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.
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 available again. Health System Supply Chain users should note important information contained in the full article.
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).
For a definitive resource for all things related to the Workday Foundation Data Model (FDM), checkout the FDM Handbook (spreadsheet download). It’s located on the B&F website , under “Type: Forms.” Administrative Resource Center (ARC) additions: For information regarding a one-time payment that was completed with incorrect costing worktags, read this FAQ item . For information regarding petty cash account reconciliation and replenishment, review this job aid . If you experience issues with round-trip (punch-out) functionality or cannot find a supplier catalog or item, please do not contact the supplier directly. Your help contact is based on your funding unit. For UNIV funding units, contact the Marketplace Team For Health System/OSUWMC funding units, contact 614-293-4357 (HELP)
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.
To help users better understand Procurement, Asset Management, Travel, and PCard functionality in Workday, standing office hours are being offered for each area. Office hours will begin with a brief demonstration and then be open for questions. In some instances, breakout rooms will be created to better answer targeted questions. To join a session, see the full article for Microsoft Teams and Zoom links.
Units can make purchases on assets now, but new assets will not be created in Workday until January 18. If you experience issues with round-trip (punch-out) functionality or cannot find a supplier catalog or item, please do not contact the supplier directly. Your help contact is based on your funding unit. For UNIV funding units, contact the Marketplace Team For Health System/OSUWMC funding units, contact 614-293-4357 (HELP) As of January 8, only Central Accounting users have access to PeopleSoft Financials (FNOSU). All other financial users can access the non-production databases available at go.osu.edu/pslinks . Designated GL users should select FNOSU. For inquiry access select FN8QAD.
Beginning with go-live on January 7, all new project requests (capital or non-capital) will take place in the Adaptive Planning module of Workday. The Project Request link on the Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) website will direct users to the Adaptive Planning login. Any capital/non-capital project request submitted before January 7, 2021 that did not have a project budget estimate approved by November 23, 2020 will need to be re-entered in Workday Adaptive Planning. Anyone with questions should contact Cyndi Fout ( fout.9@osu.edu ).
The Reports and Report Crosswalk job aid is now available in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC). This document provides a listing of reports available in Workday and Tableau that will be of interest to college and unit fiscal staff, leaders, and managers. It also provides a crosswalk between legacy reports and Workday/Tableau reports.
