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Effective Thursday, October 2, updates will be made to the Supplier Invoice Request and Miscellaneous Payment Request processes to ensure proper classification and review of independent contractor relationships with the university.

Over the past few months, Human Resources has implemented several key updates in Workday to improve efficiency and user experience for both employees and people leaders. See the full post for all the details.

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.

Your Workday profile is getting personal, but in a professional way. Learn how adding a photo can help build connection, reflect Ohio State’s values, and put your best face forward.

From September 1–5, we’re celebrating the people and systems that make payday possible. Get ready to show appreciation, share kudos, and learn how payroll powers our university and the nation. Let’s celebrate that satisfying “just got paid” feeling of excitement and recognize the incredible efforts behind it!

During the week of August 18, a new report named "Find Cash Sale Details - OSU" was released. This new report returns one line per cash sale line and includes pertinent details regarding customer, status, line description and amounts, tax information, transaction-related date fields and worktag details. The required security group necessary to execute this report is Company Financial Analyst. This report replaces the existing "Cash Sales for Organization" report which is scheduled to be retired on Friday, September 5.

Two new reports are now available in Workday for departments utilizing Workday Accounts Receivable. These reports are designed to help you monitor aging invoices by Customer, filtered by individual Department or Earnings Operation. Because Accounts Receivable activity appears on the Balance Sheet, Balancing Worktags are necessary to generate accurate reports. If your area doesn’t have enough detail in its Balancing Units, consider speaking with your Senior Fiscal Officer about creating additional Balancing Units to improve reporting precision. See the full post for additional details.

Tired of wrestling with messy Workday data? If you've spent hours cleaning Journal Line data just to get it into shape for Tableau Prep, you're not alone. Now there is a certified, more plug-and-play Workday data source that works seamlessly with Tableau Prep. No extra coding or no data headaches. Read the full post to learn how this new data source can work for you.