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As previously communicated in October, Cost Center Managers were encountering an error when completing Period Activity Pay (PAP), within the Hire process, when the proposed Cost Center was not their Cost Center.

The workaround was to cancel the PAP and then initiate as a stand-alone process that would clear the error. Workday released a fix for this issue during the weekend of December 16 and now the step is working appropriately.

A new catalog from life sciences supplier Takara Bio USA is available in the supplier website section of Buckeye Buy for university users. See the Business and Finance Takara Bio USA catalog page for more information on Ohio State's contract with this supplier.

The existing hosted catalog from Takara BIO USA will be removed at the close of business on Friday, January 5. Contact the Marketplace Team with catalog or order placement questions.

Some Supplier Invoice and Supplier Invoice Requests enhancements will be moved to production the week of Monday, December 18.

Notification Updates for Supplier Invoice Requests: 

• There will be increased visibility on canceled and denied requests. Approvers and Initiators will be notified if these actions occur.
• Notifications will now be sent at the Supplier Invoice completion instead of the Supplier Invoice Request completion. This way requesters are notified at the time the Invoices are approved rather than at the start of the Supplier Invoice Process.
• If SIR amount changes after the SIR is submitted the requestor will be notified.  

Notification Updates for Supplier Invoices:

• There will be increased visibility for the Requisition Requester and prior approvers on denied requests. The Supplier Invoice Initiator of Internal Order Billings will be notified if anyone cancels or denies the invoice they entered.  

Business Process Approval Times – Supplier Invoice Request Reporting Enhancements:  

Enhancements have been added to the output of both the "Business Process Approval Times – Supplier Invoice Request (SIR) Detail" and the "Business Process Approval Times – Supplier Invoice Request Summary" reports. The enhancements include two new columns on the output of each report, one to display the approval time for Business Operations Center Leads and one to display the approval time for Grants Operations Center Leads. These additions are due to the change in workflow on Supplier Invoice Requests where they now route to Service Center Leads on the SIR rather than routing for approval on the Supplier Invoice.

Reminder: Spend Report Exceptions Dashboard Retirement: 

The Spend Report Exceptions Dashboard will be retired on Friday, December 29. Please utilize the "Exceptions Dashboard" as it has the latest in exceptions reporting available. Alternatively, the "Schedule A Report" task can be used to run the "Exceptions Report Group." This allows users to run three exceptions reports with one set of prompts and all reports will be downloaded into one Excel file.

Miscellaneous Payment Enhancements:

"Find Miscellaneous Payment" reports have been updated with additional prompts to allow users to see information for their specific college or unit cost centers that must be recorded on OSP worktags as part of the cash advance for human subjects process. To view cash advances for human subjects on OSP grants associated with your specific college or unit, enter the Requester’s cost center or cost center hierarchy as of the date the Miscellaneous Payment was submitted. See further information in the Reporting Tip shared via the Business and Finance site.