stop. All other compensation event notifications will remain the same. If used, the Employee Visibility Date field will determine the date an employee is able to view their award. Questions? Reach out at the Workday Service Desk.
Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. The first Feature Release of 2024, also called “R1,” takes place March 8-9. During a Feature Release, Workday implements a series of system updates, improvements, and new features. While hundreds of new features and enhancements are available during a Release, we work to identify and […]