Category: gov-blog

Action Required: Review Pending Financial Transactions Run RPT6938 – WU – FIN – Financial Transactions in Progress by School to provide detail on outstanding transactions and with whom items are awaiting action. Those with Reviewer or Approval roles must review transactions to ensure timely processing and approvals. All transactions need to be reviewed with appropriate action taken no […]

Action Required: Review Pending Financial Transactions Daily Run RPT6938 – WU – FIN – Financial Transactions in Progress by School to provide detail on outstanding transactions and with whom items are awaiting action. Those with Reviewer or Approval roles must review transactions daily to ensure timely processing and approvals. All transactions need to be reviewed with […]

Updated Rule for Freight Match Exception  In order to decrease the amount of freight related match exceptions for approval, a $100 allowance for freight is added. Now, only Supplier Invoices (SIs) with a freight amount greater than 10% of the Total Purchase Order (PO) amount AND over $100 on non-blanket PO invoices will require a match […]

Begin Auditing Faculty AppointmentsHR Partners and Academic Partners must review and confirm academic appointment data for all supported workers by March 13, 2024, for the upcoming FY25 Faculty Reappointment process. Refer to the updated Faculty Reappointment Processing Guidelines reference guide and the Manage Academic Appointment tutorial. Run RPT5944 – WU – Academic Appointment Detail Report for a list of current academic appointment details […]

Begin Auditing Faculty AppointmentsHR Partners and Academic Partners must review and confirm academic appointment data for all supported workers by March 13, 2024 for the upcoming FY25 Faculty Reappointment process. Refer to the updated Faculty Reappointment Processing Guidelines reference guide and the Manage Academic Appointment tutorial. Run RPT5944 – WU – Academic Appointment Detail Report for a list of current academic […]

Find Missing Worker Data with RPT7086 HR Partners can run RPT7086 – WU – Workers with Missing Data Elements to audit for workers with missing data such as Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Gender, Citizenship Status and more. Run this report routinely, especially during Year-End Close activities. Log into Collibra to review terms and definitions for RPT7086. […]

An effective data stewardship community elevates a Data Governance Program with a lens for proactive collaboration and striving for continuous improvement. Some key aspects include:      Data Collaboration: Foster collaboration between data stewards, data owners, and data users to facilitate data-informed-decision-making.  Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and refine data stewardship practices based on feedback and changing business needs.  Data […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) at its core is a mathematical equation. Al takes a large amount of data, analyzes it, and produces predictions. Ensuring these predictions are accurate is where a governance framework can help. Data governance addresses concerns surrounding AI by increasing transparency and accountability by creating policies and processes. Overall, strong governance is necessary […]

The importance of data quality cannot be overstated. Accurate, reliable, and consistent data builds the foundation for sound data-informed decision-making, successful business operations, and trust of stakeholders.   WashU’s Data Governance Program focuses on building data proficiency, especially as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics grows. To be successful, data quality must remain a top priority […]

The Collibra Browser Extension is an extension for Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. This extension allows quick access to Collibra’s Data Intelligence Cloud so you can search for business terms, definitions, and acronyms from any web page, without having to open the Collibra application.  You can download and install the Collibra […]

The Global Search feature within Collibra has proven to be both popular and helpful for most Business Users.  We’re excited to inform you how using a new filter can further improve your user experience and search results.  We recently developed a new Global Search filter to remove the Operational Data Catalog metadata from the Global […]

RPT2941 – WU – Worker Change History – Updates to Worker Change History Report  New Prompts: – Date and Time Completed (Before and After)– Business Process Reason– Employee/Contingent Worker Type (Current and Proposed) Log into Collibra to review terms and definitions for RPT2941. RPT7172 – WU – Recently Recruited Staffing Additions Incumbent Worker New Report to View […]

Monitor Contingent Worker ContractsDepartmental HR Partners and Departmental HR Leads can run RPT6723 – WU – Contingent Workers with Expiring Contracts monthly to find supported contingent workers with expiring contracts. If the worker will be contracted beyond the contract expiration date, use the Change Contingent Worker Details task to extend the contract. Refer to the Change Contingent Worker Details tutorial and […]

Emergency Contacts It is critical that Managers verify workers have entered emergency contacts in Workday as part of emergency preparedness and response duties. Encourage workers to keep emergency contact information up to date and refer them to the Change Emergency Contacts tutorial. Run RPT2063 – WU – Emergency Contacts to review emergency contacts for active workers. Log into Collibra to review functional area […]

Now updated! The Fiscal Year End Close Overview page is a single source for all resources related to Fiscal Year End Close, including Timeline and Key Dates, the Central Finance Allocation Processing Schedule, and Functional Area Guides. Need assistance? Attend an Office Hours event for support from subject matter experts. Sessions begin June 7. Refer to the Training and User Group Events calendar and filter […]

Collaboratively naming and defining business terms is central to the effort of data governance. A good definition will clearly name a data asset and differentiate it from all other assets. Making a definition descriptive, concise, free of ambiguity, and accessible to our WashU community. Seek uniqueness: When writing a definition, consider the unique attributes and potential […]

All Persona-based Workday Dashboards with Dashboard Tabs and associated Reports. These dashboards provide the highly requested ability to access information, common tasks, and recommended reports in a specific location.

The progression of this strategic initiative relies on the dedication and collaboration of our colleagues across the institution. The breadth of WashU’s Data Governance Program is vast, and we continue to make strides towards data maturity every day! At WashU, our Data Stewardship is aligned with a data domain then functional area(s) within this domain. A data domain […]

A successful data governance program means changing how we interact with data and asking people to think and behave differently about how their data is created, accessed and used. While the ODG may be best known for creating institutional data glossaries, there is much more happening.  We are grateful for the partnership with our data […]

As the academic year ends, the Office of Data Governance (ODG) has some exciting news to share. The ODG recently transitioned to the Institutional Effectiveness team, led by Nancy Mueller, associate provost. This alignment provides a better position to mature our institutional data culture, literacy, quality and enable greater efficiency of resources. The ODG’s strategic […]