Updates & Insights

February 26, 2026

A Fresh Look for elevate.umd.edu and

February 26, 2026

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:

February 26, 2026

The first Workday Release of 2026 will go live on March 14, 2026!As a part of the release process, the ERP Services team tests the system to make sure everything works as expected, identifies any resource materials that might need updating, and informs our users of any changes that impact them. Often, the updates are behind-the-scenes and impact mainly central and ERP staff, but sometimes there are updates that impact all users.This upcoming release focuses on:

February 19, 2026

Greetings,There is a business process update for Faculty Non-Teaching overloads in the Add Job business process.BackgroundIn the current configuration, an HR Analyst selects the “Non-Teaching Overload” job profile for a faculty member and its routes for approval. The current highest approval is the Central Compensation Partner.  A correction has been implemented that all Faculty Non-Teaching Overloads at UMCP and Shady Grove should route to the Provost Office instead of the Central Compensation Partner. 

February 18, 2026

The purpose of this email is to inform you of a business process update in the Hire, Change Job, and Add Job business processes.  Background