FAQ: Position Control

How do I see the available budget and commitments on an unfilled position?

When does payroll commitment accounting post to the ledgers?

How do I see the available budget and commitments on an unfilled position?: View the position budget for the position restriction. This insight is helpful when you're making hiring decisions for unfilled positions.

Access the
View Position Restrictions
report, which displays the position profile. To access the position profile, you can:
Navigate directly to the report and select the position restriction.
From the related actions menu of the position, select
Position Restrictions
View
.
Drill into the position restriction from the
View Open Positions
report.
If a position budget exists, click
View
on the
Position Budget
tab to view position budget balance, budget details, and a summary of commitments.
When does payroll commitment accounting post to the ledgers?: Journal entries for commitment accounting post to your ledgers at different times depending on the type of payroll commitment and processing you perform:

Types of Payroll Commitment and Processing Performed
When Payroll Commitment Accounting Posts to Ledgers
Accounting Date

Initial payroll commitments.
Posts commitments, obligations, and fringe benefits accounting when you complete the Create Initial Payroll Commitments
business process.
The first day of the fiscal year for which you’re running the process.

Payroll commitments
Obligations
Fringe benefit liquidations and fringe benefit actuals

Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the Run Pay Complete
business process.
The date the regular pay calculation run completes.

Ad hoc and batch payroll commitment adjustments that you perform using the
Create Payroll Commitment Adjustments
task.
Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the corresponding business process.
The date you specify on the
Create Payroll Commitment Adjustments
task when you run the process.

Automatic payroll commitment adjustments that you perform by including the Propose Payroll Commitment Adjustments
subprocess as part of position-related tasks.
Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the parent business process.
The date of the posting.

If the ledger period is closed, Workday posts the accounting to the first day of the next open period.

Types of Payroll Commitment and Processing Performed	When Payroll Commitment Accounting Posts to Ledgers	Accounting Date
Initial payroll commitments.	Posts commitments, obligations, and fringe benefits accounting when you complete the Create Initial Payroll Commitments business process.	The first day of the fiscal year for which you’re running the process.
Payroll commitments Obligations Fringe benefit liquidations and fringe benefit actuals	Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the Run Pay Complete business process.	The date the regular pay calculation run completes.
Ad hoc and batch payroll commitment adjustments that you perform using the Create Payroll Commitment Adjustments task.	Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the corresponding business process.	The date you specify on the Create Payroll Commitment Adjustments task when you run the process.
Automatic payroll commitment adjustments that you perform by including the Propose Payroll Commitment Adjustments subprocess as part of position-related tasks.	Posts journals and journal entry lines to your ledgers when you complete the parent business process.	The date of the posting.

Concept: Commitment Accounting for Position Control