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New Workday dashboard for Grants Managers

A new dashboard for Grants Managers, Dashboard GRA Grants Administrator, is now available in Workday. Those assigned the Grant Manager role will be able to use the dashboard to see various worklets, including Terming Awards, Overdue Invoices, and Expiring Costing Allocations containing information for the awards they manage. There are two tabs, Financial and Personnel/Other, […]

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Issue Resolved: Workday Federated Search – no more errors reported

Issue: On the afternoon of Friday, November 17, we received a report that when using Workday Search, a WSU user received the following error: “The widget ‘federatedSearchResults’ was not found! It is probably configured incorrectly.” As of 11/20, no more errors have been reported. Time to Resolution: Resolved Details: If users experience an error when […]

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Known Issue: Workday Federated Search error

Known Issue: We’ve been alerted to a potential error involving the Workday Search bar and Federated Search functionality. Time to Resolution: Workarounds are available for this issue below. Details: On the afternoon of Friday, November 17, we received a report that when using Workday Search, a WSU user received the following error: “The widget ‘federatedSearchResults’ […]

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Known Issue: Adaptive Planning Position Budget Sheet Data

Known Issue: An issue with data in the Position Budget Sheet has been reported and a maintenance activity has been scheduled for Friday, 11/17 to fix the issue. Time to Resolution: Friday, 11/17 Details: A data issue in the Position Budget Sheet has been reported and after review was discovered to be the result of […]

Reminder: Use Personal Holiday and Holiday Credit by Dec. 31

Civil Service, Nonpermanent Scheduled, and Nonpermanent Nonscheduled employees who have not used their Personal Holiday, Personal Holiday Credit, or Holiday Credit must do so by December 31, 2023. In accordance with BPPM 60.57, the Personal Holiday for Civil Service and Nonpermanent Scheduled (NPS) employees, and Personal Holiday Credit for Nonpermanent Nonscheduled (NPNS) employees, must be […]

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November reporting update

Below are the new and updated reports for November 2023: Human Resources CR HCM Incomplete Onboarding Tasks This new report provides details of incomplete onboarding tasks. Onboarding tasks are critical to faculty and staff, and in some cases, incomplete onboarding tasks are a compliance concern. Please use this report to ensure all onboarding tasks are […]

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Understanding the 11/2 Workday outage

The week of October 30 was eventful and challenging for members of the WSU community who use Workday, Jira, and Confluence to perform their job duties. Over the course of four days, major service interruptions to all three systems caused delays in regular business activities. While these events are rare, they provide an opportunity to […]

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Prepare for January 2024 HR mass actions

In January 2024, HRS will process the following mass actions: Minimum Wage increase effective 1/1 FLSA changes effective 1/1 Departments are encouraged to prepare for these blackout dates by reviewing the January 2024 HCM Mass Action Timelines and Options guide. This guide provides information about key deadlines and tasks that require completion prior to the […]

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New training resources added to “Workday for…” pages

We strive to continuously improve our Workday training and resources, and make it easier for people to find the information they need. We’ve recently updated the “Workday for…” series of web pages by adding links to a wide range of Elevating Cougs sessions replays, as well as links to new reference guides. Examples include the […]

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New report helps identify employees with incomplete onboarding tasks

Did you know we have over 5,000 WSU employees with one or more incomplete onboarding tasks? Department personnel performing HCM tasks can use the new CR HCM Incomplete Onboarding Tasks report to identify individuals with incomplete tasks from their area’s supervisory organizations. With this knowledge, department staff may then reach out to their area’s hires […]

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