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Tricky Tax Times Awareness Activity Available from C4U
It’s tax filing season! Every year, it seems that new and innovative ways of siphoning off your tax refund or even your identity are being invented. The new Tricky Tax Times awareness activity available on the Cybersecurity for You (C4U) awareness platform looks at some of the most prevalent tax scams currently, and what to be on the look for. Complete the activity and earn points toward security tools and software that can make you even safer. Or use your points to contribute to great Ohio State charities.
Tableau Year 3 - Workday, Meet Tableau at Ohio State
Change is needed for any kind of growth or progress to happen, but as we know change is rarely easy. Part of our three-year look back at Tableau includes mention of the January 2021 Workday implementation at Ohio State and how Tableau lent a hand. Read more.
Planned maintenance and downtime for Student applications March 12
This item is being shared on behalf of our Office of Student Academic Success colleagues. From 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, the following PeopleSoft Buckeye Link (Campus Solutions/Student Information System) services will be unavailable.
Workday Release 2022R1 Coming March 12
The first of Workday's two major releases in 2022 of enhancements and new functionality is scheduled to move to production on Saturday, March 12, from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Workday will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Many of the changes coming in this release are either subtle or operate behind the scenes and will not be immediately noticeable. A Workday 2022R1 job aid is available in the Administrative Resource Center that explains the system changes that will be noticeable in more detail.
Workday 2022R1 Recruiting Change: New Career Site UI
Workday has two major releases of enhancements and new functionality annually, and the next release is March 12. This update includes a new search feature on the external careers site that allows a split view so applicants can view job details without leaving the search results page.
While this will primarily impact our external job applicants, the HR community needs to be aware of the changes should they receive questions.
- New look and feel of the external career site starting March 12.
- Workday now appends the search filter/keywords to the end of the URL allowing for a direct link to filtered search pages, providing HR Recruiters with the ability to directly advertise specific filtered positions for their area(s).
- The page will retain the search criteria after clicking into a posting providing a split view, whereas before, the applicant had to reenter the search upon returning to the search page.
Tableau Report Enhancements: “Historical eTravel - Payment Request” and “Historical eTravel - Travel Exception”
The “Historical eTravel - Payment Request” Tableau report now has Payment Request Status and T-number as available search parameters.
The “Historical eTravel - Travel Exception” Tableau report now has T-number as an available search parameter.
Enhancements Coming Soon: "Find Internal Service Delivery Lines by Cost Center"
The "Find Internal Service Delivery Lines by Cost Center" report has been enhanced to include the line-item description from the Internal Service Delivery along with all the funding Worktags used. Enhancements listed below.
- Enhancements to report output:
- Grant
- Line-item Description
- Adding Grant to the report prompt
- Updating the logic for costing prompts and outputs (CCH6, Cost Center, etc.) to read line splits.
Enhancements Coming Soon: "Find Purchase Order Summary – OSU"
The "Find Purchase Order Summary – OSU" report has been enhanced to include the listed fields on the report output. This report replaces "Find Purchase Orders." If line level detail for purchase orders is needed, users can utilize the "Find Purchase Order Details – OSU" report. Enhancements to report output listed below.
Enhancements to report output:
- Obligation Amount Liquidated
- Obligation Amount Remaining
- Accounting Date
- Requisition Sourcing Buyer
Organizing Your Work Office Hours Recording Now Available
The recording from the March 2 office hours session on “Organizing Your Work” is now available for viewing.
- For grants administrators: the recording and slide deck can be found in the Organizing Your Work sub-folder within the Research Reporting Office Hours folder.
- For principal investigators: the recording and slide deck can be found in the Organizing Your Work sub-folder within the PI Office Hours folder.
Note: If you have an osumc.edu address and receive an error when accessing the files, use the Request Access link.
- Add and Manage Favorites
- Saving and Using Report Criteria Filters
- Change Your Preferred Search Category
Tableau Year 3 - Supporting the Ohio State Pandemic Response
Welcome to the first installment of the Three Years of Tableau blog series. In February, an initial overview was shared highlighting Tableau use over the past three years at Ohio State, along with findings from a January 2022 survey. With this blog series, we’ll dig a little more and share some user testimonials. Read more.