May 5, 2026
Change Job Business Process Update
There is a business process update in the Change Job business process. Effective May 4, 2026, the costing allocation task in the Change job business process has been removed. If worker costing allocations will require modifications, HR Analysts must use the Ad-Hoc “Assign Costing Allocation” task in Workday. Please note that this change to the “Change Job” business process (BP) also includes the “Review Employee Contracts” BP.
April 29, 2026
2026 Summer Period Activity Pay Job Instructions
The 2026 Summer Period Activity Pay Job Instructions are now available. Click here to access the instructions, which highlight what’s new for 2026, key details, important dates, helpful resources, and the schedule for virtual office hours.Please bookmark the page for easy reference throughout the summer jobs period.
April 20, 2026
FY26 Year-End Close Campus Calendar
Greg Oler (Chief Financial Officer - University of Maryland, College Park) sent an email to finance users last week sharing the preliminary FY26 Year-End Campus Calendar to guide us through the year-end activities.
April 16, 2026
RESOLVED: Issue with PRD Mass Advance
University Human Resources has confirmed the issue involving a mass advancement within the PRD process in Workday has been resolved. At this time, everyone is currently at the Second-level Manager Review and Approval stage or a following step based on where they were prior to the mass advance.PRD Timeline:
March 26, 2026
Export Control in Change Job
The Change Job process has been updated to include the Export Control screening process for the following:
March 26, 2026
Payroll Final Leave Payout Reports for Departments
HR Analysts, HR Partners, HR Divisional Partners, Payroll Partners & Payroll Tenant Partners can run RPT3377 PAYROLL FINAL LEAVE PAYOUT REPORT - DEPARTMENT for their organization to review Completed and In-Progress Final Leave Payouts. The report is also accessible on the HCM Dashboard on the Payroll-Related tab under the Pay Calcs and Payroll-related Reports section.
March 24, 2026
Explore the Principal Investigators and Grant Managers Dashboard
We’d like to ensure you are aware of a key resource available to you in Workday: the Principal Investigators and Grant Managers Dashboard. You can use this dashboard to quickly access key reports and tasks to help you manage your grants effectively.What is in the Principal Investigators and Grant Managers Dashboard?
March 24, 2026
Updates to the Workday Training Course: Supplier Onboarding for Departments
We recently made a few updates to the Supplier Onboarding for Departments course to provide additional guidance and improve the supplier request process. Below is a summary of the updates.What’s New:
March 24, 2026
New Functionality for Linking PO Lines to Supplier Invoice Lines
There is a new functionality introduced with Workday’s R1 2026 release: Link PO Lines to Supplier Invoice Lines.What’s New?This feature allows Accounts Payable Data Entry Specialist or Accounts Payable Managers to link purchase order lines to supplier invoice lines within a single screen, making it easier to manage matching and reduce the need for individual PO overrides.With this enhancement, you can:
February 26, 2026
Important Changes to Grant Cost Share Best Practices
We’re sharing updated guidance on setting up grant cost sharing and how it impacts costing allocations so the work tag “fund” is recorded correctly for cost sharing purposes.How Grant Cost Share Works in Workday:Grant cost share requires three worktags to be applied to the Costing Allocation: