An enhancement will be added to the output of the "Find Requisition Summary – OSU" report to now display a column for the CCH7 and CCH8 that correspond with the cost centers used on requisitions. This will be done to provide more sorting options and to be consistent with other reports in the procurement suite.
The "Sources and Uses – Variance Analysis" report will be updated the week of June 12 to auto expand the Sources and Uses to the Ledger Account Hierarchy level when the report is rendered. This will change the way the report is displayed by default, but can be collapsed if desired by using arrow/carrot toggles on the left side of the report.
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.
As previously communicated , to avoid potential accounting issues, please do not approve any requisitions, supplier invoices, purchase orders, change orders, or expense reports after noon on Friday, June 30, 2023 . It is highly recommended to have everything approved on Thursday, June 29, 2023. These activities may resume on July 1. To ensure that POs are included in the 6/30 roll-forward, change orders not processed by close of business on June 29, 2023 will be cancelled by Ohio State Purchasing.
As a part of fiscal year-end activities, subaward supplier contract encumbrances will be closed out for FY23 and re-opened in FY24. An encumbrance will not roll-forward into FY24 if a subaward supplier contract has an "Amendment in Process" status. This issue was confirmed in testing. As a result, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is providing guidance and deadlines for subaward supplier contract amendments as shared in the full NewsLink post.
The new Expenses Hub is live within the Workday Menu options. The Expenses Hub is a central location for managing your expense-related tasks and transactions and will display transactions that require your attention. It is not intended to manage the Expense tasks and transactions that you have submitted on behalf of others as part of an administrative role. See the full post to review a quick video in BuckeyeLearn that shows how to access the new Expenses Hub and what is included in this new Workday resource.
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.
To avoid potential accounting issues, the cut off time to approve any requisitions, supplier invoices, purchase orders, change orders, or expense reports is noon on Friday, June 30, 2023. It is highly recommended to have everything approved on Thursday, June 29, 2023. These activities may resume on July 1.
Starting at noon on Friday, June 30, 2023, the university will start a “roll-forward” process, which will run until the process is complete. System slowness may be experienced during this time. This process will automatically update the budget date to July 1, 2023, on all purchase orders, requisitions and supplier contracts with open commitments/obligations created before July 1, 2023. Any Commitments/Obligations based on the remaining balance, not yet invoiced, will be moved to FY 2024. Invoices matched to these POs and supplier contracts following the “roll-forward” will carry a July 1, 2023 budget date.
Please refer to the Unit Year End Checklist for other important year end timeline information and tasks that need to be performed. Please continue efforts to close out as many old items as possible to help with the roll-forward process.
The logic for Cost Center Hierarchy Level 6 and Cost Center has been updated to provide units with visibility to all Credit Card Transactions for their area, including those assigned to External Committee Members.
These fields and report prompts have been mapped using text fields to the Cost Center number and corresponding Cost Center Hierarchy Level 6 that was provided on the PCard Application instead of the Cost Center currently assigned to the Expense Payee or Card Manager for the transaction.
