One of the methods used by the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) to safeguard Ohio State’s restricted data (e.g. student, alumni, faculty and staff information, patient medical records, research data, etc.) is the annual review of user access for the university Workday Financials, Human Resources, Medical Center Financials, and Student Information Systems (SIS).
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Important Request to Verify Area System Users for 2023
Richard Hunter|April 10, 2023Workday Unavailable Due to Planned Monthly Maintenance April 15
Richard Hunter|March 31, 2023Workday will be unavailable due to planned monthly maintenance on Saturday, April 15, from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Kronos and external dormakaba time clocks will be available, but employees using Workday to clock in and out should enter their hours once Workday is online.
Health System Supply Chain users should note the important information listed below.
Coming Soon: Updated Logic for "Credit Card Transactions – OSU" Report
Richard Hunter|March 31, 2023The logic for Cost Center Hierarchy Level 6 and Cost Center will updated on the "Credit Card Transactions - OSU" report to reflect the Cost Center and corresponding Cost Center Hierarchy Level 6 that was provided on the original PCard Application instead of the Cost Center currently assigned to the Expense Payee or Card Manager for the transaction.
Report demos for this update will be provided during the April Office Hours session.
Update to Period Activity Pay Validations for Grants
Richard Hunter|March 31, 2023In order to meet a business need for entering future dated Period Activity Pay involving grants, Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) recently resolved an issue related to a hard stop that occurred when end users entered expired grants on future dated Period Activity Pay.
Coming Soon: "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags - Summary" Report
Richard Hunter|March 17, 2023The "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags - Summary" report has been created as a simplified version of the "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags" report. It is intended as a high-level analysis for department leaders to run and it provides available balances by unique worktag combinations. The report provides basic information about beginning balances, transfers, revenue, expenses, and encumbrances with a remaining balance available. The report also has very few prompts which cater to a simplified user experience.
FY23 Year-end Checklist for Finance and Supply Chain Activities
Richard Hunter|March 17, 2023A downloadable Year-end Checklist for Finance and Supply Chain activities is available under the "I want to..." heading, found on the Controller page of the Business and Finance website. The checklist includes important dates and action items for FY23 year-end.
Simplified Period Activity Pay Format Anticipated with Workday Release
Richard Hunter|March 3, 2023Enhanced Period Activity Pay (PAP) functions are anticipated with the Workday release on March 11. When implemented, these changes will include a subpage that simplifies data entry, particularly for graduate associate pay.
Workday Inbox Habits
Richard Hunter|February 17, 2023Do you rely on your email inbox to tell you when you have tasks to complete in Workday? If so, consider making time at the beginning or end of each day to check in Workday for new and outstanding tasks and updates.
Workday Unavailable Due to Planned Monthly Maintenance March 4
Richard Hunter|February 15, 2023Workday will be unavailable due to planned monthly maintenance on Saturday, March 4, from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Kronos and external dormakaba time clocks will be available, but employees using Workday to clock in and out should enter their hours once Workday is online.
Health System Supply Chain users should note the important information listed below.
Workday Release 2023R1 Coming March 11
Richard Hunter|February 15, 2023The first of Workday's two major releases in 2023 of enhancements and new functionality is scheduled to move to production on Saturday, March 11, from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Workday will be unavailable during the maintenance period.