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Workday is requiring the conversion of Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) templates from an XML Excel file format to an XLSX Excel file format. Ohio State will convert all of its EIB templates over the next few months. Once a template conversion is completed and uploaded to the Administrative Resource Center (ARC), the old template will no longer be available. The release of each new template and a link to it in the ARC will be announced in NewsLink.

The next Research Reporting presentation is Thursday, February 10, 2022, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. During this session we will review how to use the updated e-Activity regarding award proposals and awards. The session is optional and is intended for grant administrators who use e-Activity. A session focusing on expenditures in e-Activity will be scheduled later.

Prerequisites for this session:

Beginning for the Spring 2022 Academic Period, the Graduate Fee Authorization encumbrances will generate for Tuition and Technology fees for the University and OSP. Non-Resident fees will no longer be included in the encumbrances for Graduate Fee Authorizations, as most Non-Resident fees are centrally reimbursed.

A new job aid that outlines how to initiate ad-hoc one-time payments when an employee has received a taxable item is now available for managers, leaders and HR C

In alignment with the improvements to One-Time Payments business process, three job aids have been updated in the Administrative Resource Center:

On January 6, 2022, a change was implemented with the intent to workflow any Expense Reports with different Cost Centers from the Spend Authorization to the Cost Center Manager(s) regardless of the 20% threshold. This change had an issue that wasn’t caught during testing and was workflowing for all conditions regardless of Cost Center being different. The Expense Report workflow has now been updated and is executing as expected as of today.

As a reminder, the Buckeye Buy Marketplace Quote website hosts quotations from multiple contracted suppliers. Each supplier has their own portal within the site through which they submit quotations for their contracted services and goods.

This article shares information about key dates for Spring 2022 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.

A new optional process has been developed for employee business leave using Workday’s Request Process. This could be used for faculty/staff who will be away from routine work schedules. Examples could include attending meetings or a virtual conference.

The ability to add attachments to a Workday transaction varies based on the business process. How and when the attachment is added will determine whether workflow is retriggered. A new quick reference guide for attachments is now available to help you quickly understand the options for adding attachments to a transaction.