Workday Release Update Scheduled for March 15

Twice a year, in March and September, Workday – SLU’s integrated, cloud-based administrative and finance system – releases feature upgrades designed to increase functionality and enhance the user experience.

The March update will begin at 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 15. 

Workday Unavailable During Release Update

Just like any major software upgrade, there is necessary downtime while the changes are implemented. Workday will be unavailable for use on from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 15.

This timeframe just extends the normal weekly maintenance by a few hours, but employees and administrators should make plans to anticipate this downtime.

New Features and Enhancements

While most updates coming this weekend will center around back-end improvements (which end-users will not notice), a few changes are included in this round of updates.

• Improvements to the Global Navigation Menu
  • New Categories: Workday is introducing predefined categories to help organize the worklets in the menu. The worklets users use will be organized into categories such as personal, team, procurement, organization, and more.
  • No More 20-worklet Limit: Now, users can add as many worklets to their menu as they want, Workday will automatically sort them into the right categories for you.

Workday Issues after Release Weekend

While ITS does not anticipate any major changes to Workday there is always a chance.

If a user experiences any issues with Workday after the release, they contact the following:

• Finance Issue - wdfinance@slu.edu 
• Human Resource Issue – hr@slu.edu 
• Workday Product Manager - cherish.hoffman@health.slu.edu