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Enhancements to "Financial Balances Summarization with flexible selectable columns" Tableau Report
The "Financial Balances Summarization with flexible selectable columns" Tableau report has been enhanced with an additional tab for "Flexible columns Financial Balances Summary Yearly Trending."
In the new tab, users can view the actuals data by fiscal year. Users can now select columns and filters based on their needs and compare multiple years of financial data. The "Period" field is used to drive what month(s) populate the actuals results by fiscal year. A selection of a January period would compare yearly trends from the start of the fiscal year through January across fiscal years selected.
Find Supplier Requests
The "Find Supplier Requests" report in Workday will be enhanced with an additional column on the report called “Supplier Request." This drill down field allows those who have access to this data to see and take additional actions.
Tuition Assistance Key Dates Spring 2025
This article shares information about key dates for Spring 2025 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.
Christmas Holiday Check Printing
The last check run for Accounts Payable will occur on December 19, 2024, and all approvals will need to be completed prior to 10:00 a.m. that day.
In observance of the Christmas Holiday, there will be no check run the week of Monday, December 23 through Friday, December 27. All approvals processed after the December 19 deadline, will be included in the January 2 check run.
Resolved Discrepancies Between PI Portal and Workday Reporting
The updates listed in the full post have been made to PI Portal and Workday Grants Reporting to ensure data is accurate and in-sync. Questions about the changes can be directed to orhelpdesk@osu.edu.
New Supplier Websites in Buckeye Buy as of Nov. 18
Two new supplier websites are available in Buckeye Buy Marketplace Quotes.
Exhibit and Display Services suppliers:
- Outreach Promotional Solutions with supplier contact Nevin Bansal at bansal@outreachpromos.com.
- Zilla LLC with supplier contact Kim Russell at krussell@zilladisplay.com or 614-763-5311.
New AutoZone supplier website:
Auto parts supplier AutoZone has joined Buckeye Buy with a supplier website catalog. At login, users will select from a drop down of university locations before searching for product. The location selection will determine which AutoZone store will fulfill the order.
Supplier contact is Bill Caudill at bill_caudill@autozone.com or 614-206-0578.
"Sources and Uses by Cost Center" Report Enhancements Replaces "Equity Balances by Cost Center and Fund Group"
The “Sources and Uses by Cost Center” report will be enhanced to include the ability to expand by fund group, with new columns for Beginning Balance, Ending Balance, Encumbrance, and Ending Balance after Encumbrance. These changes will be moved to production on Monday, November 18, and the enhanced report will replace the “Equity Balances by Cost Center and Fund Group” report, which will be retired on Monday, December 2.
Variance Analysis Reports Default Prompt Updates for FY25 Autumn Forecast
The "Forecast Plan Name" default prompt value has been updated to reflect the FY25 Autumn Forecast being loaded on the reports listed in the full post.
"Find Journal Lines - OSU - Posted Journals by Amount Type" Enhancements
Three new columns have been added to the output of the "Find Journal Lines - OSU - Posted Journals by Amount Type" report. Those columns include Cash Sale Number, Ad Hoc Bank Transaction, and Procurement Item.
Update to Reporting for Costing on Time Tracking Funding Overrides
The Time Tracking Funding Overrides report has been updated so users can now search for worktag overrides for positions they own. This can be run each pay period to ensure biweekly workers have not erroneously entered worktag overrides on their timesheets. Payroll accounting adjustments should be processed to correct erroneous overrides.
Historically the report returned all workers with time entered but a new prompt titled "Only Include Time Blocks with Funding Overrides" will narrow results down to return only workers with worktag overrides.
As a reminder, the best option is to run the report by the "Organizations by Type" prompt to capture all the positions owned by your college or cost center.