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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Setup Considerations: Settlement Run Filters

Setup Considerations: Settlement Run Filters

You can use this topic to help make decisions when planning your configuration and use of settlement run filters. It explains:
  • Why to set them up.
  • How they fit into the rest of Workday.
  • Downstream impacts and cross-product interactions.
  • Security requirements and business process configurations.
  • Questions and limitations to consider before implementation.
Refer to detailed task instructions for full configuration details.

What It Is

Workday settlement run filters automatically add unpaid open items and pending payments that meet specified criteria to a settlement run.

Business Benefits

With Workday settlement run filters, you can:
  • Reduce errors and manual effort.
  • Identify specific unpaid open items and pending payments quickly and easily.

Use Cases

Workday provides predefined system filters for common settlement run scenarios, such as
All Available Ad Hoc Payments
and
Due in Next 7 Days
.
If predefined filters don't fit your use case, you can set up custom filters. Example: You create a custom filter that identifies all ad hoc payments with check as the payment type.
If you need more granular selection criteria, you can set up advanced filters based on custom reports that return payable documents to settle. Advanced filters enable you to use delivered and calculated report fields as additional search criteria for filtering on specific items. Example: You build a custom report for filtering on supplier invoices with a nonstandard payment term. You use a report field condition to define the term as a variable number of days depending on the length of each month.

Questions to Consider

Questions
Considerations
What payment sources do you need filters for?
Workday delivers system filters for all payment sources.
You can create custom filters for any payment source. You can add 1 or more payment sources to a single custom filter.
You can set up advanced filters for these payment sources:
  • Customer invoices.
  • Customer refunds.
  • Intercompany items.
  • Miscellaneous payment requests.
  • On-cycle payroll items.
  • Pay group exceptions.
  • Supplier invoices.
What happens when you select multiple filters in a single settlement run?
Workday retrieves data for each selected filter. The selected filters don't interact with one another.
Example: You select 2 filters in a single settlement run,
All Available Ad Hoc Payments
and
Due in Next 7 Days
. As a result, Workday returns all available ad hoc payments as well as everything due in the next 7 days.

Recommendations

When you have recurring open items or pending payments to settle, Workday recommends automating this process by adding settlement run filters to scheduled settlement runs.

Requirements

No impact.

Limitations

Tenant Setup

No impact.

Security

Domain
Considerations
Process: Intercompany Payment/Settlement
in the Financial Accounting functional area.
Provides access to perform settlement for intercompany payments and view related reporting.
Process: Miscellaneous Payment Request Settlement
in the Banking and Settlement functional area.
Provides access to miscellaneous payment request reporting.
Process: Payroll Settlement
in the Core Payroll functional area.
Provides access to settle payroll payments, create checks, and print advices.
Process: Settlement
in the Banking and Settlement functional area.
Provides access to:
  • Create and edit custom and advanced filters.
  • Settlement filter reporting for intercompany payments, miscellaneous payment requests, payroll, and supplier invoices.
Process: Supplier Invoice Payment/Settlement
in the Banking and Settlement functional area.
Provides access to supplier invoice reporting.
Set Up: Settlement
in the Banking and Settlement functional area.
Provides access to create and edit custom and advanced filters.

Business Processes

No impact.

Reporting

Workday delivers standard reports that you can copy to build custom reports for advanced settlement run filtering. See Reference: Standard Reports for Settlement Run Advanced Filters.
You can also use these report data sources (RDS) and filters to build custom reports for advanced settlement run filtering:
Report Data Source
Report Data Source Filter
Considerations
Customer Invoices
Open Customer Invoices for Settlement Filter
Displays open customer invoices that are valid for payment.
Customer Refunds
Open Customer Refunds for Settlement Run Filter
Displays open customer refunds that are valid for payment.
Intercompany Transactions
Open Intercompany Items for Settlement Run
Displays open intercompany items that are valid for payment.
Miscellaneous Payment Request
Open Miscellaneous Payment Requests for Settlement
Displays all open miscellaneous payment requests that are valid for payment.
Open Pay Groups for Settlement Run
Open Pay Groups for Settlement Run
Displays on-cycle payroll payments that are valid for payment.
Payments for Company
Open Pay Group Exceptions for Settlement
Displays off-cycle payroll payments that are valid for payment.
Supplier Invoices
Open Supplier Invoices for Settlement
Displays all open supplier invoices that are valid for payment.

Integrations

You can use these web services to mass retrieve and upload custom filters through the Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB):
  • Get Settlement Run Custom Filter
  • Put Settlement Run Custom Filter

Connections and Touchpoints

Features
Considerations
Cash Advance
Customer Invoice
Customer Refund
Expense Credit Card Transaction
Expense Report
Intercompany Item
Miscellaneous Payment Request
Procurement Card Transaction
Student Payment
Student Refund
Student Sponsor Refund
Workday creates and settles these payments. The payment date is the settlement date.
Supplier Invoice
Workday creates and settles these payments. By default, the payment date is the settlement date. You can enable dynamic supplier payment date to match supplier payment dates dynamically based on:
  • Invoice discount date.
  • Invoice due date.
  • Settlement run date.
Ad Hoc Payment
Bank Account Transfer for Settlement
Customer Payment
Customer Refund
On-Cycle Payroll
Pay Group Exception
Pay On-Demand
Workday settles the existing payments. The payment date derives from the transaction itself and the settlement date doesn't have any bearing.
Workday offers a Touchpoints Kit with resources to help you understand configuration relationships in your tenant. Learn more about the Workday Touchpoints Kit on Workday Community.