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  • Rob Lowden Joins OTDI as New Vice President and Chief Information Officer

    Hillary Lorton and Ric Hunter | July 16, 2025
    The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) is excited to welcome Rob Lowden to Ohio State as the next vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Lowden will join the university on August 1, following more than 20 years at Indiana University.
    Rob Lowden standing in interior hallway smiling at camera.

  • Reminder About Payroll Commitments

    Juliette Lonsert | July 14, 2025
    To address the Workday limitation associated with payroll commitments for biweekly pay period 14 (6/15-6/28), FY25 payroll commitments were closed out the week of July 7 and a new integration with a journal source of "Payroll Encumbrance Accrual Reversal" was run to move the commitments to FY26. Correcting entries for any over liquidations also have been posted. We resumed the regular encumbrance adjustments schedule starting Monday, July 7. The "Positions for Planning" report has also been updated to reflect FY26.

  • Reminder: FDM Request Process

    Cristina Cardenas | July 11, 2025
    This is a friendly reminder that FDM worktag changes such as edits, inactivations, or reactivations should be submitted through Workday using the Create Request task. This process ensures we have the proper audit trail and documented approvals for all changes to worktags. See the full post for a job aid link and contact information for help.

  • Important Reminders for FY25 Second Close, July 18

    Cristina Cardenas | July 11, 2025
    The second close for June FY25 will occur at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 18.  All journals in "created" or "in progress" status for June will be cancelled at that time. Last year, there were Workday performance issues due to a high volume of journal EIBs submitted the afternoon of second close. To ensure we can successfully close the evening of July 18, please do not wait until the afternoon of July 18 to submit EIB journals. If you notice performance issues, please do not attempt to submit the EIB again. In addition, if the journal is not that many lines, please use the Workday user interface to complete the journal instead of an EIB.

  • Additions to Tableau Training and Help Resources

    Ric Hunter | July 11, 2025
    In response to evolving user needs, the OTDI Data Visualization team is conducting Tableau Server Fundamentals training via Zoom on August 19 and October 15. Since many people have augmented Workday reporting with Tableau reports, this 45-minute online training is for users new to using Tableau Server for reporting purposes. It will cover navigation, subscriptions, sharing data, and how to create and save report parameters. This training is intended for non-Medical Center users. Attendees must be up to date on IDP training and have access to Tableau Server. Registration through BuckeyeLearn is required and space is limited. See the full post for registration details as well as help resource updates including Tableau consultation opportunities and a new LinkedIn Learning playlist.

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