Service News Category: Enterprise Data Services
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Secure Workday Integration for Transactions (SWIFT) Launches to Support Finance Transformation
August 15, 2023
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…
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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…
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UWODS and WDFinDataMart Databases now offering Workday HR/Payroll and Finance data
July 13, 2023
The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) is a secure central repository that integrates data from many sources across the University. It stores current and historical data that are used to support operational reporting and strategic analysis. The goal of the EDW is to support better and faster data-informed decision making. For more information about the EDW and how it fits within the Enterprise Data Platform, refer to Enterprise Data Platform. Introducing Workday Finance data to the EDW The EDW is now…
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Reimagining Reporting: The BI Portal and Workday Finance
June 28, 2023
To support UW Finance Transformation and the implementation of Workday Finance, the BI Portal report catalog has expanded to include Workday Finance and My Financial Desktop (MyFD) reports, providing a one-stop shop for users across the UW Academy. These updates deployed to the BI Portal on 7/18/23. Setting the Stage: The New UW Reporting Landscape Workday Finance, which went live on 7/6/23, offers various financial reports, which users can access from within the Workday application. While these reports provide valuable…
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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…
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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…
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EDW for Finance Transformation Release 21 is Now Available
May 31, 2023
Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) has released an update in UWODS and WDFinDataMart in support of UW Finance Transformation (UWFT). For an overview of how EDW is adapting to support UWFT, refer to EDW for Finance Transformation. Monthly Scheduled Releases Updates to UWODS and WDFinDataMart 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. Updated access to UWODS and WDFinDataMart data If you HAVE…
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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…
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UWSDBDataStore Reorg on June 3, 2023
May 22, 2023
UWSDBDataStore Reorg on June 3, 2022 The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on June 3, 2022 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on June 5. 2022. However, data on the new objects will be available as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions and the SIS team loads the data. Last Updated – 06.01.23 Columns to be…
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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…