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Last Updated: 2024-12-13
Reference: Settlement Business Processes

Reference: Settlement Business Processes

Business Process
Description
Settlement Run Event
Initiates when you create a settlement run. Workday delivers the default definition of this business process minimally configured. You can add steps, such as approvals.
When you deliver payment files to external parties, don’t include an integration step on this business process. Workday recommends that you configure the integration step on the
Payment Release Event
or
Outsourced Payment Release Event
business process instead.
Cash Balance Check Event
Checks for overspending of funds in accounting journals and settlement run payments.
To use this business process, add a
Check Cash Balance
action step to any of these business processes:
  • Accounting Journal Event
  • Ad Hoc Bank Transaction Event
  • Express Settlement Run Event
  • Settlement Run Event
You can add this action step more than once, but 1 instance must be the completion step.
Cash Balance Check Event (Do Not Use)
Checks for overspending of funds in ad hoc bank transactions and settlement run payments.
To use this business process, add a
Check Cash Balance (Do Not Use)
action step to the
Settlement Run Event
or
Ad Hoc Bank Transaction Event
business process.
You can add this step more than once, but 1 instance must be the completion step.
We plan to retire the
Cash Balance Check Event (Do Not Use)
business process with the old cash balance check functionality in a future update. Workday recommends that you use the
Cash Balance Check Event
business process with the advanced cash balance check functionality for a more streamlined cash balance check exception process.
Express Settlement Run Event
Initiates when the
Miscellaneous Payment Request Event
business process completes for a miscellaneous payment request that you route through an express settlement run.
When you deliver payment files to external parties, don’t include an integration step on this business process. Workday recommends that you configure the integration step on the
Payment Release Event
or
Outsourced Payment Release Event
business process instead.
Outsourced Payment Release Event
Initiates when the
Settlement Run Event
business process completes for payments that you're sending to an outsourced check printing service.
On the business process definition:
  • Add an
    Integration for Processing Outsource Payment Group
    business process step for each integration, and select the
    Outsourced Payment Group ID
    integration criteria.
  • Configure the
    Document Delivery
    service step on each
    Integration Process Event
    to route payments.
  • Configure 1 of these remittance service steps to issue remittance advices to payees:
    • Issue Remittance
      (PDF format)
    • Remittance
      (CSV format)
When you deliver all integration files to the same bank:
  • Include a
    Document Delivery
    step on the
    Outsourced Payment Release Event
    business process.
  • Remove the
    Document Delivery
    step from each
    Integration Process Event
    .
When you add multiple integrations to the business process, they all initiate at once. When you add an integration step and select
Integration for Processing Outsource Payment Group
, Workday initiates a single integration conditionally. The integration that Workday initiates depends on the:
  • Bank account
  • Payment category
  • Payment type
Payment Release Event
Initiates for each electronic payment included in a settlement run when the
Settlement Run Event
business process completes.
On the business process definition:
  • Add 1
    Integration Process Event
    business process step for each bank account integration. Workday recommends that you configure the dynamic integration system.
  • Configure the
    Document Delivery
    service step on each
    Integration Process Event
    to route payments.
  • Configure 1 of these remittance service steps to send remittance advices to payees:
    • Issue Remittance
      (PDF format)
    • Remittance
      (CSV format)
When you deliver all integration files to the same bank:
  • Remove the
    Document Delivery
    step from each
    Integration Process Event
    business process.
  • Add a
    Document Delivery
    step on the
    Payment Release Event
    business process.
When you pay AMEX for expense credit card transactions, you can include the
Remittance
service step to produce remittance files that accompany payments.
Print Checks Task
When payments within a settlement run require checks, this business process automatically:
  • Creates an event for printing checks.
  • Sends a notification to the settlement specialist.
To send remittance advices to payees, configure 1 of these remittance service steps on the business process definition:
  • Issue Remittance
    (PDF format)
  • Remittance
    (CSV format)
Payment Printing Event
Initiates to generate a positive pay file when the
Print Checks Task
business process completes.
To generate positive pay files:
  • Select the
    Enable Positive Pay
    check box on the payment bank account.
  • Configure the positive pay file integration on the
    Payment Printing Event
    business process.
Remittance Issue Event
Initiates to generate a remittance advice PDF to payees when any of these business processes complete:
  • Outsourced Payment Release Event
  • Payment Release Event
  • Print Checks Task
Remittance Release Event
To settle expense payments with AMEX for expense credit card transactions:
  • Create the integration event for AMEX remittance files.
  • Include the
    Remittance
    service step on the
    Payment Release Event
    business process.
To attach netting statements to your supplier emails, add the
Netting Statements
report field to the attachment section of the
Remittance Release Event
business process.