Business Update News from 06/2021

Action required: Ensure appropriate charging of costs

June 30, 2021

FY22 will be the “base year” for negotiating Yale University’s Facilities and Administrative (F&A) indirect cost recovery rate with the U.S. government, and we need your assistance in this important financial and regulatory activity.

First and foremost, please continue to ensure that...

FY21 year-end - upcoming journal entry deadlines

June 30, 2021

Please take note of the following upcoming journal entry deadlines. All dates relate to the June period unless otherwise stated.

July 9 – 3:00 p.m. – Journal entry cutoff for university service providers (USP, formerly referred to as ISPs), source system owners and charges to departments...

New option to notify others for IT services requested on their behalf

June 23, 2021

Do you request IT items for other people? Do you want them to receive timely updates rather than yourself? You are in luck!

Released on June 17, ServiceNow has enabled an option to select who will receive updates on request tickets when ordering IT services for someone else. To use this...

Country of Activity required for foreign supplier requisitions – Effective June 23

June 23, 2021

Effective Wednesday, June 23 , when creating a Workday requisition using a foreign supplier and a service spend category, designating the Country of Activity will be required. Capturing the Country of Activity on the requisition will reduce errors and...

Purchase Order Closures and Change Orders Suspended July 1 – 13, 2021

June 9, 2021
Summary Action required: In progress FY21 requisitions and change orders must be fully approved by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 . Requisitions and change orders that do not have complete backup documentation attached will be sent back and will not be posted in FY21...

Update: Supplier Net 45 Payment Terms

June 9, 2021
Summary

As previously announced , in March 2021 the Procurement team completed the conversion of its highest volume eligible suppliers to Net 45...

Update: Labor Plan and FTE Analysis Interactive Report now available for download

June 9, 2021
Summary

The Labor Plan and FTE Analysis Interactive Report, released in March 2021, is now available to download and view in the Power BI Desktop application. Power BI Desktop training is required to download reports from the Power BI portal.

Details

The Labor Plan and FTE Analysis...

Update to FY22 Rate Calculation Worksheet for University Service Providers

June 9, 2021

As communicated via email to University Service Providers (USPs) earlier this week, an update was recently made to the FY22 Rate Calculation Worksheet.

The FY22 Rate Calculation Worksheet posted to assist with the annual USP registration process contained incorrect fringe rates for FY20...

Effort Certification reminder: New aggregate report & certification statement visibility

June 2, 2021
Summary

Effective June 2, 2021, the Workday Effort Certification will include the following enhancements:

For Faculty that self-certify, the Effort Certification Statement will be fully visible. For all Effort Certification roles: Dollar amounts will now be removed from the Summary and...

Workday Time and Absence is live

June 2, 2021
Summary

As previously announced , Workday Time and Absence is now available for tracking time worked, requesting time off, and tracking time off balances. MyTime (Kronos) is no longer available. Additionally, the time...