Financial Activity and Balances (FAB) report update and training

July 22, 2020

Summary:

  • Beginning July 25, the FAB report will require you to input a Subscription Description, To Email Address and Email Subject in addition to the Accounting Period in order to access Company and Cost Center values.  All required fields will include an asterisk. 
  • The FAB report is similar to the legacy Account Holder by PTAEO report and can be subscribed to and distributed via email based on a schedule you choose.
  • Please register for a 2 hour virtual training session: TMS FAB Registration.

Details

The Financial Activity and Balances report (FAB) will require you to input Subscription Description, To Email Address and Email Subject to start a subscription, starting July 25.   This will improve performance and prevent unintended schedule failures. 

The FAB report provides a package of financial reports for a specific set of Workday worktag (or CoA) parameters, similar to the legacy Account Holder by PTAEO report. This report is available via the Power BI Report Server.  

Training and Support

Please forward this training to staff who will be running the FAB and will need an introduction to use this new report, please register for a session via TMS.  

For support or to schedule a workshop, please contact the Finance Support Center (FSC) at 203-432-5394 or send an email with the subject line “FAB report” to askfinance@yale.edu.