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We are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Workday Strategic Sourcing: Supplier Relationship Management, which will be implemented during the week of January 26. This modern, secure portal will soon become the new, unified “front door” for all OSU and Health System suppliers. The improvement will streamline our supplier relationships, reduce internal administrative workload, and improve the efficiency of our partnerships. See the full NewsLink post for more details.

Coming Monday, January 5, the naming convention used for two report suites and their corresponding dashboards and report groups will be changed to allow for more visibility when searching for the reports using the Workday search bar. See the full NewsLink post for details about this significant change.

A new "Approval Times - Software Request Details" report is available to review the approval times for each approval step in the request workflow for software preapproval requests. See the full NewsLink post for details about the new report.

A new "Spend Category" prompt has been added to the "Business Process Approval Times - Requisition Details" report. This new prompt has been added to allow users to see approval trends for requisitions with specific spend categories.

We’ve added a new “Only Return Trackable Values” checkbox to the “Spend Categories – FDM Values” report. When selected, the report will display only trackable spend categories—those that route to Asset Management for review. This enhancement makes it easier for departments to quickly identify trackable spend categories and supports Finance during requisition reviews.

Ohio State Data Stewards and Tableau Project Leads recently convened to discuss the importance of metadata. This post shares key points discussed and reveals five surprising truths about metadata that will help solve efficiency problems, benefit the newly released Ohio State Data Catalog, and make the work of data professionals more efficient, discoverable, and impactful.

This post shares information about key dates for Spring 2026 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.

Have questions about Workday financial reports? Join the Controller's Office for the first Quarterly Financial Reporting Office Hours at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19. See the full post for details on how to join. Specific instructions are included for both the Wexner Medical Center and university communities.

Beginning with the November 2025 sales month, there are important changes related to the sales tax process, as shared in the full post. Units must ensure that accrued sales tax (ledger account 20500) for the November sales month is recorded/approved in the general ledger for the November accounting period no later than 4 p.m. on December 5, 2025. This new deadline ensures the tax liability is recorded in the proper period (the month of sale or invoice) and aligns with the monthly fiscal close deadline (business day 5). See the full post for more details including a download link to the Sales Tax Reporting form that must also be submitted by close of business on December 5.

On Friday, December 5, new prompts will be added to the "Payroll Accounting Adjustment Status" report to replace several existing prompts. Changes include one new "Worktags" prompt (for both current and proposed worktags) to replace the "Current Expense Worktags" and "Proposed Expense Worktags" prompts. Also new is an "Active Grant Hierarchies" prompt to replace the two current checkbox prompts for active grants called "Filter Option: Proposed or Current Uses a Grant" and "Filter Option: Proposed or Current Uses an OSP Grant." Lastly, the "Further Filter Options Below" will be removed, as it will no longer be needed to search using Cost Center Hierarchies or Active Grants. Note that end users with saved filters or scheduled reports with values in the prompts to be replaced will need to re-save filters and schedules once updates are made.