The campus job posting process will be updated in mid-April to remove duplications, increase transparency and shorten the time for posting positions. A new Campus Position Hiring Request Form will be attached in Workday, and financial review will be integrated into the Workday process. The existing DocuSign Hiring Exception form will be eliminated. Find additional support resources on the HR website. For positions posted in April, carefully review these resources for any potential impacts. Read more in Human Resources News .
Per the Travel Policy , all cash advances must be reconciled and substantiated within 30 days of completion of the trip. If a trip is cancelled, the traveler must repay the cash advance immediately.
To appropriately reconcile a cash advance, the traveler’s receipt documentation should be processed via an expense report that is linked to the approved spend authorization in order for the expenses to post against the cash advance balance. If all receipt documentation has been submitted and there are unused funds remaining, the traveler is expected to repay the University for the outstanding balance by check. For questions on the reconciliation process, contact the Travel Office at travel@osu.edu or 614-292-9290.
If unused funds are unable to be returned or reconciled, units are advised to consult with their fiscal support staff and/or service center to determine next steps. For unique circumstances or accounting issues that do not require utilizing the recoupment process, please reach out to the Controller’s Office ( bf-ctlaccounting@osu.edu ) for further assistance. If recoupment is applicable, the unit is responsible for initiating the process. A change was made to production the week of 3/18 so that this can now be accomplished via customer invoice. Instructions can be found in the Cash Advance Process job aid located in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).
B&H Photo will be closed for Passover beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 19 through Tuesday, April 30.
However, you can still generate quotes, place orders, and submit purchase orders through the supplier website in Buckeye Buy on specific days during the closure. Note that product will not be shipped until B&H reopens on Wednesday, May 1. Purchase orders issued during the closures will still be accepted but product will not ship until B&H reopens.
Online only ordering dates:
Monday, April 22 Thursday, April 25 Friday, April 26 Sunday, April 28
Complete closure dates:
Tuesday, April 23 Wednesday, April 24 Monday, April 29 Tuesday, April 30
Data Stewards, security contacts, and administrative system contacts will be receiving an email from Digital Security and Trust – Identity and Access Security Operations with information and instructions on how to verify their area’s Financials, Human Resources, Medical Center Financials, and Student Information System users for the coming year. Your attention regarding this mandated annual activity is very important. The email will be sent during the week of Monday, May 6, 2024 , with a requested deadline to confirm area users by Friday, June 7, 2024 .
On Friday, March 29 , an update will be made to transaction routing for Service Centers. Previously, for individuals assigned both the Rep and Lead security roles (Business Operations Service Center or Grants Operations Service Center) the transaction did not route for an additional approval. Moving forward, this feature will be turned off. If an individual has both security roles (Rep and Lead) the transaction will now route for an additional approval.
Beginning Monday, March 25 , Internal Service Providers can print copies of their Workday invoices into a standard OSU PDF format. Run the new "Internal Order Billing Supplier Invoice Printing" report by entering your supplier and a designated time frame. Once the report renders, click the "Print" button on the left of the screen to print the invoices.
See the full post for more details about recent and upcoming reporting changes, including more specifics about the replacement reports for those being decommissioned on Friday, March 29.
Find Supplier Invoice Details - OSU Enhancements :
The "Find Supplier Invoice Details - OSU" report has been enhanced to include a column on the output of the report for the Unit Cost.
Credit Card Transactions - OSU Enhancements:
The report "Credit Card Transactions - OSU" has been enhanced to include two new columns. The report will now include the "Card Embossed Name" as well as the "Expense Report Approval Date" when applicable.
Enhancement to Asset Reports:
An enhancement has been made to the "OSU - Find Assets" and "Asset Physical Custody" reports. The output of these reports now display the field "Disposal Type" instead of "Disposal Method."
Business Processes Awaiting Action Suite Enhancements:
Two new columns have been added to the output of the "Business Processes Awaiting Action - Details" reports. The new fields include the "Created Date" and the "Total Amount."
Report Retirements:
On Friday, March 29 , the reports "In Progress Business Processes by Cost Center" and "In Progress Business Processes by Cost Center for Company Level Security" will be decommissioned. Specifics about the replacement reports for those being decommissioned are in the full post.
During the week of Monday, March 18, multiple Workday users reported receiving an error message beginning with “Maximum stack weight exceeded! Possible infinite loop?” while attempting to edit a miscellaneous payee record (address, bank account etc.).
The OTDI Enterprise Business Solutions team worked with Workday support to resolve the issue as of Friday, March 22. If you experience additional issues regarding editing miscellaneous payees, please contact the IT Service Desk at 614-688-4357 (HELP) or servicedesk@osu.edu .
The University Travel Office is offering Information Sessions to provide guidance and resources to assist with planning and arranging business travel.
Join the Cash Advances information session on Tuesday, April 2 (10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.). Check out the full Business and Finance Travel article for more details and links for joining the session. More Information Sessions to be announced for 2024.
For questions, contact the Travel Office at travel@osu.edu or 614-292-9290.
A data clean up effort was conducted to eliminate $0 balances which were incorrectly rolling forward for worktag combinations in the "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags suite" of reporting.
Upon further investigation it was confirmed this was due to a conversion issue effective FY18. A correction was done in the system that will now significantly reduce this issue. There may still be some $0 balance lines that exist and that is due to non-conversion journals (entries processed by accounting or cost center accountants) that may have hit equity directly in the past. End users cannot post to equity directly in journals any longer and should work with the central accounting teams if they have any questions. Please note this clean up had no net effect on your current equity balances.
Journal Activity for this Project resulted in the following:
Peoplesoft converted balances loaded as 47360: Net Transfer with an offset to 17000: Suspense in FY2017 – Do not use FY17 as a reporting period as full balance sheet reporting was not loaded here. Beginning Balance calculated in FY2018 to close 47360: Net Transfer to 30000: Equity. – This does not impact your FY18 balances and is the first year of true balances. Journal correction reversing 30000: Equity and 17000: Suspense in 2018 – This entry netted out the original conversion to 30000: Equity that posted in FY18 and the clean-up entry on 17000: Suspense balance that rolled over from FY17.
