This year, a new central journal will be processed to roll-forward spend authorization encumbrances. A new journal source titled Spend Authorization Roll Forward* will be posting encumbrances for FY2024 in the amount of non-expensed spend authorizations with remaining encumbrances.
The BuckeyeLearn training for Commitments and Obligations has also been updated with the new process. For more information, please review the updated spend authorization section in training or the June 2023 Finance Office Hours recording.
*Note, an incorrect journal source name was initially shared in the June 12 NewsLink email.
All issues reported in the 5/15 Newslink related to Misc. Payment Requests have been resolved by Workday. Workday provided a fix that Ohio State has applied to correct all Misc. Payment Requests affected by this issue. These journals are all now posted in period 11 (no prior periods affected). Thank you for your patience. See the full post to read about the original issues.
All issues reported in the 5/15 Newslink related to Ad Hoc Bank Transactions have been resolved by Workday. Workday provided a fix that Ohio State has applied to correct all Ad Hoc Bank Transactions affected by this issue. All Ad Hoc Bank Transactions have now successfully loaded to Workday and journals are all posted in period 11 (no prior periods affected). Thank you for your patience. See the full post to read about the original issues.
Encumbrances for blanket purchase orders associated with fiscal year 2024 will first post to fiscal year 2023 until a manual job is run at month-end to move the encumbrance into fiscal year 2024. The process will look for any blanket purchase orders created after 4/17/23. It is also important to review the Creating a Blanket Purchase Order job aid in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).
In 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.
The removal of the hard stop for expired grants will enable end users to create Period Activity Pay for dates through which they anticipate the grant will be extended. In cases where grants are not extended by the first payroll or through the tuition payment date for the Period Activity Pay, the default organization assignment worktags for the period where the grant is expired will be used.
The "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 worktags 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.
The report will be migrated to production during the week of March 20.
Several new fields will be added to the "New Hires, Additional Job and Change Job by Organizations" report. The new fields to be added will display a worker’s current base pay, annualized current base pay, and annualized proposed base pay. These fields are being added to allow for more analysis of current pay vs. proposed pay as well as to offer more visibility of annual pay for nonexempt workers.
Dates are extremely important for processing and reporting on transactions. Please use special care when entering and approving transactions to ensure use of the correct dates. A new "Transaction Dates in Workday that Drive Accounting" guide is available in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC). This document outlines which transaction dates drive operational accounting entries in Workday. Using the quick guide should help prevent operational journal errors from occurring.
