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  • MS Office 365 Virtual Instructor-led Training Available

    OTDI has partnered with Microsoft to offer virtual instructor-led training in October and November for many MS Office 365-centered topics, including Teams and OneDrive. Access the Mastering Microsoft 365 page in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) and register. 

  • Competitive Bid Waiver Process Guide

    The Central Purchasing team has produced a Competitive Bid Waiver Process Guide. The guide is a valuable resource for those preparing to request a waiver of the competitive bidding on the purchase of goods and/or services. A detailed description of the supporting documentation required of requestors and suppliers and tips for the proper entry of a bid waiver requisition in Workday are included.

  • Tuition Assistance Key Dates Spring 2023

    This article shares information about key dates for Spring 2023 tuition assistance (or fee authorization) processing as well as links to more information about the tuition assistance programs at the university.

  • Career Roadmap Move to Production in Workday 

    System changes, including Job profile updates that support the Career Roadmap initiative will move to Workday production Saturday, October 22, thr

  • New Supplier Registration Site Available Oct. 17

    Beginning Monday, October 17, a new Supplier Registration site will serve as the registration form for new supplier requests. The site will replace the PDF form currently used by both the university and the Wexner Medical Center. The Supplier Registration site is powered by Workday and will help improve the quality of information we gather from suppliers and streamline the supplier request and setup processes.

  • New Miscellaneous Payment Request Reports in Production, Older Reports to be Decommissioned 

    Two new Miscellaneous Payment Request Reports as described below are now in Production. 

    Find Miscellaneous Payment Request Summary - OSU: This report returns Miscellaneous Payment Request data based on header information such as status, payee, and total amount and can be used for basic metrics and transaction status tracking. 

  • Report Enhancement: "Find Expense Report Summary – OSU" and "Find Expense Report Details – OSU"

    New prompts have been added to "Find Expense Report Summary - OSU" and "Find Expense Report Details - OSU" that will allow both reports to be run by Approved Date. Additionally, "Find Expense Report Details - OSU" has been enhanced with a "Trackable Asset Lines Only" checkbox, allowing for easier tracking of this user selected field.

  • New Process Tips and Tricks: Match Exceptions 

    New tips and tricks information on the supplier invoice Match Exception process has been added to the Business and Finance website. This provides users with an overview of the business process and a crosswalk to additional resources. 

  • New! PCard Overview Course Available

    A 10-minute introductory session is now available for Ohio State employees who have a PCard or support PCard transaction processing. This PCard Overview offers informative resources and policy highlights, including where to get help. Check out the full Business and Finance PCard post for more details.

  • "Cost Center Assignable Roles – OSU" Report

    A new "Cost Center Assignable Roles - OSU" report is now available to assist in reviewing cost center level approver assignments. The report can be filtered by College/Unit Cost Center Hierarchy and where Cost Centers have no approver assignments for certain roles. This will assist with identifying where required role assignments are missing and would cause transactions to go unassigned.

    The report can also be used to perform a general review of security assignments at the Cost Center/Cost Center Hierarchy level.