As a SaaS system with bi-annual releases, Workday® deserves careful attention to testing releases. Each release is awaited with bated breath - but often this enthusiasm is isolated to the latest and greatest features. Some release features are automatic, others require configuration. And some features are functionally inconsequential (Button Colors) while others have a “WOW” factor (Autocomplete Staffing Processes). And the release features may have a big impact - even if the

Preparing for 2019 ACA reporting? We’ve compiled a list of links with important information regarding Workday® reporting updates, filing deadlines and other helpful resources. Looking for the latest updates on the Workday® ACA 2019 Tax Year deployment? Stay tuned to this page for important updates regarding IRS integration status, known issues, functional enhancements and fixes. Along with the latest and greatest Workday® ACA news, follow the comments section for questions a

Operational Excellence - two words that summarize Workday's® focus in 2020R1 for Workday® Financial Enhancements. Workday® has automated a lot of manual work as well as delivered a more efficient way to do certain tasks. We chose to highlight a few of them here, and go into detail on this first one: 1) Title – Credit Card Payments in Customer Portal Short Description – This update provides enhancements to customer portal by enabling your customers to pay their invoices direct

As a kid, I loved that song. It always made me feel happy remembering the things that made me happy. Now as a grown man, I can still appreciate rainbows and whiskers - but I also have a job. Part of that job is to make sure my organization continues to reap it's investment in its HCM system! So - here's a list of my top 6 favorite recruiting "things" about 2020R1. Let's start with the name: 2020R1. The name just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? In all seriousness, Workday® d

Have you ever had a case of a missing new hire? One where you were sure you hired the candidate but on searching, you are getting zero results! Yes ZERO! ZILCH! NADA! You find yourself hours into troubleshooting while thinking about all the pending work that is piling on, only to find after a couple of hours that you cannot see the new hire because it is not 12 AM in the tenant default time zone that was setup when you went live! I have simply lost count of the hair I have lo

Workday® Assistant is a chat bot. Today many consumer websites have chat bots, which show up in the lower right hand side of the screen and say "How may I help you?”, or something similar. Chat bots have to learn or be taught how to answer questions. This is done through two methods, through a set of rules (decision tree) that are manually created and / or through machine learning by analyzing how humans have answered similar questions (through a chat box for example) in the