EWS EVAL Release 13 is Now Available

September 29, 2022

Enterprise Web Services (EWS) has just released an update in EVAL for multiple web services in support of UW Finance Transformation (UWFT). For an overview of how EWS is adapting to support UWFT, refer to EWS for Finance Transformation.

Monthly Scheduled Releases

Updates to EVAL for all EWS services are released on the same monthly schedule. This allows us to better synchronize with Enterprise Data Platform’s release schedule for Finance Transformation. For more information, refer to the Data Availability Timeline.

What’s New in EWS Release 13

Web Service
Overview of Release
FWS v2 (Outbound) This is a large release with MANY changes, including SEVERAL breaking changes!

  • Introduced Breaking Changes to the /ExpenseItem, /PurchaseItem, /GiftHierarchy, /FundHierarchy, /ProgramHierarchy, /GrantHierarchy, /CustomerInvoice, /CatalogItem, /LedgerAccount, /Gift, and /Supplier resources.
  • Introduced Breaking Changes to many XML and JSON paths for FWS v2 resources.
  • Introduced Breaking Changes to how the /Plan resource returns data.
  • Added and removed entities on the FWS v2 Generic Search resource.
  • Added the Appropriation entity to the /RelatedWorktags?Type={Entity} resource.
  • Added data to the /Grant resource.
  • Fixed bugs related to organization-based HREF links and the /Reference and /Manufacturer resources.

For more information, refer to FWS Reference Data (Outbound) – Release 13. For support, refer to Support | FWS.

New Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) available! As mentioned above, this release includes changes to how the /Plan resource returns data. For more information, refer the following questions on the FAQ | FWS page:

  • Why does the query parameter search only return a summary of the data for certain resources?
  • Why does GetByID only return JSON for certain resources?
FWS v2 (Inbound) There were no customer-facing changes for FWS v2 (Inbound) introduced in this release.
HRPWS v3
  • Introduced Breaking Changes to the /AcademicAppointmentTrack, /CompensationPlan, /JobProfile, /Person, /Position, /SupervisoryOrganization, and /WorkerCompensationPlanAssignment resources.
  • Added data to the /Position and /Person resources.
  • Added and updated search parameters for multiple resources.
  • Added the /SupervisoryOrganization/{refID|WID}/Person resource.
  • Updated the /SupervisoryOrganization/{RefID|WID}/tree resource.
  • Added a new field to the /WorkerPeriodAcitivityPayAssignment resource.
  • Updated security for certain fields in the /SupervisoryOrganization, /Person, and /Position resources.
  • Fixed bugs related to organization-based HREF links and some /Person search parameters.

For more information, refer to HRPWS v3 – Release 13. For support, refer to Support | HRPWS.

Reminder for HRPWS v2 users: HRPWS v2 is scheduled to retire at the end of 2022. For more information, refer to our newly published guide for Transitioning from HRPWS v2 to v3.