Tagged: Workday for Employees

The first of Workday's two major releases in 2026 of enhancements and new functionality (Workday 2026R1) is scheduled to move to production on Saturday, March 14, from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Workday will be unavailable during the maintenance period. There are relatively few changes for this release, and the focus is on user interface changes to the Home and Search pages including repositioning the global search bar on the Home page and updating how pinned categories are displayed on the Search page. More details and a job aid link are available in the full post.

FY27 Blanket order entry can begin on Monday, April 20. Do not enter FY27 Blanket Orders prior to this date. See full post for details.

The Travel/PCard Office has implemented the Personal Expense Repayment Process. The updated process offers two options that will promote timely repayment, improve processing efficiency, and ensure responsible use of university funds. See the full post for details.

The "Grant - FDM Values" report has been updated to include a prompt for Grant Hierarchies. This is to allow users to only return grants contained within a given hierarchy or hierarchies entered in the prompt field.

To support a more efficient and user-friendly process, updates to the PCard Tracking Log went into effect on February 20. See the full post for the "What's New" details along with helpful reminders.

Effective February 20, the business process workflow within the PCard Maintenance Request was modified to remove Cost Center Manager and Senior Fiscal Officer approvals for two specific maintenance selections: University Business Address Changes and PCard Cancellations. See the post for more details and a job aid link.

The Software Preapproval Process (SPP) in Workday is currently in soft launch. This new approval process streamlines the software purchasing process and aligns the required legal, security, and accessibility processes. Based on feedback received over the past several months, enhancements to the user experience and process flow will be implemented effective March 1.

Please do not begin entering FY27 blanket purchase orders until Monday, April 20. More information and detailed instructions on creating FY27 blanket purchase orders will be posted in a future Newslink article.

On Thursday, January 29, real-time Global Address Lookup and Validation was implemented in Workday. This integration improves data integrity across 16 key HR and finance processes.

Seeing performance issues when searching in Workday? Check out the full post for troubleshooting tips that may help. For general search information, see Workday Search Overview in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC).