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New custom validations have been implemented for accounting journals for The Ohio State University ONLY. The following journal sources are excluded: Central Correction No ACP, Conversion, Supplier Discount, and Capital Expense Reclass. See the full post for a list of validation rules.

As part of year end procedures and to help ensure a successful procurement roll forward, it is recommended that units review and close out old items with remaining balances if they will no longer be invoiced. Two helpful reports are available to assist with year-end business document clean up.    

• The "UNIV Remaining Encumbrances - Requisitions, POs, Spend Authorizations" report helps end users identify transactions and their encumbrances that will roll forward at the end of the fiscal year.
• The "Purchase Orders with Documents Awaiting Action" report helps end users identify in progress and draft documents which require action before a PO can be closed. It is suggested to run this report with the "Purchase Order Has Lines with Encumbrances" box checked. Since only POs with remaining balances roll forward, cleanup efforts should be focused on draft/in progress documents associated with POs that have balances but are no longer in use. This report will only return purchase orders if one or more of the criteria listed in the full article are met.

Beginning May 1, departments and units selling goods and services on credit to customers (accounts receivable) should use the “Create Request” task in Workday to request new customer records and edits to existing records. Note, this change DOES NOT apply to Internal Order Billing (IOB) or cash sales. Communications about customer record maintenance will now include both system-generated emails and Workday notifications, rather than relying exclusively on email. You may still receive occasional emails if additional information is needed to process a request. This new process replaces the existing Qualtrics form used for customer data collection. For additional details and a job aid link, read the full post.

This article shares information about key dates for Summer 2025 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.