Effective immediately, new security enhancements are in effect restricting some viewing capabilities on Supplier Records and their associated attachment data in Workday. Individuals who perform the tasks of Create Supplier Invoice Request, Create Requisition and Create Request – Contract Request will still have the ability to initiate these in Workday and will not be impacted […]
A recent update by Workday enables WSU to assign roles on grants that can persist through position changes without disappearing from reports when employees leave WSU. This update enables the creation of a non-position based principal investigator role that may be assigned to a Grant Principal Investigator on grant worktags, regardless of their WSU position, […]
Individuals seeking access to the Workday Sandbox tenant may now do so by submitting a request using the Workday Tenant Access Request ticket in the Workday Service Desk. Moving forward, the Workday Tenant Access Request (formerly named Workday Proxy Request) should be used to request access for testing or Proxy for all non-production Workday environments, […]
The 2024 Elevating Cougs conference offers employees who supervise others the opportunity to learn more about using Workday to its fullest potential, including new functionality and resources launched in the last year, to perform management tasks and help their teams succeed at work. At the 2023 Elevating Cougs conference, Workday Success Stories sessions covered a […]
To make it easier to see which finance security role is department related or for Central Units, we have added a new list of Central Unit roles to the Security Roles reference guide in the Workday Knowledge Base. Access the updated guide here. We have also added a list of Central Unit-specific guides to the […]
Workday issues two major updates, called “Feature Releases,” per year. The second Feature Release of 2023, also called “R2,” takes place September 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 […]
We’ve created a new page on the Modernization website highlighting security in Workday. The new Security in Workday page provides information for Security Partners and employees about how security functions in Workday, how to request changes to security assignments, and more. The page also acts as a hub for additional resources, including reference guides and […]
Generally, employees are encouraged to submit their own delegations in advance of planned absences. However, in urgent or emergent situations, administrators may now request delegations on behalf of employees who are unavailable to set up their own using the new “Request Delegation” ticket type in the Workday Service Desk. This new ticket can be […]
In response to community feedback, we’ve developed a new reference guide with helpful information about what to expect when performing a financial or supervisory reorganization in Workday. The new guide covers considerations that should be taken for finance, human resources (HCM), security, and reporting, as well as links to other guides that may be helpful […]
In an effort to protect sensitive information, select settlement and cash balance reporting areas will no longer be visible to employees with the Financial Data View Only security role. If users experience an interruption to their ability to view data necessary for their job duties, they may reach out at the Workday Service Desk to […]