Service News Category: Enterprise Web Services

  • New Version of FWS Deployed for Finance Transformation

    August 15, 2023

    We recently deployed Financial Web Service (FWS) v2 to Production (PROD) to support UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) and the implementation of Workday Finance! Check out our new customer portal! We’ve updated the Financial Web Service | FWS customer portal to reflect the current status of the service: Removed v1 content to streamline the customer experience. Updated the Memorandum of Understanding to communicate key resources, environment considerations, and release policies. Migrated FWS Inbound to a new (and separate) customer portal: Secure…

  • Secure Workday Integration for Transactions (SWIFT) Launches to Support Finance Transformation

    Secure Workday Integration for Transactions (SWIFT) is a secure Application Programming Interface (API) that enables business units from across the University to post Accounting Journals and Internal Service Deliveries (ISD) to Workday via either REST API or Secure File Transfer Protocol (sFTP). This service was developed to support UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) and the implementation of Workday Finance.  Check out our new customer portal! SWIFT documentation was previously embedded within the Financial Web Service customer portal. We’ve since created a new (and…

  • Workday Update 2023 R2 Test Environments Now Available

    Workday releases a major update twice a year. The next update (R2023 R2) will be in production 09 Sep 2023. A special Workday Sandbox Preview tenant is now available that contains the upcoming changes and is available for testing. We have an FWS and HRPWS environment pointing to this tenant to support testing. We will run our own internal regression testing and do not anticipate any need for our web service users to test or adapt to these changes. If you have been…

  • EWS EVAL Release 22 is Now Available

    June 14, 2023

    Enterprise Web Services (EWS) has 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. Final Scheduled EVAL Release This is the final scheduled EWS EVAL release. The updates from this EVAL release will be deployed to PROD sometime after UWFT Go Live. Future releases are expected on an ad hoc basis. What’s New in EWS Release 22 Web Service…

  • Preparation for UWFT Go Live – Request Access to FWS PROD by 6/2/23

    June 1, 2023

    The Enterprise Web Services (EWS) team is preparing to transition Financial Web Service (FWS) access for UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) Go Live. Changes to FWS Environments at UWFT Go Live When UWFT goes live, FWS v1 Outbound will freeze and FWS v2 Outbound and FWS Inbound will move to Production. At a high-level, these changes are summarized as follows: FWS Offering FWS Environments Today FWS Environments at UWFT Go Live FWS v1 Outbound Production (PROD) Still available, but data will…

  • EWS EVAL Release 21 is Now Available

    May 25, 2023

    Enterprise Web Services (EWS) has 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 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…

  • New Version of HRP Web Service Aligns with Finance Transformation

    May 9, 2023

    We recently retired HRP Web Service (HRPWS) v2 and deployed v3 to PRODUCTION. This change better aligns HRPWS with the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT). Thank you to all our users for adapting to this change. We appreciate your support and partnership! Please ensure all current and future integrations point to HRPWS v3! Check out the new customer portal! We’ve updated the HRP Web Service l HRPWS customer portal to reflect the retirement of v2 and introduce some revised service parameters: Removed v2…

  • EWS EVAL Release 20 is Now Available

    April 27, 2023

    Enterprise Web Services (EWS) has 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 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…

  • New Version of Space Web Service Aligns with InVision and Finance Transformation

    April 6, 2023

    We recently retired Space Web Service (SpaceWS) v1 and deployed v2 to PRODUCTION. This change better aligns SpaceWS with the new InVision source system and UW Finance Transformation (UWFT). Thank you to all our users for adapting to this change. We appreciate your support and partnership! Please ensure all current and future integrations point to SpaceWS v2! Check out the new customer portal! We’ve updated the Space Web Service | SpaceWS customer portal to reflect the retirement of v1 and…

  • EWS EVAL Release 19 is Now Available

    March 30, 2023

    Enterprise Web Services (EWS) has 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 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…