Education and Government

June 26, 2026

Grants Management

Allocate Facilities and Administration Revenue

Updated the Next Steps section to include the Edit Facilities and Administration Revenue Allocation Profile task.

June 12, 2026

Grants Management

Create Facilities and Administration Exceptions

On the row for Primary Waive Rate, added information about what happens when the Primary Waive Rate is higher than the Primary Rate Override percentage.

May 15, 2026

U.S. Federal Government

Steps: Set Up Standard Forms for Benefits

We update step 2 and add the new step 8 that instructs on how to reflect marital status changes during a worker's enrollment event.

May 1, 2026

Grants Management

FAQ: Effort Certifications

Answers frequently asked questions about effort certification.

April 17, 2026

Grants Management

Reference: Award Costs Reporting

Added a new Viewing Grant Accounting on Source Spend Transactions section.

April 3, 2026

Academic Staffing

Steps: Set Up Reporting for IPEDS

Updated the Next Steps section with information on how to assign IPEDScodes to job profiles.

Grants Management

Create Effort Certification Types	Clarified how Workday routes an effort certification for approval based on the Routing by Worker Organization Assignments setting.
Concept: Effort Certification for Payroll	Updated Payroll Accounting Adjustment from Costed Effort Certification Changes section.

March 13, 2026

Grants Management

Create Awards	On step 7, added a link to Steps: Set Up Award Budget Checks.
Steps: Set Up Award Budget Checks	Renamed from Create Budget Check Options Sets to Steps: Set Up Budget Checks for Awards. Expanded the scope of the topic to encompass the entire process of creating budget checks for an award, including creating a plan template and maintaining the budget.
Example: Set Up Award Budget Checks for Specific Worktags	Changed topic title from Example: Create Award Budget Checks to Example: Create Award Budget Checks for Specific Worktags. Updated content on the Context and Prerequisites sections for clarity.
Example: Set Up Award Budget Checks for Total Grant	Illustrates how to set up budget check for award-related spending for the entire grant.
Steps: Create Custom Business Form Layouts for Sponsor Statements	Update the topic to add information on the Document Layout option and additional steps.

U.S. Federal Government

Steps: Set Up Personnel Action Request (PAR)	Updated the table in Step 6 with information on the fields found in the Maintain Federal Field Values task in the Compensation section.
Steps: Set Up Personnel Action Request (PAR)	Added information about the Maintain Agencies task.
Steps: Configure the Personnel Action Request Business Process	Renamed all instances of Reports: Personnel Action Request domain to Worker Data: Personnel Action Requests.
Steps: Set Up Benefit Event Remarks	Updated to supersteps topic in which we present different options for adding remarks to benefit events.
Steps: Set Up Benefit Event Remarks	New topic instructing how to add event remarks to benefit events as part of the approval process.
Set Up the Life Change Enrollment Alternate Approval Task	New topic detailing how to add benefit event remarks as part of the event's approval process.
Set Up the Add Event Remarks Task for Life Events	New topic for U.S. federal customers only on how to configure the Add Event Remarks task as part of the Change Benefits for Life Event process.
Steps: Set Up Federal Payment Award Reporting for SF 50 / 52	We convert this topic into a Step topic that provides a high level overview of the process for setting up federal payment awards reporting on a PAR.
Map Workday Payment Plans to Federal Payment Types	Instructions on how to map allowance plans and one-time payment plans in Workday to federal payment types, for the purpose of calculating correct PAR values for federal awards payments.
Create Condition Rules for Federal Award Payments Reporting on SF 50 / 52	New topic on how to create condition rules for reporting federal reward payments correctly on a PAR.
Example: Rule Conditions for the Recruitment Incentive Payment Type	New example topic of Rule Conditions configurations for 1 federal payment type.
Steps: Set Up OPM Connector: EHRI	Renamed all instances of Reports: Personnel Action Request domain to Worker Data: Personnel Action Requests.
Reference: OPM Connector: EHRI Status Integration Fields	Clarified additional details for some sections about how the EHRI field maps to Workday. Added mapping information for some fields not previously mapped.
Reference: OPM Connector: EHRI Dynamic Integration Fields	Clarified additional details for some sections about how the EHRI field maps to Workday. Added mapping information for some fields not previously mapped.
Steps: Set Up OPM Connector: eOPF	Renamed all instances of Reports: Personnel Action Request domain to Worker Data: Personnel Action Requests.