Workday will be unavailable due to planned quarterly maintenance on Saturday, May 20, from 2 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Kronos and external dormakaba time clocks will be available, but employees using Workday to clock in and out should enter their hours once Workday is available again.
Health System Supply Chain users should note important information contained in the full NewsLink post.
Workday will be unavailable due to planned monthly maintenance on Saturday, March 4, from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Kronos and external dormakaba time clocks will be available, but employees using Workday to clock in and out should enter their hours once Workday is available again.
Health System Supply Chain users should note important information contained in the full NewsLink post.
The first of Workday's two major releases in 2023 of enhancements and new functionality is scheduled to move to production on Saturday, March 11, from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Workday will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Many of the changes coming in this release will not be immediately noticeable. A Workday 2023R1 job aid is available in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC) that explains the changes that will be noticeable, in more detail. Review the full NewsLink post for more information about the maintenance.
On Thursday, June 9, from 12-12:45 p.m., join a virtual session focused on improving competencies around Workday reporting. This session will focus on the OAA - Academics report and ways to use that report to answer common business questions in academics. In addition, the data analytics team will be available to answer questions from attendees on reporting topics. It will also be recorded and shared. If you have questions, please contact Emily Noble . If you were unable to make it to one of the Office Hour sessions, you can find the recordings on the HR Office Hours teams channel under the Files tab.
Workday has two major releases of enhancements and new functionality annually, and the next release is March 12. This update includes a new search feature on the external careers site that allows a split view so applicants can view job details without leaving the search results page.
While this will primarily impact our external job applicants, the HR community needs to be aware of the changes should they receive questions.
Changes include:
New look and feel of the external career site starting March 12. Workday now appends the search filter/keywords to the end of the URL allowing for a direct link to filtered search pages, providing HR Recruiters with the ability to directly advertise specific filtered positions for their area(s). The page will retain the search criteria after clicking into a posting providing a split view, whereas before, the applicant had to reenter the search upon returning to the search page.
Workday has two major releases of enhancements and new functionality annually. The second release of 2021, named 2021R2 by Workday, is scheduled for Saturday, September 11, from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Workday will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
Many of the changes coming in the release are behind the scenes and will not be immediately noticeable. A Workday 2021R2 job aid is available in the Administrative Resource Center that explains the system changes that will be noticeable in more detail .
During the week of Monday, May 19 , there will be an additional date validation added for payroll accounting adjustments (PAA). The new restrictions are being put in place due to the way Workday recalculates fringe when PAAs cross fiscal years. Workday recalculates fringe on the entire paycheck, not only the earnings on the PAA. See the full post for more details about the newly added date validation.
New inventory spend categories have been created to improve visibility into inventory write offs and adjustments. These include: Inventory - Shrinkage (SC10744), Inventory - Cost Adjustment (SC11040), Inventory - Obsolete (SC11039), and Inventory - Spoilage (SC11041). See the full post for details.
During the week of May 26, a new financial trending report will be made available. The new "Sources and Uses - Monthly Trending" report allows the user to select the Period, as well as worktag information and then will show Actuals broken out by each period in the respective "Fiscal Year," along with Year to Date Encumbrances, Beginning and Ending Equity numbers. See the full post for more details and where to send questions.
As a part of fiscal year-end activities, subaward supplier contract encumbrances will be closed out for FY25 and re-opened in FY26. An encumbrance will not roll-forward into FY26 if a subaward supplier contract has an "Amendment in Process" status. This issue was confirmed in testing. As a result, the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) is providing the guidance shared in the full post for subaward supplier contract amendments.
