Workday for Finance
Essentials for Finance
The following reference guides provide guidance for important Workday functionality, such as how to run a report, view the next steps in a business process, and delegate your tasks when you’re out of the office.
Business Process Information
- Find The Next Steps in a Business Process Transaction
- Finance FAQs Elevating Cougs replay
Finance Dates & Accounting Functions
- Learn About Important Finance Dates in Workday
- Calendar Planning for Regular Finance and HCM Events Reference Guide and Elevating Cougs replay
- Download presentation materials
- Primary Accounting Functions in Workday Explainer with Examples and Links
Delegations
- Delegate your Workday inbox or individual tasks
- Delegations in Workday Elevating Cougs conference replay
Security
- Make a Security Request
- Understanding Workday Security Elevating Cougs conference replay
- Find Who Holds Which Workday Support Roles for your Employee Record – for example, find who your HR Partner is
Important Finance Concepts
- What is the difference between Core and Non-Core budgets?
- Approving Transactions
- How to Request FDM Elements
- Spend Category Guidance
Workday Support
Learn which reports you need and how to find the information you are looking for at the resources below:
- How to Use the Workday Service Desk
- Learn about Reporting in Workday from running reports to favorites and scheduling
- Helpful Reports for Department Payroll Personnel
- Workday Glossary
View replays of the Elevating Cougs conference sessions and download presentation materials.
For additional reference guides, video tutorials, and conference replays about navigation, security, and general Workday activities, visit the Workday for Employees page.
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Learn About the Sources and Uses Summary Report
CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary shows the Sources (Core Budgets and Revenues), Uses (Expenses, Commitments, and Obligations) and Balances (Sources minus Uses) associated with their worktags for time periods in a simple format.
Here are two ways to learn more about the report:
- Watch a narrated walk through in this explanation video.
- Read about the report prompts, worktags, and column definitions in the Running CR FIN Sources and Uses Summary Reference Guide.
Managing Key Finance Events
The following links help fiscal staff manage financial events, including:
Primary Accounting Functions in Workday
Expenses
Elevating Cougs Replays
- Expense Report, Spend Authorization & PCard Elevating Cougs conference replay
- Download presentation materials
Reference Guides
- Create, Change and Close Spend Authorizations
- Create Expense Report
- Procurement Card Transaction Verification
Procurement
Elevating Cougs Replays
- Procure to Pay- Optimizing the Lifecycle of a Payment Replay Elevating Cougs conference replay
- Download presentation materials
Reference Guides
- Create Supplier Request
- Create Requisition
- Create and Change Purchase Order
- Create Supplier Invoice Request
Receivables
Grants Administration
Elevating Cougs Replays
- Reporting for PIs replay
- Reporting for Grant Managers replay
- Managing Your People Paid on Grants replay
- Download presentation materials
Reference Guides
- Award Budget-to-Actuals Reporting
- Award Tour
- Award Dates Overview
- Create a Sponsored Account Request
- Cost Share
- Request Overdraft Transfer
- Award Setup Integration
- Effort Certification
- Effort Certification Work Area
- Create Pro Forma Effort Certification
- Salary Over the Cap – video
For more grants administration resources, visit the Workday for Faculty page.
Gifts Administration
Elevating Cougs Replays
- Gift Management Elevating Cougs conference replay
- Download presentation materials
Reference Guides