EWS EVAL Release 14 is Now Available

October 27, 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

  • EVAL: Updates to EVAL environments for all EWS services are now 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.
  • PROD: Updates to PROD environments for all EWS services now reflect changes from the previous month’s EVAL release (for example, if EVAL reflects Release R14, then PROD will reflect Release R13).

What’s New in EWS Release 14

Web Service Overview of Release
FWS v2 (Outbound)
  • Introduced Breaking Changes by adding, renaming, or updating fields (including changes to some XML or JSON paths) in the following resources:
    •  /Award
    • /BillingSchedule
    • /Customer
    • /CustomerPayment
    • /FacilitiesAndAdministrationRateAgreement
    • /Gift
    • /Grant
    • /InternalServiceProvider
    • /Journal
    • /LedgerAccountSummary
    • /PayrollJournal
    • /Plan
    • /Project
    • /ProjectHierarchy
    • /Supplier
    • /SupplierContract
  • Introduced Breaking Changes by removing the following resources:
    • /ReferenceType/{ReferenceIDType}
    • /Resource/{RefID|WID}/ResourceHierarchy
    • /ResourceHierarchy/{RefID|WID}/Resource
    • /Gift/{RefID|WID}/GiftHierarchy
  • Added or updated fields in multiple resources in addition to those listed under breaking changes above.
  • Added HREFs to multiple resources.
  • Updated the formatting of Swagger metadata for multiple resources.
  • Fixed bugs that impact fields and search parameters for multiple resources.

For more information, refer to FWS Reference Data (Outbound) – Release 14. For support, refer to Support | FWS.
FWS v2 (Inbound) There were no customer-facing changes for FWS v2 (Inbound) introduced in this release.
HRPWS v3
  • Introduced a Breaking Change, which impacts fields for the /JobProfile resource.
  • Added and updated fields in multiple resources.
  • Updated multiple resources to display Active values by default.
  • Removed the /PayrollResult by Name search parameter.
  • Fixed bugs related to HREFs for multiple resources.

For more information, refer to HRPWS v3 – Release 14. 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 Transitioning from HRPWS v2 to v3.

Check Out Knowledge Navigator!

Knowledge Navigator is a web-based application that allows UW enterprise data users to explore key concepts from subject areas including Student, Finance, HR/Payroll, and Research Administration. The tool also visually demonstrates how key concepts are linked to physical data objects like reports, databases, and APIs.

FWS v2 has been available in Knowledge Navigator for a while, but now HRPWS v3 is available as well. You can access links to applicable sections of Knowledge Navigator from the customer support portals:

EWS Release Schedule for the Holidays

The November EWS releases will occur the week after Thanksgiving:

  • 11/29/22 – EWS Production Release (includes updates from EWS EVAL Release R14)
  • 12/1/22 – EWS R15 EVAL Release

The December EWS releases will occur the week between Christmas and the New Year:

  • 12/27/22 – EWS Production Release (includes updates from EWS EVAL Release R15)
  • 12/29/22 – EWS R16 EVAL Release