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How to View Expense Item Descriptions

July 26, 2023
Did you know that many expense items and spend categories have descriptions?  To view the spend category or expense item description while completing an expense report in Workday, click the Related Actions button (the three dots in the orange rectangle) next to the spend category/expense item name.  A pop-up will appear that includes the spend…

Reports Available for Cost Center and Grant Information

July 26, 2023
There are several “UCF Extract” reports in Workday for the UCF community that provides information on all active grants and cost centers. Users can access the quick and easy reports by using the Workday search bar to access these two reports, which also help identify Foundation Data Model (FDM) values. Report details include:

Testing Opportunity for UCF Community

July 14, 2023
UCF is pleased to provide all interested employees with the opportunity to test and provide user satisfaction feedback prior to launching a new Workday application called Workday Assistant! Workday Assistant is a conversational chatbot that helps workers to quickly complete actions and retrieve information in Workday that is available on desktop and the Workday mobile…

Faculty Agreements Now Available for Fall 2023

July 12, 2023
The distribution and signing of UCF’s fall faculty agreements transitioned to Workday effective July 7. As the agreements are ready for signature, faculty will receive an email via their UCF Outlook account notifying them their agreement can be reviewed and signed. This replaces the former manual process and means that faculty can conveniently access and…

New Workday Help Features

July 10, 2023
UCF staff that manage Workday cases in the Help Workspace app (Case Solver security role) can now share cases, link cases, and retain visibility on cases that they create. The purpose of these new system features is to build transparency and collaboration efforts for effective service delivery and support on various Workday system business processes.…

New HR Microlearnings Now Available in Workday Learning

June 21, 2023
Two microlearnings are now available in Workday Learning for UCF staff responsible for completing I-9 forms and faculty summer appointments. Microlearnings provide refresher training to UCF staff and contain self-paced content that is a combination of video recordings and documentation. Navigate to the direct links above to enroll and review additional course information. Visit the…

Knowledge Corner Updates (as of 06/27/2023)

June 21, 2023
This is a complete listing of all knowledge base articles that have been updated or added to our Workday Help Knowledge Base. A “knowledge article” is a job aid, video demo, or business process workflow that describes or outlines step-by-step procedures of a business process. All knowledge articles are currently housed in Workday Help. To learn more…

Launch of Workday News Blog – The New Principal Source for all Workday-related News

June 16, 2023
Announcement on behalf of Gerald Hector, senior vice president for administration and finance, and Matthew Hall, vice president for information technology and chief information officer The divisions of Administration and Finance and UCF Information Technology are pleased to announce the launch of the Workday News Blog effective immediately. The blog is located on the Knights…

Knowledge Corner Updates (as of 05/30/2023)

May 30, 2023
This is a complete listing of all knowledge base articles that have been updated or added to our Workday Help Knowledge Base. A “knowledge article” is a job aid, video demo, or business process workflow that describes or outlines step-by-step procedures of a business process. All knowledge articles are currently housed in Workday Help. To learn more…