Two helpful reports are available to assist with year-end business document clean up that was first shared in April (see original post).
The "UNIV Remaining Encumbrances - Requisitions, POs, Spent Authorizations" report helps end users identify transactions and their encumbrances that will roll forward at the end of the fiscal year.
Currently, when Period Activity Pay is initiated, the costing allocation details are required to be entered. We are excited to share that a change is being made starting Thusday, June 20 that will allow Period Activity Pay to be initiated without the costing allocation details. This will then allow the downstream approvers, HR Consultant, or Cost Center Manager, to add the costing allocation information during their review. The costing allocation information must be entered to successfully complete the Period Activity Pay business process.
The relocation process has been built into Workday and the HR website has been updated to provide an enhanced experience for new employees and hiring managers. The most recent update includes enabling employees to submit their reimbursements directly in Workday, which builds on additional improvements to incorporate the entire relocation process in Workday. This change is reflected on the HR website, as well as the Relocation Policy, 2.30.
The Forward Accruals and 9 over 12 Academic Pay Period job aid in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) has been updated with a more realistic example for Forward Accruals. Please review if you have an interest in learning more about the forward accrual calculation.
The go-live date for matching validation rules on the entry of internal supplier invoices has been paused. Initial go-live was to occur after FY24 year end. The original details shared earlier are listed below.
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The new validation rules will have the requirements listed below.
Invoices will need to match purchase order unit cost lines to ensure rates are accurate and agree to what was approved on the PO.
As of Friday, May 31, all internal supplier invoices tied to a blanket purchase order and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Grant Hierarchy will route to the Grants Shared Service Center for review. This review is to help ensure that grants are charged only approved internal billing rates, comply with the grant agreement, and have appropriate supporting documentation. If there is not adequate detail to support the charges, the Grants Shared Service Center will be sending back the transactions.
Effective Monday, June 3, the Tableau report "Delegation History - OSU" has been enhanced to include the new fields and search features listed below.
Beginning on Friday, May 24, delegation will be enabled on several Workday business processes. Prior to this change, delegation was only enabled on time tracking and financial business processes. These changes will make the functionality available to human resources business processes.
Effective May 24, 2024, a revised interim Earnings Operations policy will be issued. Changes were made to advance compliance with current Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance, the authoritative set of rules and requirements for federal awards management, and thereby reduce the risk of waste and misuse of federal funds.
Below are details about reporting changes as of May 20.
Supplier Invoice Reports Updated to replace Deprecated Field:
The reports below have been updated to remove deprecated field Supplier Category and replace it with an alternate field Supplier Category for Supplier. End users with saved filters will be impacted but a targeted email went out to this population on Monday, May 13.