Tagged: Workday

To assist with the year-end procurement roll-forward process, the Controller’s Office will be analyzing and closing out old internal and external Purchase Orders (PO) which meet the following parameters: POs that are over two years old which have not been invoiced in the previous year (excluding POs for multiyear service contracts that are only billed annually, those related to construction projects beginning with “PJOSU,” OAKS type POs, and those that are FD520 grant related). Due to the academic winter recess, this will occur in the first two weeks of January 2026. See full post for more details.

The university Travel Office will host a Group Travel Information Session on Tuesday, January 13, during the January Travel, PCard, and Expense Office Hours. The session will provide guidance with Workday tasks (e.g., Group ECM and Group SA), an overview of arrangement planning with ScholarTrip, post-travel reconciliation of GET PCard transactions, and more! See the full post for details and a link for joining.

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.

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.