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Workday FAQs

Is the project still on track according to the original timeline?* (new)

Yes, all of the project milestones for Platform were met and we are now live with Workday.

What training options are available to me?* (updated)

Training session materials (recordings and job aids) are available directly in Workday. In the Search bar enter "LRN: workday" to get to the three sessions - click each one to start the course and view the recordings and the job aids.

Upcoming immediate training sessions will focus on financial and budgetary reporting in Workday for FY25 information (remember that the existing BI system is to be used for your review of FY24 transactions and fund balances)

Also, please continue to check the Workday Training page for additional information as it becomes available.

How do I learn more about Workday?

The Workday Community website is available for a subset of Miami University employees. This site is a collaborative site for all Workday customers, not just those in the Higher Education market. We will need to determine the appropriate level of employee request for access to the Community.

What does Platform mean?

The Workday Platform is the collection of Financials/HR/Payroll components within the Workday tenant.

Workday Student is a separate module designed to serve students, faculty, university leaders,
and parents. It includes modules for Admissions, Financial Aid, Advising, Student
Finance, and Student Records.

To learn more about Workday-specific vocabulary, please visit the Workday Terminology page.

What is a tenant?

This is the term for a single Workday environment consisting of all modules in use. Tenant types typically include Implementation, Preview, Test, and Production. This concept is very similar to how we currently use DEVL, TEST, and PROD instances for Banner.

To learn more about Workday-specific vocabulary, please visit the Workday Terminology page.

Is Banner the only system to be replaced by Workday?

No. There are a number of other systems that will also be replaced by Workday. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Banner
  • Chrome River
  • PageUp
  • Buyway
  • TimeClock Plus
  • ProcessMaker
  • OAS and BI Publisher (after Student is also implemented)

For a more complete list, please visit the Impacted Miami Systems page.

Why does the Student system go live so much later than the Finance and HR/Payroll system?

Because the implementation of a new ERP system is such a large undertaking, it makes sense to break it up into two main projects. This will allow us to have the Platform system running in production, and then the implementation of the student system can be done over the course of an entire student lifecycle.

How will we operate when both systems are in use (until the Student system is fully live)?

Student data will continue to live in Banner until the student part of Workday is completely live. Both Banner and Workday will be set up to share data as needed until that time.