In August 2023, Modernization and Deloitte announced their collaboration to develop a new grants forecasting tool, called Workday Adaptive Grants Forecasting, for WSU. We are excited to provide the following update, including a planned launch date, for this new resource. Modernization would first like to thank the members of the WSU community who provided valuable […]
Modernization and HRS are currently exploring new employee performance functionality in Workday. This functionality will allow users to complete employee reviews, route them for approval, and deliver reviews to an employee’s personnel file all within Workday. Modernization currently hopes to implement this functionality for Classified Staff in early 2024, followed by Administrative Professionals. Along with […]
Payroll cutoff can be a busy, and sometimes hectic, time for departments. Payroll Services and Modernization have developed resources to help departments prepare for payroll cutoff, reducing stress and confusion related to payroll tasks. Learn more about planning and executing a successful payroll cutoff by reviewing the How to Make Payroll Cutoff Stress Free session […]
Known Issue: The soft error on the time entry calendar intended to alert employees and Time Approvers that time entered through the Time Clock feature has been edited is malfunctioning and has been removed. Time to Resolution: Unknown. Details: The soft error on the time entry calendar in Workday, intended to alert employees and Time […]
Based on feedback received during the Elevating Cougs Conference, we’ve added an additional daily automated payroll calculation. This calculation will run daily at 2 pm to help capture any payroll-affecting transactions completed following the existing 10am automated calculation. Moving forward, 3 automated payroll calculations will capture approved payroll-affecting transactions at 10 am, 2 & 10 […]
We’ve recently launched a new integration that generates email notifications to Grant Managers identifying Principal Investigators (PIs) with upcoming payroll charges in excess of HHS salary cap requirements. The intent of these email notifications is to support compliance with HHS salary cap requirements and our BPPM by providing notification of potential salary cap breaches before […]
Recent changes include functionality updates and new guides for the Elevating Cougs conference, Open Enrollment, Grant information in the Award Header, and usability updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for November: General Find Who Holds Which Workday Support Roles for your Employee Record Paylock Checklist for Departments Security Roles Workday […]
Following the recent Service Desk and Workday outages, Modernization and Payroll Services request all employees who have submitted a service desk ticket to check the status of the ticket. If you do not see the request, please resubmit the ticket ahead of the Payroll lock at 11am. This is important for those who have submitted […]
Known Issue: On 10/30 and 10/31, access to the Workday Service Desk and the Workday Knowledge Base was interrupted due to issues with Jira and Confluence. Time to resolution: Resolved. Details: Beginning Monday, 10/30, WSU employees reported disruptions in access to Jira and Confluence across WSU. These issues impacted the availability of the Workday Service Desk and […]
Known Issue: On November 2, 2023, Workday experienced an outage between 6 am and 2:30 pm. During this time, access to Workday for WSU was unavailable. Time to Resolution: Resolved. Access to Workday is restored and employees can login. Details: On November 2, Workday experienced a widespread outage due to loss of power to a […]