Steps: Set Up Job Requisitions for Commitments
and Obligations
The position control process begins with job requisitions. Job requisitions enable you
to request approval to fill a vacant position. Job requisitions are available if you use
either the position management or job management staffing models.
When you turn job requisitions on, all vacant positions that you fill require an open
job requisition.
- Access theEdit Tenant Setup - HCMtask:
- Enable job requisitions for position management, either for all staffing events or based on rules.
- Enable job requisitions for job management.
- Select an ID definition.
Job requisitions trigger the capture of job details needed for commitment calculations. Job requisitions are required if you're using commitments and obligations. They're optional if you're only using obligations.Once you generate commitments, you can't disable job requisitions. - Create a new position. You must have a position (filled or unfilled) to create a position budget.
- Use theRequest Compensation Changetask to assign compensation to a position. Payroll uses this information to perform the commitment calculation.Alternatively, you can include theRequest Requisition Compensationsubprocess in theJob RequisitionandJob Requisition Changebusiness processes.
- Assign organizations to a position by selectingChange Organization Assignmentsfrom the related actions menu of the unfilled position. This provides the information necessary for the correct accounting of the commitment amount.Alternatively, you can include theChange Organization Assignmentssubprocess in theCreate Positionbusiness process.
- Access theAssign Pay Group for Position Restrictiontask.Assign a pay group to a position. This provides the information for prorating the planned payroll portion of the commitment calculation.
- Allocate costs to the default organization assignment and other cost centers.
- Workday begins commitment accounting on theTarget Hire Date.