News: Workday

The second of Workday's two major releases of enhancements and new functionality in 2025 will move to production on Saturday, September 20. Workday will be unavailable from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. while the release is applied. See the full post for details about the upcoming changes, including a link to a job aid. The job aid will be updated regularly as new information becomes available, leading up to and through the release on September 20.

Several financial reports will be updated the week of Monday, September 8 to include an "Exclude Worktag" prompt. This prompt will allow users to filter out worktag combinations for a more targeted report output. See the full post for a listing of the reports with this new prompt.

The FY26 Summer Forecast is now available in Workday and variance analysis reporting has been updated to reflect this forecast as the default prompt value for "Forecast Plan Name." Similarly, the "Budget Plan Name" prompt default value has been updated to the FY26 Operating Plan - UNIV.  The listing of affected reports is shared in the full post along with details about updating saved filters.

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