Articles Tagged: Workday

On Saturday, March 13, the first of two annual Workday releases will take place. Named 2021R1, it is the first Workday release of 2021, and the first update since Workday go-live at Ohio State. Workday will be unavailable on Saturday, March 13, from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. while the release is applied.

The most significant changes in 2021R1 are related to Payroll and affect campus biweekly employees who use Workday time tracking. A Workday 2021R1 job aid is available in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) that explains the system changes. Additionally, the job aid has a section that breaks out changes by specific audiences, so you can quickly skim to see how you are affected.

Please note that information available about the 2021R1 update continues to develop and evolve over time, so it’s recommended to review the job aid frequently to stay apprised of the latest changes. The job aid will have a “last updated” date for reference. See the full NewsLink article for additional details.

Health System Supply Chain users should note important information contained in the full NewsLink article.

To ensure prompt and correct delivery of goods, Workday now verifies that the Deliver To location for a requisition includes a floor or room number. No action can be taken on a requisition if the Deliver To location fails this validation. The error message includes help text explaining why the action cannot be taken.

For new requisitions, this change is straightforward. Requesters will be unable to save or submit a requisition without an appropriate Deliver To location.

For requisitions in progress (any status except Successfully Completed), this new validation will prevent any action including updates, review, or approval from being processed if the Deliver To does not include a floor or room number. Help text is included in this instance as well although the fix may not be as clear. See the full NewsLink article for instructions on handling requisitions in progress.

In Workday, if a transaction is split between two cost centers, approval will route to all Cost Center Managers (CCM) listed for both cost centers. The CCM who approves the transaction first is essentially approving it for all the cost centers. If those transactions involve multiple colleges and/or administrative units, the unit that initiated the transaction should approve the transaction and use the ad hoc functionality to ad hoc in the CCM of the other unit. Please note, that if the ad hoc approver sends it back, it will route back to the initiator, not the first approver. It will also route to the department leaders and service centers. The expectation is that the unit initiating the transaction should also be the unit that processes the transaction. Because of this process, it’s best practice to have a conversation with the involved cost centers before the requisition is submitted to confirm the agreement/process. Learn more, visit the Requisition - Approving a Requisition - Cost Center Manager job aid found in the Supply Chain section of the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) .

The process to request a new supplier in Workday has changed. When a campus employee requests a new supplier be added to the Ohio State Master Supplier List, they are asked to attach a completed Vendor Setup Form in Workday to their Workday non-catalog request. Attaching this form in Workday will not violate HIPAA, FERPA, or other data privacy requirements. The completed Vendor Setup Form provides Supplier Maintenance with the information they need to determine if it is appropriate to add the new vendor. If the supplier does not have access to a secure email to transmit the Vendor Setup Form, Ohio State provides Secure Email as an option.

Workday will be unavailable due to planned monthly maintenance on Saturday, February 20, from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. Workday may be available sooner if the maintenance does not take the full 8 hours.

Reminder about FY21 plans

FY21 Plans have been loaded at the unit level into Workday, based on the Excel templates provided to Financial Planning and Analysis during July 2020 . These plans are viewable in the Sources and Uses - Variance report when it is run at the CCH6 level, or for units reporting to Academic Affairs, CCH7 level.

Reminder about HIPPA and FERPA data

Do not attach HIPPA and FERPA specific data in Workday processes. To learn more about attachment requirements review the "Journal Entries" section within the Workday for Core Users: Finance FAQs, available in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).

When approving a Workday transaction (Requisitions, Spend Authorizations, Expense Reports, etc.) make sure you are staying within your Inbox transaction view when adding attachments/updating information. Once you are completed, you will click the Approve button and workflow will proceed to next step. If you go to Edit or Change the transaction and add an Attachment/make edits from there, you will be presented with a Submit button. When clicking Submit, workflow will restart.

The Spend Category Crosswalk (previously known as the Category Buyer Listing and the Strategic Teams documents) can now be found on the University Purchasing website , under "Our Team." The Spend Category Crosswalk describes categories in detail, as well as how they translate into Workday spend categories, from previous Peoplesoft categories. The Category Buyer Listing and Strategic Teams Document are no longer applicable and have been removed. Direct any questions to Ask Purchasing , or the contacts on the document.

Employees are encouraged to log in to Workday and update their specific work space within a building to ensure accurate deliveries. Please change your work space by following the How to Change Your Work Space job aid. Additionally, your building location in Workday must be correct to effectively change your work space. If your building location is incorrect, only your manager can update that information by following the Change Job Details job aid.

The Administrative Resource Center (ARC) is the first step in finding the answers to your Workday questions. Content on the ARC is updated daily. For example, the job aids Create, Edit and Apply an Inbox Filter and Payment Request Decision Tree (including Convenience Orders) were recently added to the ARC.